KRC vs. BXP, SLG, HIW, DEI, EQC, PDM, BDN, HPP, DLR, and ARE
Should you be buying Kilroy Realty stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kilroy Realty include Boston Properties (BXP), SL Green Realty (SLG), Highwoods Properties (HIW), Douglas Emmett (DEI), Equity Commonwealth (EQC), Piedmont Office Realty Trust (PDM), Brandywine Realty Trust (BDN), Hudson Pacific Properties (HPP), Digital Realty Trust (DLR), and Alexandria Real Estate Equities (ARE). These companies are all part of the "office reits" industry.
Kilroy Realty (NYSE:KRC) and Boston Properties (NYSE:BXP) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership and dividends.
Kilroy Realty has a beta of 1.02, meaning that its stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Boston Properties has a beta of 1.15, meaning that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Boston Properties had 3 more articles in the media than Kilroy Realty. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Boston Properties and 5 mentions for Kilroy Realty. Boston Properties' average media sentiment score of 0.26 beat Kilroy Realty's score of 0.08 indicating that Boston Properties is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Kilroy Realty has a net margin of 18.43% compared to Boston Properties' net margin of 5.81%. Kilroy Realty's return on equity of 3.63% beat Boston Properties' return on equity.
94.2% of Kilroy Realty shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.7% of Boston Properties shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.5% of Kilroy Realty shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Boston Properties shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Kilroy Realty presently has a consensus price target of $38.45, indicating a potential upside of 14.69%. Boston Properties has a consensus price target of $69.47, indicating a potential upside of 14.50%. Given Kilroy Realty's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Kilroy Realty is more favorable than Boston Properties.
Kilroy Realty has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Boston Properties. Kilroy Realty is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Boston Properties, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Kilroy Realty pays an annual dividend of $2.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.4%. Boston Properties pays an annual dividend of $3.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.5%. Kilroy Realty pays out 124.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Boston Properties pays out 321.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Boston Properties received 195 more outperform votes than Kilroy Realty when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.34% of users gave Boston Properties an outperform vote while only 63.17% of users gave Kilroy Realty an outperform vote.
Summary
Kilroy Realty beats Boston Properties on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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