KRC vs. BXP, SLG, HIW, DEI, EQC, PDM, BDN, HPP, DLR, and ARE
Should you be buying Kilroy Realty stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kilroy Realty include Boston Properties (BXP), SL Green Realty (SLG), Highwoods Properties (HIW), Douglas Emmett (DEI), Equity Commonwealth (EQC), Piedmont Office Realty Trust (PDM), Brandywine Realty Trust (BDN), Hudson Pacific Properties (HPP), Digital Realty Trust (DLR), and Alexandria Real Estate Equities (ARE). These companies are all part of the "office reits" industry.
Boston Properties (NYSE:BXP) 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 community ranking, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability and media sentiment.
Boston Properties pays an annual dividend of $3.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.6%. Kilroy Realty pays an annual dividend of $2.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.8%. 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. 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. Kilroy Realty has raised its dividend for 8 consecutive years. Kilroy Realty is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
98.7% of Boston Properties shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.2% of Kilroy Realty shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of Boston Properties shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.5% of Kilroy Realty shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Kilroy Realty has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Boston Properties. Kilroy Realty is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Boston Properties, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Boston Properties received 195 more outperform votes than Kilroy Realty when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.34% of users gave Boston Properties an outperform vote while only 63.17% of users gave Kilroy Realty an outperform vote.
Boston Properties presently has a consensus target price of $69.47, indicating a potential upside of 17.22%. Kilroy Realty has a consensus target price of $38.45, indicating a potential upside of 21.81%. Given Boston Properties' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Kilroy Realty is more favorable than Boston Properties.
In the previous week, Boston Properties had 2 more articles in the media than Kilroy Realty. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Boston Properties and 4 mentions for Kilroy Realty. Boston Properties' average media sentiment score of 1.68 beat Kilroy Realty's score of 1.12 indicating that Kilroy Realty is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Kilroy Realty has a net margin of 18.43% compared to Kilroy Realty's net margin of 5.81%. Boston Properties' return on equity of 3.63% beat Kilroy Realty's return on equity.
Boston Properties has a beta of 1.15, indicating that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kilroy Realty has a beta of 1.03, indicating that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Kilroy Realty beats Boston Properties on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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