DEI vs. KRC, SLG, HIW, EQC, PDM, BDN, HPP, DLR, ARE, and BXP
Should you be buying Douglas Emmett stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Douglas Emmett include Kilroy Realty (KRC), SL Green Realty (SLG), Highwoods Properties (HIW), Equity Commonwealth (EQC), Piedmont Office Realty Trust (PDM), Brandywine Realty Trust (BDN), Hudson Pacific Properties (HPP), Digital Realty Trust (DLR), Alexandria Real Estate Equities (ARE), and Boston Properties (BXP). These companies are all part of the "office reits" industry.
Kilroy Realty (NYSE:KRC) and Douglas Emmett (NYSE:DEI) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, dividends, profitability, risk, valuation, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
94.2% of Kilroy Realty shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.4% of Douglas Emmett shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.5% of Kilroy Realty shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 14.7% of Douglas Emmett shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Kilroy Realty had 1 more articles in the media than Douglas Emmett. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Kilroy Realty and 5 mentions for Douglas Emmett. Kilroy Realty's average media sentiment score of 0.99 beat Douglas Emmett's score of 0.42 indicating that Douglas Emmett is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Kilroy Realty pays an annual dividend of $2.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.6%. Douglas Emmett pays an annual dividend of $0.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.8%. Kilroy Realty pays out 124.1% 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 -245.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Kilroy Realty has raised its dividend for 8 consecutive years. Kilroy Realty is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Kilroy Realty has higher revenue and earnings than Douglas Emmett. Douglas Emmett is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kilroy Realty, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Kilroy Realty has a beta of 1.02, meaning that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Douglas Emmett has a beta of 1.05, meaning that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Kilroy Realty presently has a consensus price target of $39.00, suggesting a potential upside of 19.89%. Douglas Emmett has a consensus price target of $13.67, suggesting a potential upside of 3.61%. Given Douglas Emmett's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Kilroy Realty is more favorable than Douglas Emmett.
Kilroy Realty has a net margin of 18.43% compared to Kilroy Realty's net margin of -5.40%. Douglas Emmett's return on equity of 3.63% beat Kilroy Realty's return on equity.
Kilroy Realty received 53 more outperform votes than Douglas Emmett when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.25% of users gave Kilroy Realty an outperform vote while only 59.94% of users gave Douglas Emmett an outperform vote.
Summary
Kilroy Realty beats Douglas Emmett on 16 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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