BDN vs. HIW, DEI, EQC, PDM, HPP, DLR, ARE, BXP, KRC, and SLG
Should you be buying Brandywine Realty Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Brandywine Realty Trust include Highwoods Properties (HIW), Douglas Emmett (DEI), Equity Commonwealth (EQC), Piedmont Office Realty Trust (PDM), Hudson Pacific Properties (HPP), Digital Realty Trust (DLR), Alexandria Real Estate Equities (ARE), Boston Properties (BXP), Kilroy Realty (KRC), and SL Green Realty (SLG). These companies are all part of the "office reits" industry.
Highwoods Properties (NYSE:HIW) and Brandywine Realty Trust (NYSE:BDN) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation and risk.
Highwoods Properties received 6 more outperform votes than Brandywine Realty Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.83% of users gave Highwoods Properties an outperform vote while only 54.61% of users gave Brandywine Realty Trust an outperform vote.
Highwoods Properties currently has a consensus target price of $24.75, indicating a potential downside of 4.70%. Brandywine Realty Trust has a consensus target price of $5.63, indicating a potential upside of 22.02%. Given Highwoods Properties' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Brandywine Realty Trust is more favorable than Highwoods Properties.
Highwoods Properties pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.7%. Brandywine Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.0%. Highwoods Properties pays out 163.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Brandywine Realty Trust pays out -49.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Brandywine Realty Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Highwoods Properties has a net margin of 15.78% compared to Highwoods Properties' net margin of -40.61%. Brandywine Realty Trust's return on equity of 5.44% beat Highwoods Properties' return on equity.
Highwoods Properties has a beta of 1.2, suggesting that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brandywine Realty Trust has a beta of 1.26, suggesting that its share price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Highwoods Properties had 5 more articles in the media than Brandywine Realty Trust. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Highwoods Properties and 2 mentions for Brandywine Realty Trust. Brandywine Realty Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.09 beat Highwoods Properties' score of 0.98 indicating that Highwoods Properties is being referred to more favorably in the media.
96.3% of Highwoods Properties shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.3% of Brandywine Realty Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.6% of Highwoods Properties shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of Brandywine Realty Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Highwoods Properties has higher revenue and earnings than Brandywine Realty Trust. Brandywine Realty Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Highwoods Properties, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Highwoods Properties beats Brandywine Realty Trust on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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