HHC vs. KRC, AIRC, COLD, CUBE, MLP, EARN, AXR, ASPS, LEJU, and XIN
Should you be buying Howard Hughes stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Howard Hughes include Kilroy Realty (KRC), Apartment Income REIT (AIRC), Americold Realty Trust (COLD), CubeSmart (CUBE), Maui Land & Pineapple (MLP), Ellington Residential Mortgage REIT (EARN), AMREP (AXR), Altisource Portfolio Solutions (ASPS), Leju (LEJU), and Xinyuan Real Estate (XIN). These companies are all part of the "real estate" sector.
Kilroy Realty (NYSE:KRC) and Howard Hughes (NYSE:HHC) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, risk, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking, earnings and dividends.
In the previous week, Kilroy Realty had 7 more articles in the media than Howard Hughes. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Kilroy Realty and 0 mentions for Howard Hughes. Howard Hughes' average media sentiment score of 1.08 beat Kilroy Realty's score of 0.56 indicating that Kilroy Realty is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Kilroy Realty has a beta of 1.02, indicating that its stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Howard Hughes has a beta of 1.47, indicating that its stock price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Kilroy Realty presently has a consensus target price of $39.00, suggesting a potential upside of 17.68%. Howard Hughes has a consensus target price of $95.00, suggesting a potential upside of 47.47%. Given Kilroy Realty's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Howard Hughes is more favorable than Kilroy Realty.
Kilroy Realty received 59 more outperform votes than Howard Hughes when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.99% of users gave Howard Hughes an outperform vote while only 63.25% of users gave Kilroy Realty an outperform vote.
Kilroy Realty has a net margin of 18.79% compared to Kilroy Realty's net margin of 7.72%. Howard Hughes' return on equity of 3.75% beat Kilroy Realty's return on equity.
Kilroy Realty has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Howard Hughes. Kilroy Realty is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Howard Hughes, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
94.2% of Kilroy Realty shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.3% of Howard Hughes shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.5% of Kilroy Realty shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 33.0% of Howard Hughes shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Kilroy Realty beats Howard Hughes on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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