CDP vs. HIW, NSA, NHI, BNL, SITC, MPW, SKT, ABR, LXP, and BXMT
Should you be buying COPT Defense Properties stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of COPT Defense Properties include Highwoods Properties (HIW), National Storage Affiliates Trust (NSA), National Health Investors (NHI), Broadstone Net Lease (BNL), SITE Centers (SITC), Medical Properties Trust (MPW), Tanger (SKT), Arbor Realty Trust (ABR), LXP Industrial Trust (LXP), and Blackstone Mortgage Trust (BXMT). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
Highwoods Properties (NYSE:HIW) and COPT Defense Properties (NYSE:CDP) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, institutional ownership and profitability.
Highwoods Properties has a net margin of 15.78% compared to Highwoods Properties' net margin of -16.83%. COPT Defense Properties' return on equity of 5.44% beat Highwoods Properties' return on equity.
In the previous week, Highwoods Properties had 5 more articles in the media than COPT Defense Properties. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Highwoods Properties and 2 mentions for COPT Defense Properties. COPT Defense Properties' average media sentiment score of 1.29 beat Highwoods Properties' score of 0.67 indicating that Highwoods Properties is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Highwoods Properties presently has a consensus target price of $24.75, suggesting a potential downside of 1.75%. COPT Defense Properties has a consensus target price of $27.00, suggesting a potential upside of 11.43%. Given Highwoods Properties' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe COPT Defense Properties is more favorable than Highwoods Properties.
Highwoods Properties pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.9%. COPT Defense Properties pays an annual dividend of $1.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. Highwoods Properties pays out 163.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. COPT Defense Properties pays out -109.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Highwoods Properties has a beta of 1.2, meaning that its stock price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, COPT Defense Properties has a beta of 0.92, meaning that its stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Highwoods Properties received 373 more outperform votes than COPT Defense Properties when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.83% of users gave Highwoods Properties an outperform vote while only 60.00% of users gave COPT Defense Properties an outperform vote.
Highwoods Properties has higher revenue and earnings than COPT Defense Properties. COPT Defense Properties is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Highwoods Properties, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
96.3% of Highwoods Properties shares are held by institutional investors. 1.6% of Highwoods Properties shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of COPT Defense Properties shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Highwoods Properties beats COPT Defense Properties on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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