EQC vs. KRC, SLG, HIW, DEI, PDM, BDN, HPP, DLR, ARE, and BXP
Should you be buying Equity Commonwealth stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Equity Commonwealth include Kilroy Realty (KRC), SL Green Realty (SLG), Highwoods Properties (HIW), Douglas Emmett (DEI), Piedmont Office Realty Trust (PDM), Brandywine Realty Trust (BDN), Hudson Pacific Properties (HPP), Digital Realty Trust (DLR), Alexandria Real Estate Equities (ARE), and Boston Properties (BXP). These companies are all part of the "office reits" industry.
Kilroy Realty (NYSE:KRC) and Equity Commonwealth (NYSE:EQC) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, profitability, earnings, valuation, risk, media sentiment, dividends and analyst recommendations.
Kilroy Realty currently has a consensus price target of $38.45, suggesting a potential upside of 14.69%. Given Equity Commonwealth's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Kilroy Realty is more favorable than Equity Commonwealth.
In the previous week, Kilroy Realty had 3 more articles in the media than Equity Commonwealth. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Kilroy Realty and 3 mentions for Equity Commonwealth. Kilroy Realty's average media sentiment score of 1.09 beat Equity Commonwealth's score of 0.09 indicating that Equity Commonwealth is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Kilroy Realty received 151 more outperform votes than Equity Commonwealth when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.17% of users gave Kilroy Realty an outperform vote while only 55.66% of users gave Equity Commonwealth an outperform vote.
94.2% of Kilroy Realty shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.0% of Equity Commonwealth shares are held by institutional investors. 2.5% of Kilroy Realty shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.8% of Equity Commonwealth shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Equity Commonwealth has a net margin of 156.11% compared to Equity Commonwealth's net margin of 18.43%. Kilroy Realty's return on equity of 4.14% beat Equity Commonwealth's return on equity.
Kilroy Realty has higher revenue and earnings than Equity Commonwealth. Kilroy Realty is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Equity Commonwealth, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Kilroy Realty has a beta of 1.02, indicating that its stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Equity Commonwealth has a beta of 0.24, indicating that its stock price is 76% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Kilroy Realty beats Equity Commonwealth on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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