Equity Commonwealth (EQC) Competitors

Equity Commonwealth (NYSE:EQC) and Hudson Pacific Properties (NYSE:HPP) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation, risk, community ranking and media sentiment.

Which has more risk and volatility, EQC or HPP?

Equity Commonwealth has a beta of 0.5, meaning that its share price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hudson Pacific Properties has a beta of 1.31, meaning that its share price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better valuation & earnings, EQC or HPP?

Equity Commonwealth has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Hudson Pacific Properties. Hudson Pacific Properties is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Equity Commonwealth, 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
Equity Commonwealth	$58.43M	2.95	$91.16M	$0.39	4.12
Hudson Pacific Properties	$842.08M	0.51	-$173.89M	-$2.57	-1.18

Does the MarketBeat Community favor EQC or HPP?

Hudson Pacific Properties received 108 more outperform votes than Equity Commonwealth when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.62% of users gave Hudson Pacific Properties an outperform vote while only 55.56% of users gave Equity Commonwealth an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Equity Commonwealth	Outperform Votes 300 55.56%	Underperform Votes 240 44.44%
Hudson Pacific Properties	Outperform Votes 408 60.62%	Underperform Votes 265 39.38%

Does the media prefer EQC or HPP?

In the previous week, Hudson Pacific Properties had 4 more articles in the media than Equity Commonwealth. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Hudson Pacific Properties and 0 mentions for Equity Commonwealth. Hudson Pacific Properties' average media sentiment score of 0.63 beat Equity Commonwealth's score of 0.00 indicating that Hudson Pacific Properties is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Equity Commonwealth	Neutral
Hudson Pacific Properties	Positive

Do analysts recommend EQC or HPP?

Hudson Pacific Properties has a consensus target price of $3.43, indicating a potential upside of 12.94%. Given Hudson Pacific Properties' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Hudson Pacific Properties is more favorable than Equity Commonwealth.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Equity Commonwealth	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Hudson Pacific Properties	2 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Is EQC or HPP more profitable?

Equity Commonwealth has a net margin of 82.00% compared to Hudson Pacific Properties' net margin of -44.01%. Equity Commonwealth's return on equity of 2.09% beat Hudson Pacific Properties' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Equity Commonwealth	82.00%	2.09%	1.96%
Hudson Pacific Properties	-44.01%	-12.64%	-4.46%

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in EQC or HPP?

96.0% of Equity Commonwealth shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.6% of Hudson Pacific Properties shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.1% of Equity Commonwealth shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.0% of Hudson Pacific Properties shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Hudson Pacific Properties beats Equity Commonwealth on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.