Brandywine Realty Trust (BDN) Competitors

Brandywine Realty Trust (NYSE:BDN) and Equity Commonwealth (NYSE:EQC) 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.

Which has higher valuation & earnings, BDN or EQC?

Equity Commonwealth has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Brandywine Realty Trust. Brandywine Realty Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Equity Commonwealth, 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
Brandywine Realty Trust	$514.65M	1.61	-$196.79M	-$1.22	-3.94
Equity Commonwealth	$60.52M	34.66	$91.16M	$0.79	24.75

Is BDN or EQC more profitable?

Equity Commonwealth has a net margin of 156.11% compared to Brandywine Realty Trust's net margin of -40.61%. Equity Commonwealth's return on equity of 4.14% beat Brandywine Realty Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Brandywine Realty Trust	-40.61%	-14.62%	-5.42%
Equity Commonwealth	156.11%	4.14%	3.88%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer BDN or EQC?

Brandywine Realty Trust received 73 more outperform votes than Equity Commonwealth when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 55.66% of users gave Equity Commonwealth an outperform vote while only 54.61% of users gave Brandywine Realty Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Brandywine Realty Trust	Outperform Votes 373 54.61%	Underperform Votes 310 45.39%
Equity Commonwealth	Outperform Votes 300 55.66%	Underperform Votes 239 44.34%

Which has more volatility & risk, BDN or EQC?

Brandywine Realty Trust has a beta of 1.26, indicating that its stock price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Equity Commonwealth has a beta of 0.24, indicating that its stock price is 76% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to BDN or EQC?

In the previous week, Equity Commonwealth had 3 more articles in the media than Brandywine Realty Trust. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Equity Commonwealth and 0 mentions for Brandywine Realty Trust. Equity Commonwealth's average media sentiment score of 1.63 beat Brandywine Realty Trust's score of 1.48 indicating that Equity Commonwealth is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Brandywine Realty Trust	Positive
Equity Commonwealth	Very Positive

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of BDN or EQC?

87.3% of Brandywine Realty Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.0% of Equity Commonwealth shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.6% of Brandywine Realty Trust shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.8% of Equity Commonwealth shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts rate BDN or EQC?

Brandywine Realty Trust presently has a consensus price target of $5.63, suggesting a potential upside of 16.94%. Given Brandywine Realty Trust's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Brandywine Realty Trust is more favorable than Equity Commonwealth.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Brandywine Realty Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Equity Commonwealth	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Summary

Equity Commonwealth beats Brandywine Realty Trust on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.