City Office REIT (CIO) Competitors

BXP (NYSE:BXP) and City Office REIT (NYSE:CIO) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, valuation and dividends.

Is BXP or CIO a better dividend stock?

BXP pays an annual dividend of $3.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.1%. City Office REIT pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.8%. BXP pays out 13,066.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. City Office REIT pays out -61.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. City Office REIT has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years.

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, BXP or CIO?

BXP has higher revenue and earnings than City Office REIT. City Office REIT is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BXP, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
BXP	$3.43B	2.98	$14.27M	$0.03	2,154.67
City Office REIT	$171.13M	1.64	-$17.68M	-$0.65	-10.69

Do analysts rate BXP or CIO?

BXP currently has a consensus price target of $78.07, indicating a potential upside of 20.78%. Given BXP's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe BXP is more favorable than City Office REIT.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
BXP	1 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.43
City Office REIT	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of BXP or CIO?

98.7% of BXP shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.5% of City Office REIT shares are held by institutional investors. 1.5% of BXP shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.3% of City Office REIT shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility and risk, BXP or CIO?

BXP has a beta of 1.17, suggesting that its share price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, City Office REIT has a beta of 1.73, suggesting that its share price is 73% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is BXP or CIO more profitable?

BXP has a net margin of 0.11% compared to City Office REIT's net margin of -71.27%. BXP's return on equity of 3.89% beat City Office REIT's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
BXP	0.11%	3.89%	1.20%
City Office REIT	-71.27%	-19.28%	-8.27%

Does the media favor BXP or CIO?

In the previous week, BXP had 13 more articles in the media than City Office REIT. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for BXP and 8 mentions for City Office REIT. BXP's average media sentiment score of 0.48 beat City Office REIT's score of 0.08 indicating that BXP is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
BXP	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	13 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
City Office REIT	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

BXP beats City Office REIT on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.