Highwoods Properties (HIW) Competitors

Highwoods Properties (NYSE:HIW) and Douglas Emmett (NYSE:DEI) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking and earnings.

Which has more risk and volatility, HIW or DEI?

Highwoods Properties has a beta of 1.2, indicating that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Douglas Emmett has a beta of 1.05, indicating that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor HIW or DEI?

In the previous week, Highwoods Properties had 9 more articles in the media than Douglas Emmett. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Highwoods Properties and 6 mentions for Douglas Emmett. Douglas Emmett's average media sentiment score of 0.37 beat Highwoods Properties' score of 0.09 indicating that Douglas Emmett is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Highwoods Properties	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Douglas Emmett	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is HIW or DEI a better dividend stock?

Highwoods Properties pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.6%. Douglas Emmett pays an annual dividend of $0.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.4%. Highwoods Properties pays out 163.9% 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor HIW or DEI?

Douglas Emmett received 19 more outperform votes than Highwoods Properties when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.83% of users gave Highwoods Properties an outperform vote while only 60.03% of users gave Douglas Emmett an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Highwoods Properties	Outperform Votes 379 61.83%	Underperform Votes 234 38.17%
Douglas Emmett	Outperform Votes 398 60.03%	Underperform Votes 265 39.97%

Do analysts rate HIW or DEI?

Highwoods Properties presently has a consensus target price of $24.75, indicating a potential downside of 5.93%. Douglas Emmett has a consensus target price of $13.67, indicating a potential downside of 3.62%. Given Douglas Emmett's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Douglas Emmett is more favorable than Highwoods Properties.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Highwoods Properties	1 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.13
Douglas Emmett	1 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Which has better earnings & valuation, HIW or DEI?

Highwoods Properties has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Douglas Emmett. Douglas Emmett is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Highwoods 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
Highwoods Properties	$834M	3.34	$148.71M	$1.22	21.57
Douglas Emmett	$1.02B	2.33	-$42.71M	-$0.31	-45.74

Is HIW or DEI more profitable?

Highwoods Properties has a net margin of 15.78% compared to Douglas Emmett's net margin of -5.40%. Highwoods Properties' return on equity of 5.44% beat Douglas Emmett's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Highwoods Properties	15.78%	5.44%	2.18%
Douglas Emmett	-5.40%	-1.33%	-0.54%

Do institutionals & insiders believe in HIW or DEI?

96.3% of Highwoods Properties shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.4% of Douglas Emmett shares are held by institutional investors. 1.6% of Highwoods Properties shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 14.7% of Douglas Emmett shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Highwoods Properties beats Douglas Emmett on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.