DLR vs. ARE, BXP, KRC, SLG, HIW, DEI, EQC, PDM, BDN, and HPP
Should you be buying Digital Realty Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Digital Realty Trust include Alexandria Real Estate Equities (ARE), Boston Properties (BXP), Kilroy Realty (KRC), SL Green Realty (SLG), Highwoods Properties (HIW), Douglas Emmett (DEI), Equity Commonwealth (EQC), Piedmont Office Realty Trust (PDM), Brandywine Realty Trust (BDN), and Hudson Pacific Properties (HPP). These companies are all part of the "office reits" industry.
Digital Realty Trust (NYSE:DLR) and Alexandria Real Estate Equities (NYSE:ARE) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, community ranking, media sentiment, institutional ownership and valuation.
In the previous week, Alexandria Real Estate Equities had 5 more articles in the media than Digital Realty Trust. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Alexandria Real Estate Equities and 14 mentions for Digital Realty Trust. Digital Realty Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.33 beat Alexandria Real Estate Equities' score of 1.13 indicating that Digital Realty Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Digital Realty Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Alexandria Real Estate Equities. Digital Realty Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Alexandria Real Estate Equities, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Digital Realty Trust currently has a consensus price target of $144.65, suggesting a potential downside of 1.16%. Alexandria Real Estate Equities has a consensus price target of $136.75, suggesting a potential upside of 19.44%. Given Alexandria Real Estate Equities' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Alexandria Real Estate Equities is more favorable than Digital Realty Trust.
Digital Realty Trust has a beta of 0.57, suggesting that its share price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alexandria Real Estate Equities has a beta of 1.12, suggesting that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Digital Realty Trust received 325 more outperform votes than Alexandria Real Estate Equities when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.29% of users gave Digital Realty Trust an outperform vote while only 64.97% of users gave Alexandria Real Estate Equities an outperform vote.
99.7% of Digital Realty Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.5% of Alexandria Real Estate Equities shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Digital Realty Trust shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Alexandria Real Estate Equities shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Digital Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $4.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Alexandria Real Estate Equities pays an annual dividend of $5.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. 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. Alexandria Real Estate Equities pays out 474.8% 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 has a net margin of 21.24% compared to Alexandria Real Estate Equities' net margin of 6.65%. Digital Realty Trust's return on equity of 6.37% beat Alexandria Real Estate Equities' return on equity.
Summary
Digital Realty Trust beats Alexandria Real Estate Equities on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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