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Boston Properties (BXP) Competitors

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$74.64 +1.31 (+1.79%)
(As of 12/20/2024 05:31 PM ET)

BXP vs. ARE, SLG, KRC, DEI, HIW, 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), SL Green Realty (SLG), Kilroy Realty (KRC), Douglas Emmett (DEI), Highwoods Properties (HIW), 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 better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, risk, valuation and institutional ownership.

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Alexandria Real Estate Equities9.62% 1.31% 0.79%
Boston Properties 10.75%4.40%1.40%

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 hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Alexandria Real Estate Equities$3.07B5.64$103.64M$1.6460.47
Boston Properties$3.38B3.49$190.21M$2.3132.31

Alexandria Real Estate Equities has a beta of 1.14, meaning that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Boston Properties has a beta of 1.17, meaning that its stock price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Boston Properties received 177 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 63.56% of users gave Boston Properties an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Alexandria Real Estate EquitiesOutperform Votes
477
64.11%
Underperform Votes
267
35.89%
Boston PropertiesOutperform Votes
654
63.56%
Underperform Votes
375
36.44%

Alexandria Real Estate Equities presently has a consensus target price of $124.82, suggesting a potential upside of 25.86%. Boston Properties has a consensus target price of $81.38, suggesting a potential upside of 9.04%. Given Alexandria Real Estate Equities' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Alexandria Real Estate Equities is more favorable than Boston Properties.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Alexandria Real Estate Equities
0 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33
Boston Properties
0 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.46

Alexandria Real Estate Equities pays an annual dividend of $5.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. 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. Alexandria Real Estate Equities is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

In the previous week, Alexandria Real Estate Equities had 8 more articles in the media than Boston Properties. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Alexandria Real Estate Equities and 6 mentions for Boston Properties. Boston Properties' average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Alexandria Real Estate Equities' score of 0.55 indicating that Boston Properties is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Alexandria Real Estate Equities
5 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Boston Properties
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Boston Properties beats Alexandria Real Estate Equities on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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BXP vs. The Competition

MetricBoston PropertiesReal estate investment trusts IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$11.80B$6.96B$10.59B$19.18B
Dividend Yield4.88%6.79%10.09%3.58%
P/E Ratio32.3142.5337.8041.22
Price / Sales3.497.82286.0517.58
Price / Cash12.2717.7930.4421.28
Price / Book1.432.542.695.32
Net Income$190.21M$146.30M$1.03B$989.67M
7 Day Performance-6.62%-3.82%-2.80%-3.45%
1 Month Performance-7.99%-4.28%-2.77%-3.73%
1 Year Performance4.74%1.86%11.00%12.06%

Boston Properties Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BXP
Boston Properties
4.0142 of 5 stars
$74.64
+1.8%
$81.38
+9.0%
+5.5%$11.80B$3.38B32.31780Dividend Announcement
News Coverage
High Trading Volume
ARE
Alexandria Real Estate Equities
4.874 of 5 stars
$102.31
-0.3%
$125.82
+23.0%
-21.6%$17.88B$2.89B62.60590Analyst Forecast
SLG
SL Green Realty
1.3521 of 5 stars
$75.91
+1.7%
$68.67
-9.5%
+47.8%$5.00B$852.12M-29.851,188
KRC
Kilroy Realty
3.3292 of 5 stars
$42.32
+1.4%
$39.43
-6.8%
-1.0%$5.00B$1.12B25.27260Analyst Upgrade
News Coverage
DEI
Douglas Emmett
3.0199 of 5 stars
$20.32
+1.8%
$17.43
-14.2%
+19.2%$3.40B$1.00B-202.30750Dividend Announcement
Short Interest ↓
Positive News
HIW
Highwoods Properties
2.9701 of 5 stars
$31.54
+1.5%
$31.20
-1.1%
+30.9%$3.34B$827.20M23.19340Positive News
PDM
Piedmont Office Realty Trust
3.3959 of 5 stars
$9.40
+0.4%
$11.00
+17.0%
+23.2%$1.17B$572.42M-15.10150Positive News
BDN
Brandywine Realty Trust
3.0463 of 5 stars
$5.87
+2.6%
$5.83
-0.6%
+3.8%$1.01B$513.78M-3.18330Analyst Downgrade
HPP
Hudson Pacific Properties
4.2738 of 5 stars
$3.26
-0.9%
$6.17
+89.2%
-67.2%$460.42M$855.84M-1.57880Insider Trade
Options Volume
News Coverage
Positive News
EQC
Equity Commonwealth
2.582 of 5 stars
$1.71
+0.9%
N/A-90.7%$183.00M$58.43M4.4220Gap Down
High Trading Volume
DLR
Digital Realty Trust
4.0221 of 5 stars
$186.99
+1.1%
$171.68
-8.2%
+34.5%$62.03B$5.49B155.503,664Positive News

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This page (NYSE:BXP) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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