Boston Properties (BXP) Competitors

Boston Properties (NYSE:BXP) and Digital Realty Trust (NYSE:DLR) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, profitability, risk, dividends, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Is BXP or DLR a better dividend stock?

Boston Properties pays an annual dividend of $3.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. Digital Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $4.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Boston Properties pays out 321.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Digital Realty Trust pays out 135.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Do analysts prefer BXP or DLR?

Boston Properties presently has a consensus price target of $74.08, suggesting a potential downside of 8.57%. Digital Realty Trust has a consensus price target of $154.00, suggesting a potential downside of 2.97%. Given Digital Realty Trust's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Digital Realty Trust is more favorable than Boston Properties.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Boston Properties	0 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.46
Digital Realty Trust	2 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer BXP or DLR?

Digital Realty Trust received 153 more outperform votes than Boston Properties when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.34% of users gave Digital Realty Trust an outperform vote while only 63.89% of users gave Boston Properties an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Boston Properties	Outperform Votes 651 63.89%	Underperform Votes 368 36.11%
Digital Realty Trust	Outperform Votes 804 67.34%	Underperform Votes 390 32.66%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of BXP or DLR?

98.7% of Boston Properties shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.7% of Digital Realty Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of Boston Properties shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Digital Realty Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more risk & volatility, BXP or DLR?

Boston Properties has a beta of 1.18, suggesting that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Digital Realty Trust has a beta of 0.6, suggesting that its share price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer BXP or DLR?

In the previous week, Boston Properties had 1 more articles in the media than Digital Realty Trust. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Boston Properties and 14 mentions for Digital Realty Trust. Digital Realty Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.25 beat Boston Properties' score of 0.97 indicating that Digital Realty Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Boston Properties	7 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Digital Realty Trust	11 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is BXP or DLR more profitable?

Digital Realty Trust has a net margin of 20.58% compared to Boston Properties' net margin of 5.01%. Digital Realty Trust's return on equity of 5.93% beat Boston Properties' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Boston Properties	5.01%	2.05%	0.66%
Digital Realty Trust	20.58%	5.93%	2.61%

Which has better earnings & valuation, BXP or DLR?

Digital Realty Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Boston Properties. Digital Realty Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Boston 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
Boston Properties	$3.34B	3.81	$190.21M	$1.22	66.41
Digital Realty Trust	$5.46B	9.08	$948.84M	$3.60	44.08

Summary

Digital Realty Trust beats Boston Properties on 16 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.