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Government Properties Income Trust (GOV) Competitors

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GOV vs. EQC, DLR, ARE, BXP, SLG, KRC, HIW, DEI, PDM, and BDN

Should you be buying Government Properties Income Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Government Properties Income Trust include Equity Commonwealth (EQC), Digital Realty Trust (DLR), Alexandria Real Estate Equities (ARE), Boston Properties (BXP), SL Green Realty (SLG), Kilroy Realty (KRC), Highwoods Properties (HIW), Douglas Emmett (DEI), Piedmont Office Realty Trust (PDM), and Brandywine Realty Trust (BDN). These companies are all part of the "office reits" industry.

Government Properties Income Trust vs.

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

96.0% of Equity Commonwealth shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.5% of Government Properties Income Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 2.1% of Equity Commonwealth 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 hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Equity Commonwealth has a beta of 0.5, indicating that its share price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Government Properties Income Trust has a beta of 1.5, indicating that its share price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Equity CommonwealthOutperform Votes
300
55.56%
Underperform Votes
240
44.44%
Government Properties Income TrustOutperform Votes
440
60.03%
Underperform Votes
293
39.97%

In the previous week, Equity Commonwealth had 2 more articles in the media than Government Properties Income Trust. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Equity Commonwealth and 0 mentions for Government Properties Income Trust. Equity Commonwealth's average media sentiment score of 1.63 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 Very Positive
Government Properties Income Trust Neutral

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 Commonwealth82.00% 2.09% 1.96%
Government Properties Income Trust 4.14%0.64%0.23%

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Equity Commonwealth$58.43M2.99$91.16M$0.394.17
Government Properties Income Trust$316.53M0.14$12.09M$2.020.23

Summary

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

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GOV vs. The Competition

MetricGovernment Properties Income TrustReal Estate IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$45.24M$3.09B$11.28B$7.87B
Dividend Yield25.04%5.96%5.39%4.05%
P/E Ratio0.239.6822.6618.73
Price / Sales0.1411.1325.6689.10
Price / Cash5.3318.0217.6134.64
Price / Book0.031.732.714.14
Net Income$12.09M-$112.90M$1.03B$246.93M

Government Properties Income Trust Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GOV
Government Properties Income Trust
N/A$0.46
-5.0%
N/A-76.5%$45.24M$316.53M0.23N/A
EQC
Equity Commonwealth
2.0614 of 5 stars
$1.60
-0.3%
N/A-91.5%$171.34M$58.43M4.0920News Coverage
DLR
Digital Realty Trust
4.4382 of 5 stars
$155.46
+3.4%
$179.95
+15.8%
-0.5%$52.33B$5.55B95.963,410Positive News
ARE
Alexandria Real Estate Equities
4.5553 of 5 stars
$97.58
+1.4%
$118.60
+21.5%
-28.2%$16.89B$3.05B54.21590Positive News
BXP
Boston Properties
4.4063 of 5 stars
$69.48
+1.7%
$80.85
+16.4%
+2.9%$10.99B$3.41B694.89780
SLG
SL Green Realty
3.3046 of 5 stars
$59.49
+3.7%
$69.87
+17.4%
+4.8%$4.24B$886.27M743.591,188Positive News
KRC
Kilroy Realty
4.551 of 5 stars
$35.03
+1.9%
$40.09
+14.5%
-9.9%$4.14B$1.14B19.79260Analyst Forecast
HIW
Highwoods Properties
3.1117 of 5 stars
$29.34
+1.9%
$30.86
+5.2%
+13.3%$3.16B$825.86M30.88340Positive News
DEI
Douglas Emmett
4.0589 of 5 stars
$16.65
+4.2%
$18.50
+11.1%
+15.5%$2.79B$986.48M128.05750
PDM
Piedmont Office Realty Trust
3.5887 of 5 stars
$7.43
+2.8%
$9.50
+27.8%
+4.9%$923.61M$570.32M-11.80150Positive News
BDN
Brandywine Realty Trust
3.5675 of 5 stars
$4.55
+1.5%
$5.00
+10.0%
-6.8%$786.61M$505.52M-3.99330
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