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Alexandria Real Estate Equities (ARE) Competitors

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$99.17 +1.88 (+1.93%)
(As of 12/20/2024 05:40 PM ET)

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

Should 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), Douglas Emmett (DEI), Highwoods Properties (HIW), 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.

Alexandria Real Estate Equities (NYSE:ARE) and Digital Realty Trust (NYSE:DLR) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, risk, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends and valuation.

In the previous week, Alexandria Real Estate Equities had 11 more articles in the media than Digital Realty Trust. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Alexandria Real Estate Equities and 3 mentions for Digital Realty Trust. Digital Realty Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.62 beat Alexandria Real Estate Equities' score of 0.55 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
5 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Digital Realty Trust
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

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 Ratio
Alexandria Real Estate Equities$3.07B5.64$103.64M$1.6460.47
Digital Realty Trust$5.49B10.79$948.84M$1.19150.06

Alexandria Real Estate Equities has a net margin of 9.62% compared to Digital Realty Trust's net margin of 8.04%. Digital Realty Trust's return on equity of 2.24% beat Alexandria Real Estate Equities' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Alexandria Real Estate Equities9.62% 1.31% 0.79%
Digital Realty Trust 8.04%2.24%1.00%

96.5% of Alexandria Real Estate Equities shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.7% of Digital Realty Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 1.2% of Alexandria Real Estate Equities shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Digital Realty Trust shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Alexandria Real Estate Equities pays an annual dividend of $5.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. Digital Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $4.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Alexandria Real Estate Equities pays out 322.0% 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 410.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Alexandria Real Estate Equities has increased 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.

Alexandria Real Estate Equities has a beta of 1.14, meaning that its share price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Digital Realty Trust has a beta of 0.62, meaning that its share price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Digital Realty Trust received 339 more outperform votes than Alexandria Real Estate Equities when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.33% of users gave Digital Realty Trust an outperform vote while only 64.11% of users gave Alexandria Real Estate Equities an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Alexandria Real Estate EquitiesOutperform Votes
477
64.11%
Underperform Votes
267
35.89%
Digital Realty TrustOutperform Votes
816
67.33%
Underperform Votes
396
32.67%

Alexandria Real Estate Equities presently has a consensus price target of $124.82, suggesting a potential upside of 25.86%. Digital Realty Trust has a consensus price target of $171.68, suggesting a potential downside of 3.86%. 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)
8 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33
Digital Realty Trust
1 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
11 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.57

Summary

Digital Realty Trust beats Alexandria Real Estate Equities on 13 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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ARE vs. The Competition

MetricAlexandria Real Estate EquitiesReal estate investment trusts IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$17.33B$6.96B$10.83B$19.18B
Dividend Yield5.08%6.79%9.98%3.58%
P/E Ratio60.4742.5329.5741.22
Price / Sales5.647.82186.7917.58
Price / Cash16.1517.7930.5321.28
Price / Book0.772.542.725.32
Net Income$103.64M$146.30M$1.03B$989.67M
7 Day Performance-3.40%-3.82%-2.87%-3.45%
1 Month Performance-6.39%-4.28%-2.83%-3.73%
1 Year Performance-23.07%1.86%11.21%12.06%

Alexandria Real Estate Equities Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ARE
Alexandria Real Estate Equities
4.874 of 5 stars
$99.17
+1.9%
$124.82
+25.9%
-21.6%$17.33B$3.07B60.47590Analyst Forecast
High Trading Volume
DLR
Digital Realty Trust
4.0147 of 5 stars
$187.34
+1.2%
$171.68
-8.4%
+34.5%$62.14B$5.49B155.503,664Positive News
BXP
Boston Properties
4.2201 of 5 stars
$81.31
+1.7%
$81.38
+0.1%
+5.5%$12.86B$3.38B34.60780Dividend Announcement
News Coverage
SLG
SL Green Realty
1.3521 of 5 stars
$76.00
+1.8%
$68.67
-9.6%
+47.8%$5.01B$852.12M-29.851,188
KRC
Kilroy Realty
3.3292 of 5 stars
$42.36
+1.5%
$39.43
-6.9%
-1.0%$5.00B$1.12B25.27260Analyst Upgrade
News Coverage
DEI
Douglas Emmett
3.0199 of 5 stars
$20.35
+1.9%
$17.43
-14.4%
+19.2%$3.41B$1.00B-202.30750Dividend Announcement
Short Interest ↓
Positive News
HIW
Highwoods Properties
2.9701 of 5 stars
$31.59
+1.7%
$31.20
-1.2%
+30.9%$3.35B$827.20M23.19340Positive News
PDM
Piedmont Office Realty Trust
3.3959 of 5 stars
$9.43
+0.7%
$11.00
+16.6%
+23.2%$1.17B$572.42M-15.10150Positive News
BDN
Brandywine Realty Trust
3.0463 of 5 stars
$5.89
+3.0%
$5.83
-1.0%
+3.8%$1.02B$513.78M-3.18330Analyst Downgrade
Positive News
HPP
Hudson Pacific Properties
4.2693 of 5 stars
$3.27
-0.6%
$6.17
+88.6%
-67.2%$461.83M$855.84M-1.57880Insider Trade
Options Volume
News Coverage
Positive News
EQC
Equity Commonwealth
2.582 of 5 stars
$1.71
+0.9%
N/A-90.7%$183.00M$58.43M4.4220Gap Down
High Trading Volume

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This page (NYSE:ARE) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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