HIW vs. BXP, SLG, KRC, DEI, PDM, BDN, HPP, EQC, DLR, and ARE
Should you be buying Highwoods Properties stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Highwoods Properties include Boston Properties (BXP), SL Green Realty (SLG), Kilroy Realty (KRC), Douglas Emmett (DEI), Piedmont Office Realty Trust (PDM), Brandywine Realty Trust (BDN), Hudson Pacific Properties (HPP), Equity Commonwealth (EQC), Digital Realty Trust (DLR), and Alexandria Real Estate Equities (ARE). These companies are all part of the "office reits" industry.
Highwoods Properties vs.
Highwoods Properties (NYSE:HIW) and Boston Properties (NYSE:BXP) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends and community ranking.
Highwoods Properties presently has a consensus price target of $30.71, suggesting a potential upside of 5.11%. Boston Properties has a consensus price target of $82.23, suggesting a potential upside of 19.38%. Given Boston Properties' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Boston Properties is more favorable than Highwoods Properties.
Highwoods Properties has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Boston Properties. Highwoods Properties is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Boston Properties, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Highwoods Properties has a net margin of 12.37% compared to Boston Properties' net margin of 0.38%. Highwoods Properties' return on equity of 4.33% beat Boston Properties' return on equity.
Highwoods Properties has a beta of 1.24, suggesting that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Boston Properties has a beta of 1.18, suggesting that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Boston Properties received 277 more outperform votes than Highwoods Properties when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.51% of users gave Boston Properties an outperform vote while only 61.16% of users gave Highwoods Properties an outperform vote.
Highwoods Properties pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.8%. Boston Properties pays an annual dividend of $3.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.7%. Highwoods Properties pays out 210.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Boston Properties pays out 3,920.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Highwoods Properties is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
96.3% of Highwoods Properties shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.7% of Boston Properties shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.6% of Highwoods Properties shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Boston Properties shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Boston Properties had 6 more articles in the media than Highwoods Properties. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Boston Properties and 5 mentions for Highwoods Properties. Highwoods Properties' average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat Boston Properties' score of 0.10 indicating that Highwoods Properties is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Highwoods Properties beats Boston Properties on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:HIW) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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