BDN vs. EQC, DEI, HIW, RWT, CHCT, INN, DX, KREF, NXRT, and BRSP
Should you be buying Brandywine Realty Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Brandywine Realty Trust include Equity Commonwealth (EQC), Douglas Emmett (DEI), Highwoods Properties (HIW), Redwood Trust (RWT), Community Healthcare Trust (CHCT), Summit Hotel Properties (INN), Dynex Capital (DX), KKR Real Estate Finance Trust (KREF), NexPoint Residential Trust (NXRT), and BrightSpire Capital (BRSP). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
Brandywine Realty Trust (NYSE:BDN) and Equity Commonwealth (NYSE:EQC) are both small-cap real estate companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, media sentiment, profitability and risk.
Brandywine Realty Trust has a beta of 1.27, suggesting that its stock price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Equity Commonwealth has a beta of 0.24, suggesting that its stock price is 76% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Brandywine Realty Trust currently has a consensus price target of $5.63, indicating a potential upside of 25.84%. Given Brandywine Realty Trust's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Brandywine Realty Trust is more favorable than Equity Commonwealth.
Equity Commonwealth has a net margin of 150.62% compared to Brandywine Realty Trust's net margin of -40.61%. Equity Commonwealth's return on equity of 4.04% beat Brandywine Realty Trust's return on equity.
87.3% of Brandywine Realty Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.0% of Equity Commonwealth shares are held by institutional investors. 2.6% of Brandywine Realty Trust shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.8% of Equity Commonwealth shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Brandywine Realty Trust received 73 more outperform votes than Equity Commonwealth when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 55.66% of users gave Equity Commonwealth an outperform vote while only 54.61% of users gave Brandywine Realty Trust an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Brandywine Realty Trust had 2 more articles in the media than Equity Commonwealth. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Brandywine Realty Trust and 4 mentions for Equity Commonwealth. Equity Commonwealth's average media sentiment score of 1.15 beat Brandywine Realty Trust's score of 0.01 indicating that Equity Commonwealth is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Equity Commonwealth has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Brandywine Realty Trust. Brandywine Realty Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Equity Commonwealth, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Equity Commonwealth beats Brandywine Realty Trust on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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