Equity Commonwealth (EQC) Competitors

Digital Realty Trust (NYSE:DLR) and Equity Commonwealth (NYSE:EQC) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, earnings, dividends, valuation, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Do analysts recommend DLR or EQC?

Digital Realty Trust presently has a consensus target price of $190.68, indicating a potential upside of 15.54%. Given Digital Realty Trust's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Digital Realty Trust is more favorable than Equity Commonwealth.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Digital Realty Trust	1 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	15 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.78
Equity Commonwealth	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Which has higher earnings & valuation, DLR or EQC?

Digital Realty Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Equity Commonwealth. Equity Commonwealth is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Digital Realty Trust, 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
Digital Realty Trust	$5.55B	10.13	$615.19M	$3.81	43.32
Equity Commonwealth	$58.43M	2.90	$91.16M	$0.39	4.05

Does the media favor DLR or EQC?

In the previous week, Digital Realty Trust had 26 more articles in the media than Equity Commonwealth. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Digital Realty Trust and 0 mentions for Equity Commonwealth. Equity Commonwealth's average media sentiment score of 1.83 beat Digital Realty Trust's score of 1.73 indicating that Equity Commonwealth is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Digital Realty Trust	Very Positive
Equity Commonwealth	Very Positive

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

99.7% of Digital Realty Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.0% of Equity Commonwealth shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Digital Realty Trust shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of Equity Commonwealth shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is DLR or EQC more profitable?

Equity Commonwealth has a net margin of 82.00% compared to Digital Realty Trust's net margin of 23.98%. Digital Realty Trust's return on equity of 6.46% beat Equity Commonwealth's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Digital Realty Trust	23.98%	6.46%	3.00%
Equity Commonwealth	82.00%	2.09%	1.96%

Which has more volatility and risk, DLR or EQC?

Digital Realty Trust has a beta of 0.92, meaning that its stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Equity Commonwealth has a beta of 0.57, meaning that its stock price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Digital Realty Trust beats Equity Commonwealth on 14 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.