HIW vs. BXP, KRC, SLG, DEI, EQC, PDM, BDN, HPP, DLR, and ARE
Should you be buying Highwoods Properties stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Highwoods Properties include Boston Properties (BXP), Kilroy Realty (KRC), SL Green Realty (SLG), 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.
Highwoods Properties (NYSE:HIW) and Boston Properties (NYSE:BXP) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, media sentiment and profitability.
96.3% of Highwoods Properties shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.7% of Boston Properties shares are held by institutional investors. 1.8% of Highwoods Properties shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Boston Properties shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Highwoods Properties has a beta of 1.23, meaning that its stock price is 23% 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.
Highwoods Properties presently has a consensus target price of $24.75, suggesting a potential downside of 1.39%. Boston Properties has a consensus target price of $69.47, suggesting a potential upside of 19.58%. Given Boston Properties' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Boston Properties is more favorable than Highwoods Properties.
Highwoods Properties has a net margin of 15.78% compared to Boston Properties' net margin of 5.81%. Highwoods Properties' return on equity of 5.44% beat Boston Properties' return on equity.
In the previous week, Boston Properties had 14 more articles in the media than Highwoods Properties. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Boston Properties and 6 mentions for Highwoods Properties. Highwoods Properties' average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat Boston Properties' score of 0.35 indicating that Highwoods Properties is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Highwoods Properties pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.0%. Boston Properties pays an annual dividend of $3.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.7%. 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. 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. Highwoods Properties is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Boston Properties received 267 more outperform votes than Highwoods Properties when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.34% of users gave Boston Properties an outperform vote while only 61.83% of users gave Highwoods Properties an outperform vote.
Boston Properties has higher revenue and earnings than Highwoods Properties. Highwoods Properties is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Boston Properties, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Boston Properties beats Highwoods Properties on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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