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Alexandria Real Estate Equities (ARE) Competitors

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$112.77 -0.27 (-0.24%)
(As of 01:39 PM ET)

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

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), Highwoods Properties (HIW), Douglas Emmett (DEI), Equity Commonwealth (EQC), Piedmont Office Realty Trust (PDM), Brandywine Realty Trust (BDN), and Hudson Pacific Properties (HPP). These companies are all part of the "office reits" industry.

Alexandria Real Estate Equities vs.

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

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
Digital Realty Trust$5.49B10.49$948.84M$1.19145.90
Alexandria Real Estate Equities$3.07B6.43$103.64M$1.6468.89

In the previous week, Digital Realty Trust had 9 more articles in the media than Alexandria Real Estate Equities. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Digital Realty Trust and 10 mentions for Alexandria Real Estate Equities. Digital Realty Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.15 beat Alexandria Real Estate Equities' score of 0.84 indicating that Digital Realty Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Digital Realty Trust
12 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Alexandria Real Estate Equities
6 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Digital Realty Trust received 339 more outperform votes than Alexandria Real Estate Equities when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.30% of users gave Digital Realty Trust an outperform vote while only 64.23% of users gave Alexandria Real Estate Equities an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Digital Realty TrustOutperform Votes
813
67.30%
Underperform Votes
395
32.70%
Alexandria Real Estate EquitiesOutperform Votes
474
64.23%
Underperform Votes
264
35.77%

Digital Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $4.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Alexandria Real Estate Equities pays an annual dividend of $5.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. 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 pays out 317.1% 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 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.

99.7% of Digital Realty Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.5% of Alexandria Real Estate Equities shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Digital Realty Trust shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Alexandria Real Estate Equities shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

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
Digital Realty Trust8.04% 2.24% 1.00%
Alexandria Real Estate Equities 9.62%1.31%0.79%

Digital Realty Trust currently has a consensus target price of $167.68, suggesting a potential downside of 3.42%. Alexandria Real Estate Equities has a consensus target price of $131.22, suggesting a potential upside of 16.15%. Given Alexandria Real Estate Equities' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Alexandria Real Estate Equities is more favorable than Digital Realty Trust.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Digital Realty Trust
1 Sell rating(s)
9 Hold rating(s)
11 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.55
Alexandria Real Estate Equities
0 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.30

Digital Realty Trust has a beta of 0.59, indicating that its share price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alexandria Real Estate Equities has a beta of 1.16, indicating that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Digital Realty Trust beats Alexandria Real Estate Equities on 14 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.

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ARE vs. The Competition

MetricAlexandria Real Estate EquitiesReal estate investment trusts IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$19.74B$7.52B$10.66B$19.77B
Dividend Yield4.69%6.48%10.17%3.56%
P/E Ratio68.8935.0832.9441.34
Price / Sales6.438.91343.4215.17
Price / Cash17.3118.5529.7717.33
Price / Book0.872.734.045.27
Net Income$103.64M$145.32M$991.29M$988.95M
7 Day Performance1.28%0.60%3.29%4.01%
1 Month Performance-0.46%-0.65%4.14%3.12%
1 Year Performance13.47%21.53%26.81%28.99%

Alexandria Real Estate Equities Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ARE
Alexandria Real Estate Equities
4.8756 of 5 stars
$112.77
-0.2%
$131.22
+16.4%
+11.6%$19.71B$3.07B68.76590Positive News
DLR
Digital Realty Trust
3.9285 of 5 stars
$173.62
-4.1%
N/A+34.1%$57.59B$5.49B145.903,664Dividend Announcement
News Coverage
Positive News
High Trading Volume
BXP
Boston Properties
4.4462 of 5 stars
$80.95
-0.5%
N/A+41.1%$12.71B$3.27B35.04780Analyst Forecast
SLG
SL Green Realty
1.6085 of 5 stars
$80.22
+2.9%
N/A+134.3%$5.22B$913.71M-32.091,188Gap Up
KRC
Kilroy Realty
3.9209 of 5 stars
$40.41
+2.0%
N/A+29.3%$4.64B$1.13B24.20260Gap Up
HIW
Highwoods Properties
3.0489 of 5 stars
$33.67
+1.2%
N/A+71.3%$3.50B$834M25.13340Analyst Forecast
DEI
Douglas Emmett
3.6458 of 5 stars
$18.62
+0.7%
N/A+47.5%$3.12B$1.01B-88.64750Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
EQC
Equity Commonwealth
1.5094 of 5 stars
$20.08
+0.6%
N/A+4.8%$2.13B$60.52M51.4920Positive News
PDM
Piedmont Office Realty Trust
1.9355 of 5 stars
$10.27
+2.2%
N/A+69.8%$1.27B$577.76M-16.56150Positive News
BDN
Brandywine Realty Trust
3.436 of 5 stars
$5.47
+3.8%
N/A+31.1%$894.45M$514.65M-3.04330Gap Up
HPP
Hudson Pacific Properties
4.8313 of 5 stars
$4.52
+2.3%
N/A-15.1%$600.24M$952.30M-2.70880Upcoming Earnings

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This page (NYSE:ARE) was last updated on 11/7/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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