Douglas Emmett (DEI) Competitors

Boston Properties (NYSE:BXP) and Douglas Emmett (NYSE:DEI) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

Do analysts prefer BXP or DEI?

Boston Properties presently has a consensus target price of $82.00, indicating a potential upside of 11.84%. Douglas Emmett has a consensus target price of $18.75, indicating a potential upside of 7.12%. Given Boston Properties' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Boston Properties is more favorable than Douglas Emmett.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Boston Properties	0 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Douglas Emmett	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.44

Which has higher valuation and earnings, BXP or DEI?

Boston Properties has higher revenue and earnings than Douglas Emmett. Douglas Emmett is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Boston Properties, 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
Boston Properties	$3.27B	3.54	$190.21M	$2.31	31.74
Douglas Emmett	$1.00B	2.93	-$42.71M	-$0.10	-175.04

Is BXP or DEI more profitable?

Boston Properties has a net margin of 10.75% compared to Douglas Emmett's net margin of -1.68%. Boston Properties' return on equity of 4.40% beat Douglas Emmett's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Boston Properties	10.75%	4.40%	1.40%
Douglas Emmett	-1.68%	-0.43%	-0.17%

Do institutionals & insiders believe in BXP or DEI?

98.7% of Boston Properties shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.4% of Douglas Emmett shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of Boston Properties shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 14.7% of Douglas Emmett 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in BXP or DEI?

Boston Properties received 254 more outperform votes than Douglas Emmett when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.50% of users gave Boston Properties an outperform vote while only 59.47% of users gave Douglas Emmett an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Boston Properties	Outperform Votes 656 63.50%	Underperform Votes 377 36.50%
Douglas Emmett	Outperform Votes 402 59.47%	Underperform Votes 274 40.53%

Is BXP or DEI a better dividend stock?

Boston Properties pays an annual dividend of $3.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. Douglas Emmett pays an annual dividend of $0.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. 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. Douglas Emmett pays out -760.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Does the media favor BXP or DEI?

In the previous week, Douglas Emmett had 5 more articles in the media than Boston Properties. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Douglas Emmett and 9 mentions for Boston Properties. Boston Properties' average media sentiment score of 0.15 beat Douglas Emmett's score of 0.01 indicating that Boston Properties is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Boston Properties	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Douglas Emmett	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has more risk & volatility, BXP or DEI?

Boston Properties has a beta of 1.18, indicating that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Douglas Emmett has a beta of 1.11, indicating that its stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Boston Properties beats Douglas Emmett on 17 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.