Boston Properties (BXP) Competitors $67.65 -0.67 (-0.98%) Closing price 03/28/2025 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$67.69 +0.04 (+0.06%) As of 03/28/2025 06:34 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestSustainabilityTrendsBuy This Stock BXP vs. ARE, SLG, KRC, HIW, DEI, PDM, BDN, HPP, EQC, and DLRShould 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), 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 SL Green Realty Kilroy Realty Highwoods Properties Douglas Emmett Piedmont Office Realty Trust Brandywine Realty Trust Hudson Pacific Properties Equity Commonwealth Digital Realty Trust Alexandria Real Estate Equities (NYSE:ARE) and Boston Properties (NYSE:BXP) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, dividends, media sentiment and valuation. Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in ARE or BXP? 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 insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Boston Properties shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term. Which has more volatility and risk, ARE or BXP? Alexandria Real Estate Equities has a beta of 1.17, meaning that its share price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Boston Properties has a beta of 1.19, meaning that its share price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500. Do analysts recommend ARE or BXP? Alexandria Real Estate Equities currently has a consensus price target of $118.60, suggesting a potential upside of 24.09%. Boston Properties has a consensus price target of $80.85, suggesting a potential upside of 19.51%. Given Alexandria Real Estate Equities' higher possible upside, research 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) 9 Hold rating(s) 2 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.18Boston Properties 1 Sell rating(s) 5 Hold rating(s) 7 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.46 Is ARE or BXP more profitable? Alexandria Real Estate Equities has a net margin of 10.36% compared to Boston Properties' net margin of 0.38%. Boston Properties' return on equity of 3.90% beat Alexandria Real Estate Equities' return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Alexandria Real Estate Equities10.36% 1.43% 0.85% Boston Properties 0.38%3.90%1.24% Is ARE or BXP a better dividend stock? Alexandria Real Estate Equities pays an annual dividend of $5.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.5%. Boston Properties pays an annual dividend of $3.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.8%. Alexandria Real Estate Equities pays out 293.3% 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 3,920.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Alexandria Real Estate Equities has increased its dividend for 15 consecutive years. Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ARE or BXP? Boston Properties received 181 more outperform votes than Alexandria Real Estate Equities when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.56% of users gave Alexandria Real Estate Equities an outperform vote while only 63.43% of users gave Boston Properties an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformAlexandria Real Estate EquitiesOutperform Votes47863.56% Underperform Votes27436.44% Boston PropertiesOutperform Votes65963.43% Underperform Votes38036.57% Which has better earnings & valuation, ARE or BXP? Alexandria Real Estate Equities has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Boston Properties. Alexandria Real Estate Equities is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Boston Properties, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioAlexandria Real Estate Equities$3.05B5.42$322.95M$1.8053.10Boston Properties$3.41B3.14$14.27M$0.10676.48 Does the media refer more to ARE or BXP? In the previous week, Alexandria Real Estate Equities had 26 more articles in the media than Boston Properties. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for Alexandria Real Estate Equities and 3 mentions for Boston Properties. Boston Properties' average media sentiment score of 1.49 beat Alexandria Real Estate Equities' score of 1.35 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 27 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 2 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Boston Properties 2 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 1 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive SummaryBoston Properties beats Alexandria Real Estate Equities on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks. Remove Ads Get Boston Properties News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for BXP and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart BXP vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricBoston PropertiesReal estate investment trusts IndustryFinance SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$10.70B$7.02B$11.31B$19.40BDividend Yield5.72%6.64%5.39%3.75%P/E Ratio676.5562.4622.4933.04Price / Sales3.146.8625.7426.59Price / Cash9.1117.3217.6217.55Price / Book1.351.722.734.53Net Income$14.27M$177.71M$1.04B$1.02B7 Day Performance-1.24%-0.24%-0.01%-1.30%1 Month Performance-4.56%-3.83%495.71%-4.04%1 Year Performance3.58%5.05%536.49%2.59% Boston Properties Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)BXPBoston Properties4.5353 of 5 stars$67.65-1.0%$80.85+19.5%+3.6%$10.70B$3.41B676.55780Positive NewsAREAlexandria Real Estate Equities4.1826 of 5 stars$97.58+1.4%$118.60+21.5%-25.9%$16.89B$3.05B54.21590News CoveragePositive NewsSLGSL Green Realty3.4326 of 5 stars$59.49+3.7%$69.87+17.4%+4.4%$4.24B$886.27M743.591,188Positive NewsKRCKilroy Realty4.544 of 5 stars$35.03+1.9%$40.09+14.5%-8.7%$4.14B$1.14B19.79260Analyst ForecastInsider TradeNews CoverageHIWHighwoods Properties3.7555 of 5 stars$29.34+1.9%$30.86+5.2%+11.6%$3.16B$825.86M30.88340Positive NewsDEIDouglas Emmett4.1656 of 5 stars$16.65+4.2%$18.50+11.1%+15.9%$2.79B$986.48M128.05750Positive NewsPDMPiedmont Office Realty Trust3.8455 of 5 stars$7.43+2.8%$9.50+27.8%+2.9%$923.61M$570.32M-11.80150News CoveragePositive NewsBDNBrandywine Realty Trust3.7309 of 5 stars$4.55+1.5%$5.00+10.0%-7.4%$786.61M$505.52M-3.99330News CoveragePositive NewsHPPHudson Pacific Properties4.3987 of 5 stars$2.95+0.9%$3.54+20.2%-53.9%$416.29M$842.08M-1.15880Analyst UpgradeOptions VolumeNews CoverageGap UpEQCEquity Commonwealth2.043 of 5 stars$1.60-0.3%N/A-91.5%$171.34M$58.43M4.0920Positive NewsDLRDigital Realty Trust4.7384 of 5 stars$155.46+3.4%$179.95+15.8%-1.3%$52.33B$5.55B95.963,410Analyst ForecastNews CoveragePositive News Remove Ads Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Alexandria Real Estate Equities Competitors SL Green Realty Competitors Kilroy Realty Competitors Highwoods Properties Competitors Douglas Emmett Competitors Piedmont Office Realty Trust Competitors Brandywine Realty Trust Competitors Hudson Pacific Properties Competitors Equity Commonwealth Competitors Digital Realty Trust Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NYSE:BXP) was last updated on 3/30/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersTrump Treasure April 19Thanks to President Trump… A $900 investment across5 specific cryptos… Could gain 12,000% so quickly tha...Paradigm Press | SponsoredA market crash is coming—here’s whenThe stock market cycle I've used to identify the most likely day of the next market crash is the exact same in...Chaikin Analytics | SponsoredYour Wealth is Under AttackPlease don't wait—this is your moment to take action. 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