Douglas Emmett (DEI) Competitors

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

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of KRC or DEI?

94.2% of Kilroy Realty shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.4% of Douglas Emmett shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.5% of Kilroy Realty shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 14.7% of Douglas Emmett shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is KRC or DEI more profitable?

Kilroy Realty has a net margin of 18.43% compared to Kilroy Realty's net margin of -5.40%. Douglas Emmett's return on equity of 3.63% beat Kilroy Realty's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Kilroy Realty	18.43%	3.63%	1.81%
Douglas Emmett	-5.40%	-1.33%	-0.54%

Which has more volatility & risk, KRC or DEI?

Kilroy Realty has a beta of 1.03, indicating that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Douglas Emmett has a beta of 1.08, indicating that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor KRC or DEI?

Kilroy Realty received 53 more outperform votes than Douglas Emmett when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.17% of users gave Kilroy Realty an outperform vote while only 59.94% of users gave Douglas Emmett an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Kilroy Realty	Outperform Votes 451 63.17%	Underperform Votes 263 36.83%
Douglas Emmett	Outperform Votes 398 59.94%	Underperform Votes 266 40.06%

Is KRC or DEI a better dividend stock?

Kilroy Realty pays an annual dividend of $2.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.8%. Douglas Emmett pays an annual dividend of $0.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.7%. Kilroy Realty pays out 124.1% 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. Kilroy Realty has raised its dividend for 8 consecutive years. Kilroy Realty is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Do analysts rate KRC or DEI?

Kilroy Realty presently has a consensus price target of $38.45, indicating a potential upside of 21.81%. Douglas Emmett has a consensus price target of $13.67, indicating a potential upside of 2.22%. Given Douglas Emmett's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Kilroy Realty is more favorable than Douglas Emmett.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Kilroy Realty	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.45
Douglas Emmett	1 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Which has higher earnings and valuation, KRC or DEI?

Kilroy Realty has higher revenue and earnings than Douglas Emmett. Douglas Emmett is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kilroy Realty, 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
Kilroy Realty	$1.13B	3.28	$212.24M	$1.74	18.14
Douglas Emmett	$1.02B	2.19	-$42.71M	-$0.31	-43.13

Does the media refer more to KRC or DEI?

In the previous week, Kilroy Realty and Kilroy Realty both had 4 articles in the media. Kilroy Realty's average media sentiment score of 1.71 beat Douglas Emmett's score of 1.68 indicating that Douglas Emmett is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Kilroy Realty	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Douglas Emmett	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Summary

Kilroy Realty beats Douglas Emmett on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.