BXP vs. ARE, KRC, SLG, HIW, DEI, EQC, PDM, BDN, HPP, 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), Equity Commonwealth (EQC), Piedmont Office Realty Trust (PDM), Brandywine Realty Trust (BDN), Hudson Pacific Properties (HPP), and Digital Realty Trust (DLR). These companies are all part of the "office reits" industry.
Alexandria Real Estate Equities (NYSE:ARE) and Boston Properties (NYSE:BXP) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, valuation and institutional ownership.
Alexandria Real Estate Equities has a net margin of 6.65% compared to Alexandria Real Estate Equities' net margin of 5.81%. Alexandria Real Estate Equities' return on equity of 2.35% beat Boston Properties' return on equity.
Alexandria Real Estate Equities has a beta of 1.07, indicating that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Boston Properties has a beta of 1.15, indicating that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
Boston Properties received 175 more outperform votes than Alexandria Real Estate Equities when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.97% of users gave Alexandria Real Estate Equities an outperform vote while only 64.34% of users gave Boston Properties an outperform vote.
Alexandria Real Estate Equities pays an annual dividend of $5.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. Boston Properties pays an annual dividend of $3.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.9%. Alexandria Real Estate Equities pays out 474.8% 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 321.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Alexandria Real Estate Equities has raised its dividend for 14 consecutive years. Boston Properties is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Alexandria Real Estate Equities presently has a consensus price target of $136.75, suggesting a potential upside of 18.73%. Boston Properties has a consensus price target of $69.47, suggesting a potential upside of 21.49%. Given Alexandria Real Estate Equities' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Boston Properties is more favorable than Alexandria Real Estate Equities.
In the previous week, Boston Properties had 10 more articles in the media than Alexandria Real Estate Equities. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Boston Properties and 6 mentions for Alexandria Real Estate Equities. Boston Properties' average media sentiment score of 1.31 beat Alexandria Real Estate Equities' score of 0.25 indicating that Alexandria Real Estate Equities is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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.
Summary
Boston Properties beats Alexandria Real Estate Equities on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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