HIW vs. DEI, SLG, EQC, KRC, BDN, BXP, MPW, NSA, NHI, and BNL
Should you be buying Highwoods Properties stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Highwoods Properties include Douglas Emmett (DEI), SL Green Realty (SLG), Equity Commonwealth (EQC), Kilroy Realty (KRC), Brandywine Realty Trust (BDN), Boston Properties (BXP), Medical Properties Trust (MPW), National Storage Affiliates Trust (NSA), National Health Investors (NHI), and Broadstone Net Lease (BNL). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
Douglas Emmett (NYSE:DEI) and Highwoods Properties (NYSE:HIW) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, earnings, community ranking and risk.
Douglas Emmett pays an annual dividend of $0.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.5%. Highwoods Properties pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.5%. Douglas Emmett pays out -292.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Highwoods Properties pays out 163.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Douglas Emmett received 20 more outperform votes than Highwoods Properties when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.76% of users gave Highwoods Properties an outperform vote while only 60.03% of users gave Douglas Emmett an outperform vote.
Douglas Emmett currently has a consensus target price of $13.67, indicating a potential downside of 1.32%. Highwoods Properties has a consensus target price of $24.38, indicating a potential downside of 8.95%. Given Highwoods Properties' higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Douglas Emmett is more favorable than Highwoods Properties.
97.4% of Douglas Emmett shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.3% of Highwoods Properties shares are held by institutional investors. 14.7% of Douglas Emmett shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of Highwoods Properties shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Highwoods Properties had 4 more articles in the media than Douglas Emmett. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Highwoods Properties and 2 mentions for Douglas Emmett. Douglas Emmett's average media sentiment score of 0.78 beat Highwoods Properties' score of 0.00 indicating that Highwoods Properties is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Highwoods Properties has a net margin of 15.78% compared to Highwoods Properties' net margin of -4.62%. Douglas Emmett's return on equity of 5.44% beat Highwoods Properties' return on equity.
Douglas Emmett has a beta of 1.05, meaning that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Highwoods Properties has a beta of 1.23, meaning that its stock price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Highwoods Properties has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Douglas Emmett. Douglas Emmett is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Highwoods Properties, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Highwoods Properties beats Douglas Emmett on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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