BDN vs. HIW, DEI, PDM, HPP, EQC, DLR, ARE, BXP, SLG, and KRC
Should you be buying Brandywine Realty Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Brandywine Realty Trust include Highwoods Properties (HIW), Douglas Emmett (DEI), Piedmont Office Realty Trust (PDM), Hudson Pacific Properties (HPP), Equity Commonwealth (EQC), Digital Realty Trust (DLR), Alexandria Real Estate Equities (ARE), Boston Properties (BXP), SL Green Realty (SLG), and Kilroy Realty (KRC). These companies are all part of the "office reits" industry.
Brandywine Realty Trust vs.
Brandywine Realty Trust (NYSE:BDN) and Highwoods Properties (NYSE:HIW) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, valuation and dividends.
87.3% of Brandywine Realty Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.3% of Highwoods Properties shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.6% of Brandywine Realty Trust shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of Highwoods Properties shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Highwoods Properties had 5 more articles in the media than Brandywine Realty Trust. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Highwoods Properties and 1 mentions for Brandywine Realty Trust. Brandywine Realty Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat Highwoods Properties' score of 0.98 indicating that Brandywine Realty Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Highwoods Properties received 9 more outperform votes than Brandywine Realty Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.02% of users gave Highwoods Properties an outperform vote while only 54.06% of users gave Brandywine Realty Trust an outperform vote.
Brandywine Realty Trust has a beta of 1.35, meaning that its share price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Highwoods Properties has a beta of 1.25, meaning that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Brandywine Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.3%. Highwoods Properties pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.9%. Brandywine Realty Trust pays out -52.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Highwoods Properties pays out 210.5% 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Brandywine Realty Trust presently has a consensus price target of $5.00, suggesting a potential upside of 10.99%. Highwoods Properties has a consensus price target of $30.86, suggesting a potential upside of 6.24%. Given Brandywine Realty Trust's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Brandywine Realty Trust is more favorable than Highwoods Properties.
Highwoods Properties has higher revenue and earnings than Brandywine Realty Trust. Brandywine Realty Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Highwoods Properties, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Highwoods Properties has a net margin of 12.37% compared to Brandywine Realty Trust's net margin of -38.46%. Highwoods Properties' return on equity of 4.33% beat Brandywine Realty Trust's return on equity.
Summary
Highwoods Properties beats Brandywine Realty Trust on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:BDN) was last updated on 3/27/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
