Government Properties Income Trust (GOV) Competitors

Equity Commonwealth (NYSE:EQC) and Government Properties Income Trust (NASDAQ:GOV) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment and dividends.

Which has better earnings and valuation, EQC or GOV?

Equity Commonwealth has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Government Properties Income Trust. Government Properties Income Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Equity Commonwealth, 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
Equity Commonwealth	$60.52M	3.02	$91.16M	$0.39	4.37
Government Properties Income Trust	$316.53M	0.29	$12.09M	$2.02	0.46

Does the media refer more to EQC or GOV?

In the previous week, Equity Commonwealth had 1 more articles in the media than Government Properties Income Trust. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Equity Commonwealth and 0 mentions for Government Properties Income Trust. Equity Commonwealth's average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat Government Properties Income Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that Equity Commonwealth is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Equity Commonwealth	Positive
Government Properties Income Trust	Neutral

Is EQC or GOV more profitable?

Equity Commonwealth has a net margin of 82.00% compared to Government Properties Income Trust's net margin of 4.14%. Equity Commonwealth's return on equity of 2.09% beat Government Properties Income Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Equity Commonwealth	82.00%	2.09%	1.96%
Government Properties Income Trust	4.14%	0.64%	0.23%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer EQC or GOV?

Government Properties Income Trust received 140 more outperform votes than Equity Commonwealth when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.03% of users gave Government Properties Income Trust an outperform vote while only 55.56% of users gave Equity Commonwealth an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Equity Commonwealth	Outperform Votes 300 55.56%	Underperform Votes 240 44.44%
Government Properties Income Trust	Outperform Votes 440 60.03%	Underperform Votes 293 39.97%

Which has more volatility & risk, EQC or GOV?

Equity Commonwealth has a beta of 0.48, meaning that its share price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Government Properties Income Trust has a beta of 1.5, meaning that its share price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of EQC or GOV?

96.0% of Equity Commonwealth shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.5% of Government Properties Income Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.1% of Equity Commonwealth shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Government Properties Income Trust shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Equity Commonwealth beats Government Properties Income Trust on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.