Kilroy Realty (KRC) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community favor KRC or AIRC?

Kilroy Realty received 428 more outperform votes than Apartment Income REIT when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.25% of users gave Kilroy Realty an outperform vote while only 32.39% of users gave Apartment Income REIT an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Kilroy Realty	Outperform Votes 451 63.25%	Underperform Votes 262 36.75%
Apartment Income REIT	Outperform Votes 23 32.39%	Underperform Votes 48 67.61%

Is KRC or AIRC a better dividend stock?

Kilroy Realty pays an annual dividend of $2.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.7%. Apartment Income REIT pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. 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. Apartment Income REIT pays out 42.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Which has more risk and volatility, KRC or AIRC?

Kilroy Realty has a beta of 1.02, suggesting that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Apartment Income REIT has a beta of 0.78, suggesting that its share price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate KRC or AIRC?

Kilroy Realty currently has a consensus target price of $39.00, suggesting a potential upside of 21.04%. Apartment Income REIT has a consensus target price of $36.59, suggesting a potential downside of 5.50%. Given Kilroy Realty's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Kilroy Realty is more favorable than Apartment Income REIT.

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
Apartment Income REIT	0 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.11

Is KRC or AIRC more profitable?

Apartment Income REIT has a net margin of 79.54% compared to Kilroy Realty's net margin of 18.43%. Apartment Income REIT's return on equity of 25.86% beat Kilroy Realty's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Kilroy Realty	18.43%	3.63%	1.81%
Apartment Income REIT	79.54%	25.86%	10.17%

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of KRC or AIRC?

94.2% of Kilroy Realty shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.1% of Apartment Income REIT shares are held by institutional investors. 2.5% of Kilroy Realty shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Apartment Income REIT shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, KRC or AIRC?

Apartment Income REIT has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Kilroy Realty. Apartment Income REIT 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	3.35	$212.24M	$1.74	18.52
Apartment Income REIT	$820.04M	6.85	$635.10M	$4.26	9.09

Does the media prefer KRC or AIRC?

In the previous week, Apartment Income REIT had 1 more articles in the media than Kilroy Realty. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Apartment Income REIT and 6 mentions for Kilroy Realty. Apartment Income REIT's average media sentiment score of 0.87 beat Kilroy Realty's score of 0.72 indicating that Apartment Income REIT is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Kilroy Realty	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Apartment Income REIT	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Kilroy Realty and Apartment Income REIT tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.