Howard Hughes (HHH) Competitors

Healthpeak Properties (NYSE:DOC) and Howard Hughes (NYSE:HHH) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, earnings, dividends, community ranking, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations and valuation.

Is DOC or HHH more profitable?

Healthpeak Properties has a net margin of 9.00% compared to Howard Hughes' net margin of 6.57%. Howard Hughes' return on equity of 3.38% beat Healthpeak Properties' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Healthpeak Properties	9.00%	2.61%	1.21%
Howard Hughes	6.57%	3.38%	1.03%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in DOC or HHH?

Healthpeak Properties received 509 more outperform votes than Howard Hughes when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.24% of users gave Healthpeak Properties an outperform vote while only 33.33% of users gave Howard Hughes an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Healthpeak Properties	Outperform Votes 511 62.24%	Underperform Votes 310 37.76%
Howard Hughes	Outperform Votes 2 33.33%	Underperform Votes 4 66.67%

Does the media prefer DOC or HHH?

In the previous week, Healthpeak Properties had 9 more articles in the media than Howard Hughes. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Healthpeak Properties and 6 mentions for Howard Hughes. Healthpeak Properties' average media sentiment score of 1.50 beat Howard Hughes' score of 1.26 indicating that Healthpeak Properties is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Healthpeak Properties	14 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Howard Hughes	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals and insiders believe in DOC or HHH?

93.6% of Healthpeak Properties shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.8% of Howard Hughes shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Healthpeak Properties shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 33.0% of Howard Hughes shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, DOC or HHH?

Healthpeak Properties has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Howard Hughes. Howard Hughes is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Healthpeak 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
Healthpeak Properties	$543.46M	26.15	$243.14M	$0.35	58.04
Howard Hughes	$1.75B	2.17	-$550.95M	$3.94	19.17

Which has more risk and volatility, DOC or HHH?

Healthpeak Properties has a beta of 1.14, meaning that its share price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Howard Hughes has a beta of 1.48, meaning that its share price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend DOC or HHH?

Healthpeak Properties presently has a consensus target price of $23.92, suggesting a potential upside of 17.76%. Howard Hughes has a consensus target price of $82.00, suggesting a potential upside of 8.57%. Given Healthpeak Properties' higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Healthpeak Properties is more favorable than Howard Hughes.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Healthpeak Properties	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.86
Howard Hughes	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Summary

Healthpeak Properties beats Howard Hughes on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.