BXP vs. ARE, KRC, SLG, HIW, DEI, EQC, PDM, BDN, HPP, and DLR
Should you be buying Boston Properties stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Boston Properties include Alexandria Real Estate Equities (ARE), Kilroy Realty (KRC), 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), and Digital Realty Trust (DLR). These companies are all part of the "office reits" industry.
Boston Properties (NYSE:BXP) and Alexandria Real Estate Equities (NYSE:ARE) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking and earnings.
Boston Properties pays an annual dividend of $3.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.5%. Alexandria Real Estate Equities pays an annual dividend of $5.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. 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. Alexandria Real Estate Equities pays out 474.8% 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
98.7% of Boston Properties shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.5% of Alexandria Real Estate Equities shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of Boston Properties shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Alexandria Real Estate Equities shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Boston Properties had 1 more articles in the media than Alexandria Real Estate Equities. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Boston Properties and 7 mentions for Alexandria Real Estate Equities. Alexandria Real Estate Equities' average media sentiment score of 1.30 beat Boston Properties' score of 0.68 indicating that Alexandria Real Estate Equities is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Boston Properties currently has a consensus target price of $69.47, suggesting a potential upside of 14.50%. Alexandria Real Estate Equities has a consensus target price of $136.75, suggesting a potential upside of 14.92%. Given Alexandria Real Estate Equities' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Alexandria Real Estate Equities is more favorable than Boston Properties.
Boston Properties has a beta of 1.15, suggesting that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alexandria Real Estate Equities has a beta of 1.07, suggesting that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Alexandria Real Estate Equities has a net margin of 6.65% compared to Boston Properties' net margin of 5.81%. Boston Properties' return on equity of 2.35% beat Alexandria Real Estate Equities' return on equity.
Boston Properties has higher revenue and earnings than Alexandria Real Estate Equities. Boston Properties is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Alexandria Real Estate Equities, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Boston Properties received 175 more outperform votes than Alexandria Real Estate Equities when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.97% of users gave Alexandria Real Estate Equities an outperform vote while only 64.34% of users gave Boston Properties an outperform vote.
Summary
Boston Properties beats Alexandria Real Estate Equities on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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