Government Properties Income Trust (GOV) Competitors

Government Properties Income Trust (NASDAQ:GOV) and Digital Realty Trust (NYSE:DLR) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability and community ranking.

Is GOV or DLR a better dividend stock?

Government Properties Income Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 860.0%. Digital Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $4.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Government Properties Income Trust pays out 85.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Digital Realty Trust pays out 456.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Government Properties Income Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the media prefer GOV or DLR?

In the previous week, Digital Realty Trust had 31 more articles in the media than Government Properties Income Trust. MarketBeat recorded 31 mentions for Digital Realty Trust and 0 mentions for Government Properties Income Trust. Digital Realty Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.77 beat Government Properties Income Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that Digital Realty Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Government Properties Income Trust	Neutral
Digital Realty Trust	Very Positive

Do insiders and institutionals believe in GOV or DLR?

63.5% of Government Properties Income Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.7% of Digital Realty Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.3% of Government Properties Income Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Digital Realty Trust shares are owned by company 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.

Do analysts rate GOV or DLR?

Digital Realty Trust has a consensus price target of $185.10, indicating a potential upside of 9.97%. Given Digital Realty Trust's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Digital Realty Trust is more favorable than Government Properties Income Trust.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Government Properties Income Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Digital Realty Trust	1 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	17 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in GOV or DLR?

Digital Realty Trust received 394 more outperform votes than Government Properties Income Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.53% of users gave Digital Realty Trust an outperform vote while only 60.03% of users gave Government Properties Income Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Government Properties Income Trust	Outperform Votes 440 60.03%	Underperform Votes 293 39.97%
Digital Realty Trust	Outperform Votes 834 67.53%	Underperform Votes 401 32.47%

Is GOV or DLR more profitable?

Digital Realty Trust has a net margin of 10.85% compared to Government Properties Income Trust's net margin of 4.14%. Digital Realty Trust's return on equity of 2.97% beat Government Properties Income Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Government Properties Income Trust	4.14%	0.64%	0.23%
Digital Realty Trust	10.85%	2.97%	1.36%

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, GOV or DLR?

Digital Realty Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Government Properties Income Trust. Government Properties Income Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Digital Realty Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Government Properties Income Trust	$316.53M	0.06	$12.09M	$2.02	0.10
Digital Realty Trust	$5.63B	10.07	$602.49M	$1.07	157.30

Which has more risk and volatility, GOV or DLR?

Government Properties Income Trust has a beta of 1.5, suggesting that its share price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Digital Realty Trust has a beta of 0.93, suggesting that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Digital Realty Trust beats Government Properties Income Trust on 16 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.