Government Properties Income Trust (GOV) Competitors

Hudson Pacific Properties (NYSE:HPP) 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 earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends and valuation.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, HPP or GOV?

Government Properties Income Trust has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Hudson Pacific Properties. Hudson Pacific Properties is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Government Properties Income Trust, 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
Hudson Pacific Properties	$855.84M	0.48	-$173.89M	-$2.09	-1.40
Government Properties Income Trust	$316.53M	0.32	$12.09M	$2.02	0.50

Is HPP or GOV a better dividend stock?

Hudson Pacific Properties pays an annual dividend of $0.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Government Properties Income Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 168.6%. Hudson Pacific Properties pays out -4.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Government Properties Income Trust pays out 85.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in HPP or GOV?

97.6% of Hudson Pacific Properties shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.5% of Government Properties Income Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 3.0% of Hudson Pacific Properties shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Government Properties Income Trust shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is HPP or GOV more profitable?

Government Properties Income Trust has a net margin of 4.14% compared to Hudson Pacific Properties' net margin of -33.39%. Government Properties Income Trust's return on equity of 0.64% beat Hudson Pacific Properties' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Hudson Pacific Properties	-33.39%	-9.64%	-3.44%
Government Properties Income Trust	4.14%	0.64%	0.23%

Does the media favor HPP or GOV?

In the previous week, Hudson Pacific Properties had 4 more articles in the media than Government Properties Income Trust. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Hudson Pacific Properties and 1 mentions for Government Properties Income Trust. Hudson Pacific Properties' average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Government Properties Income Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that Hudson Pacific Properties is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Hudson Pacific Properties	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Government Properties Income Trust	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community favor HPP or GOV?

Government Properties Income Trust received 34 more outperform votes than Hudson Pacific Properties when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.14% of users gave Hudson Pacific Properties an outperform vote while only 60.03% of users gave Government Properties Income Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Hudson Pacific Properties	Outperform Votes 406 61.14%	Underperform Votes 258 38.86%
Government Properties Income Trust	Outperform Votes 440 60.03%	Underperform Votes 293 39.97%

Which has more risk & volatility, HPP or GOV?

Hudson Pacific Properties has a beta of 1.27, indicating that its stock price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Government Properties Income Trust has a beta of 1.5, indicating that its stock price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer HPP or GOV?

Hudson Pacific Properties presently has a consensus target price of $6.17, suggesting a potential upside of 110.52%. Given Hudson Pacific Properties' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Hudson Pacific Properties is more favorable than Government Properties Income Trust.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Hudson Pacific Properties	2 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.91
Government Properties Income Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Summary

Hudson Pacific Properties beats Government Properties Income Trust on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.