Brandywine Realty Trust (BDN) Competitors

Douglas Emmett (NYSE:DEI) and Brandywine Realty Trust (NYSE:BDN) are both 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.

Which has more volatility and risk, DEI or BDN?

Douglas Emmett has a beta of 1.09, meaning that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brandywine Realty Trust has a beta of 1.32, meaning that its share price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in DEI or BDN?

97.4% of Douglas Emmett shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.3% of Brandywine Realty Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 14.7% of Douglas Emmett shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of Brandywine Realty Trust shares are held by company 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.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, DEI or BDN?

Douglas Emmett has higher revenue and earnings than Brandywine Realty Trust. Brandywine Realty Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Douglas Emmett, 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
Douglas Emmett	$986.48M	2.39	$23.52M	$0.13	108.38
Brandywine Realty Trust	$505.52M	1.29	-$194.44M	-$1.14	-3.30

Does the media refer more to DEI or BDN?

In the previous week, Douglas Emmett and Douglas Emmett both had 7 articles in the media. Brandywine Realty Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.51 beat Douglas Emmett's score of 0.70 indicating that Brandywine Realty Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Douglas Emmett	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Brandywine Realty Trust	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Do analysts recommend DEI or BDN?

Douglas Emmett currently has a consensus price target of $18.50, indicating a potential upside of 31.30%. Brandywine Realty Trust has a consensus price target of $5.00, indicating a potential upside of 32.80%. Given Brandywine Realty Trust's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Brandywine Realty Trust is more favorable than Douglas Emmett.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Douglas Emmett	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.44
Brandywine Realty Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Is DEI or BDN more profitable?

Douglas Emmett has a net margin of 2.38% compared to Brandywine Realty Trust's net margin of -38.46%. Douglas Emmett's return on equity of 0.63% beat Brandywine Realty Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Douglas Emmett	2.38%	0.63%	0.25%
Brandywine Realty Trust	-38.46%	-16.40%	-5.33%

Is DEI or BDN a better dividend stock?

Douglas Emmett pays an annual dividend of $0.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.4%. Brandywine Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 15.9%. Douglas Emmett pays out 584.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Brandywine Realty Trust pays out -52.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Brandywine Realty Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in DEI or BDN?

Douglas Emmett received 29 more outperform votes than Brandywine Realty Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.29% of users gave Douglas Emmett an outperform vote while only 54.06% of users gave Brandywine Realty Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Douglas Emmett	Outperform Votes 402 59.29%	Underperform Votes 276 40.71%
Brandywine Realty Trust	Outperform Votes 373 54.06%	Underperform Votes 317 45.94%

Summary

Douglas Emmett beats Brandywine Realty Trust on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.