EQC vs. KRC, SLG, HIW, DEI, PDM, BDN, HPP, DLR, ARE, and BXP
Should you be buying Equity Commonwealth stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Equity Commonwealth include Kilroy Realty (KRC), SL Green Realty (SLG), Highwoods Properties (HIW), Douglas Emmett (DEI), Piedmont Office Realty Trust (PDM), Brandywine Realty Trust (BDN), Hudson Pacific Properties (HPP), Digital Realty Trust (DLR), Alexandria Real Estate Equities (ARE), and Boston Properties (BXP). These companies are all part of the "office reits" industry.
Equity Commonwealth (NYSE:EQC) and Kilroy Realty (NYSE:KRC) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, dividends, profitability, earnings, valuation and media sentiment.
Equity Commonwealth has a beta of 0.24, suggesting that its stock price is 76% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kilroy Realty has a beta of 1.02, suggesting that its stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Kilroy Realty had 5 more articles in the media than Equity Commonwealth. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Kilroy Realty and 1 mentions for Equity Commonwealth. Equity Commonwealth's average media sentiment score of 1.74 beat Kilroy Realty's score of 0.72 indicating that Equity Commonwealth is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Kilroy Realty has higher revenue and earnings than Equity Commonwealth. Kilroy Realty is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Equity Commonwealth, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Equity Commonwealth has a net margin of 156.11% compared to Kilroy Realty's net margin of 18.43%. Equity Commonwealth's return on equity of 4.14% beat Kilroy Realty's return on equity.
Kilroy Realty has a consensus target price of $39.00, indicating a potential upside of 20.11%. Given Kilroy Realty's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Kilroy Realty is more favorable than Equity Commonwealth.
96.0% of Equity Commonwealth shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.2% of Kilroy Realty shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.8% of Equity Commonwealth shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.5% of Kilroy Realty shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Kilroy Realty received 151 more outperform votes than Equity Commonwealth when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.25% of users gave Kilroy Realty an outperform vote while only 55.66% of users gave Equity Commonwealth an outperform vote.
Summary
Kilroy Realty beats Equity Commonwealth on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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