BXP vs. ARE, KRC, SLG, HIW, DEI, PDM, BDN, HPP, EQC, and DLR
Should you be buying Boston Properties stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Boston Properties include Alexandria Real Estate Equities (ARE), Kilroy Realty (KRC), SL Green Realty (SLG), Highwoods Properties (HIW), Douglas Emmett (DEI), Piedmont Office Realty Trust (PDM), Brandywine Realty Trust (BDN), Hudson Pacific Properties (HPP), Equity Commonwealth (EQC), and Digital Realty Trust (DLR). These companies are all part of the "office reits" industry.
Boston Properties vs.
Alexandria Real Estate Equities (NYSE:ARE) and Boston Properties (NYSE:BXP) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, earnings, profitability, valuation and analyst recommendations.
Alexandria Real Estate Equities presently has a consensus price target of $121.90, indicating a potential upside of 19.67%. Boston Properties has a consensus price target of $82.00, indicating a potential upside of 11.84%. Given Alexandria Real Estate Equities' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Alexandria Real Estate Equities is more favorable than Boston Properties.
In the previous week, Alexandria Real Estate Equities and Alexandria Real Estate Equities both had 10 articles in the media. Alexandria Real Estate Equities' average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat Boston Properties' score of -0.09 indicating that Alexandria Real Estate Equities is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Boston Properties received 179 more outperform votes than Alexandria Real Estate Equities when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.11% of users gave Alexandria Real Estate Equities an outperform vote while only 63.50% of users gave Boston Properties an outperform vote.
96.5% of Alexandria Real Estate Equities shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.7% of Boston Properties shares are held by institutional investors. 1.2% of Alexandria Real Estate Equities shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Boston Properties shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Boston Properties has a net margin of 10.75% compared to Alexandria Real Estate Equities' net margin of 9.62%. Boston Properties' return on equity of 4.40% beat Alexandria Real Estate Equities' return on equity.
Boston Properties has higher revenue and earnings than Alexandria Real Estate Equities. Boston Properties is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Alexandria Real Estate Equities, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Alexandria Real Estate Equities pays an annual dividend of $5.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. Boston Properties pays an annual dividend of $3.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. 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. Boston Properties pays out 169.7% 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. Boston Properties is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Alexandria Real Estate Equities has a beta of 1.16, suggesting that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Boston Properties has a beta of 1.18, suggesting that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Boston Properties beats Alexandria Real Estate Equities on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:BXP) was last updated on 1/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
