Alexandria Real Estate Equities (ARE) Competitors $77.41 -1.71 (-2.16%) As of 02:05 PM Eastern Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestSustainabilityTrendsBuy This Stock ARE vs. DLR, BXP, SLG, KRC, HIW, DEI, PDM, BDN, HPP, and EQCShould you be buying Alexandria Real Estate Equities stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Alexandria Real Estate Equities include Digital Realty Trust (DLR), Boston Properties (BXP), SL Green Realty (SLG), Kilroy Realty (KRC), Highwoods Properties (HIW), Douglas Emmett (DEI), Piedmont Office Realty Trust (PDM), Brandywine Realty Trust (BDN), Hudson Pacific Properties (HPP), and Equity Commonwealth (EQC). These companies are all part of the "office reits" industry. Alexandria Real Estate Equities vs. Digital Realty Trust Boston Properties SL Green Realty Kilroy Realty Highwoods Properties Douglas Emmett Piedmont Office Realty Trust Brandywine Realty Trust Hudson Pacific Properties Equity Commonwealth Alexandria Real Estate Equities (NYSE:ARE) and Digital Realty Trust (NYSE:DLR) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends and profitability. Is ARE or DLR more profitable? Digital Realty Trust has a net margin of 10.85% compared to Alexandria Real Estate Equities' net margin of 10.36%. Digital Realty Trust's return on equity of 2.97% beat Alexandria Real Estate Equities' return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Alexandria Real Estate Equities10.36% 1.43% 0.85% Digital Realty Trust 10.85%2.97%1.36% Which has more risk and volatility, ARE or DLR? Alexandria Real Estate Equities has a beta of 1.24, suggesting that its stock price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Digital Realty Trust has a beta of 0.92, suggesting that its stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Does the media refer more to ARE or DLR? In the previous week, Alexandria Real Estate Equities had 4 more articles in the media than Digital Realty Trust. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Alexandria Real Estate Equities and 21 mentions for Digital Realty Trust. Digital Realty Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.70 beat Alexandria Real Estate Equities' score of 1.40 indicating that Digital Realty Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Alexandria Real Estate Equities 21 Very Positive mention(s) 1 Positive mention(s) 2 Neutral mention(s) 1 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Digital Realty Trust 20 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 0 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Very Positive Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in ARE or DLR? 96.5% of Alexandria Real Estate Equities shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.7% of Digital Realty Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.2% of Alexandria Real Estate Equities shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Digital Realty Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term. Does the MarketBeat Community favor ARE or DLR? Digital Realty Trust received 349 more outperform votes than Alexandria Real Estate Equities when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.40% of users gave Digital Realty Trust an outperform vote while only 63.48% of users gave Alexandria Real Estate Equities an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformAlexandria Real Estate EquitiesOutperform Votes47863.48% Underperform Votes27536.52% Digital Realty TrustOutperform Votes82767.40% Underperform Votes40032.60% Which has higher valuation and earnings, ARE or DLR? Digital Realty Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Alexandria Real Estate Equities. Alexandria Real Estate Equities is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Digital Realty Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioAlexandria Real Estate Equities$3.05B4.46$322.95M$1.8043.65Digital Realty Trust$5.55B9.02$602.49M$1.6291.82 Do analysts recommend ARE or DLR? Alexandria Real Estate Equities presently has a consensus target price of $118.60, indicating a potential upside of 50.95%. Digital Realty Trust has a consensus target price of $184.33, indicating a potential upside of 23.92%. Given Alexandria Real Estate Equities' higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Alexandria Real Estate Equities is more favorable than Digital Realty Trust.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Alexandria Real Estate Equities 0 Sell rating(s) 9 Hold rating(s) 2 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.18Digital Realty Trust 1 Sell rating(s) 4 Hold rating(s) 14 Buy rating(s) 2 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.81 Is ARE or DLR a better dividend stock? Alexandria Real Estate Equities pays an annual dividend of $5.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.7%. Digital Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $4.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Alexandria Real Estate Equities pays out 293.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Digital Realty Trust pays out 301.2% 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 has raised its dividend for 15 consecutive years. Alexandria Real Estate Equities is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth. SummaryDigital Realty Trust beats Alexandria Real Estate Equities on 14 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks. Remove Ads Get Alexandria Real Estate Equities News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for ARE and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart ARE vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricAlexandria Real Estate EquitiesReal estate investment trusts IndustryFinance SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$13.59B$6.75B$10.85B$18.54BDividend Yield7.08%7.51%5.83%4.23%P/E Ratio43.6557.6321.6431.25Price / Sales4.466.5425.4925.66Price / Cash11.3517.3217.6217.53Price / Book0.611.622.574.30Net Income$322.95M$177.71M$1.03B$1.02B7 Day Performance-3.12%-0.27%0.30%-0.50%1 Month Performance-20.88%-8.09%-3.37%-6.61%1 Year Performance-32.84%4.72%534.59%2.00% Alexandria Real Estate Equities Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)AREAlexandria Real Estate Equities4.5155 of 5 stars$77.41-2.2%$118.60+53.2%-33.6%$13.39B$3.05B43.01590Positive NewsDLRDigital Realty Trust4.2035 of 5 stars$137.01-0.4%$184.33+34.5%+5.4%$45.91B$5.55B84.183,410Short Interest ↑Positive NewsBXPBoston Properties4.395 of 5 stars$58.74-2.8%$80.85+37.6%+8.6%$9.25B$3.41B584.92780Analyst ForecastSLGSL Green Realty3.8179 of 5 stars$49.77-1.7%$69.87+40.4%+5.0%$3.53B$886.27M618.301,188Positive NewsKRCKilroy Realty4.5383 of 5 stars$29.50-1.7%$38.82+31.6%-4.8%$3.46B$1.14B16.55260Short Interest ↑Positive NewsHIWHighwoods Properties3.4939 of 5 stars$26.37-2.8%$32.50+23.2%+13.9%$2.83B$825.86M27.62340Short Interest ↑News CoveragePositive NewsDEIDouglas Emmett3.9805 of 5 stars$13.92-2.4%$18.50+32.9%+7.7%$2.32B$986.48M106.64750Short Interest ↑PDMPiedmont Office Realty Trust3.8501 of 5 stars$6.50-2.6%$9.50+46.1%-0.8%$804.80M$570.32M-10.27150Positive NewsBDNBrandywine Realty Trust4.2639 of 5 stars$3.90-2.6%$5.00+28.3%-12.4%$671.34M$505.52M-3.40330Upcoming EarningsNews CoveragePositive NewsHPPHudson Pacific Properties4.4519 of 5 stars$2.37-8.3%$3.43+44.9%-60.6%$332.89M$842.08M-0.92880Analyst ForecastEQCEquity Commonwealth2.3301 of 5 stars$1.60-0.3%N/A-91.4%$171.34M$58.43M4.0920Short Interest ↓News CoveragePositive News Remove Ads Related Companies and Tools Related Companies DLR Alternatives BXP Alternatives SLG Alternatives KRC Alternatives HIW Alternatives DEI Alternatives PDM Alternatives BDN Alternatives HPP Alternatives EQC Alternatives Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NYSE:ARE) was last updated on 4/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersThe Crypto Market is About to Change LivesI've discovered something so significant about the 2025 crypto market that I had to put everything else aside ...Crypto 101 Media | Sponsored[Action Required] Claim Your FREE IRS Loophole GuideThis shouldn't surprise anyone who's been paying attention, but... 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