Brandywine Realty Trust (BDN) Competitors

Highwoods Properties (NYSE:HIW) and Brandywine Realty Trust (NYSE:BDN) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, earnings, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends and media sentiment.

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of HIW or BDN?

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 insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of Brandywine Realty Trust shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is HIW or BDN a better dividend stock?

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.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, HIW or BDN?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Highwoods Properties	$834M	3.30	$148.71M	$1.22	21.29
Brandywine Realty Trust	$514.65M	1.54	-$196.79M	-$1.22	-3.78

Do analysts rate HIW or BDN?

Highwoods Properties presently has a consensus target price of $24.75, suggesting a potential downside of 4.70%. Brandywine Realty Trust has a consensus target price of $5.63, suggesting 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.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Highwoods Properties	1 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.13
Brandywine Realty Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Does the media refer more to HIW or BDN?

In the previous week, Highwoods Properties had 3 more articles in the media than Brandywine Realty Trust. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Highwoods Properties and 3 mentions for Brandywine Realty Trust. Highwoods Properties' average media sentiment score of 1.23 beat Brandywine Realty Trust's score of 1.17 indicating that Brandywine Realty Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Highwoods Properties	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Brandywine Realty Trust	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer HIW or BDN?

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.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Highwoods Properties	Outperform Votes 379 61.83%	Underperform Votes 234 38.17%
Brandywine Realty Trust	Outperform Votes 373 54.61%	Underperform Votes 310 45.39%

Is HIW or BDN more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Highwoods Properties	15.78%	5.44%	2.18%
Brandywine Realty Trust	-40.61%	-14.62%	-5.42%

Which has more risk and volatility, HIW or BDN?

Highwoods Properties has a beta of 1.2, indicating that its stock price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brandywine Realty Trust has a beta of 1.26, indicating that its stock price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Highwoods Properties beats Brandywine Realty Trust on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.