HPP vs. HIW, DEI, EQC, PDM, BDN, DLR, ARE, BXP, KRC, and SLG
Should you be buying Hudson Pacific Properties stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hudson Pacific Properties include Highwoods Properties (HIW), Douglas Emmett (DEI), Equity Commonwealth (EQC), Piedmont Office Realty Trust (PDM), Brandywine Realty Trust (BDN), Digital Realty Trust (DLR), Alexandria Real Estate Equities (ARE), Boston Properties (BXP), Kilroy Realty (KRC), and SL Green Realty (SLG). These companies are all part of the "office reits" industry.
Highwoods Properties (NYSE:HIW) and Hudson Pacific Properties (NYSE:HPP) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, community ranking and dividends.
Hudson Pacific Properties received 26 more outperform votes than Highwoods Properties when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.02% of users gave Hudson Pacific Properties an outperform vote while only 61.83% of users gave Highwoods Properties an outperform vote.
Highwoods Properties has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Hudson Pacific Properties. Hudson Pacific Properties is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Highwoods Properties, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Highwoods Properties pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.9%. Hudson Pacific Properties pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. 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. Hudson Pacific Properties pays out -12.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
96.3% of Highwoods Properties shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.6% of Hudson Pacific Properties shares are held by institutional investors. 1.6% of Highwoods Properties shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.0% of Hudson Pacific Properties shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Highwoods Properties has a beta of 1.22, suggesting that its stock price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hudson Pacific Properties has a beta of 1.3, suggesting that its stock price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Highwoods Properties currently has a consensus price target of $24.75, suggesting a potential downside of 1.79%. Hudson Pacific Properties has a consensus price target of $8.49, suggesting a potential upside of 75.78%. Given Highwoods Properties' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Hudson Pacific Properties is more favorable than Highwoods Properties.
Highwoods Properties has a net margin of 15.78% compared to Highwoods Properties' net margin of -23.48%. Hudson Pacific Properties' return on equity of 5.44% beat Highwoods Properties' return on equity.
In the previous week, Highwoods Properties had 1 more articles in the media than Hudson Pacific Properties. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Highwoods Properties and 3 mentions for Hudson Pacific Properties. Hudson Pacific Properties' average media sentiment score of 1.33 beat Highwoods Properties' score of 0.95 indicating that Highwoods Properties is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Highwoods Properties and Hudson Pacific Properties tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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