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Government Properties Income Trust (GOV) Competitors

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GOV vs. DLR, ARE, BXP, KRC, SLG, HIW, DEI, HPP, PDM, and BDN

Should you be buying Government Properties Income Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Government Properties Income Trust include Digital Realty Trust (DLR), Alexandria Real Estate Equities (ARE), BXP (BXP), Kilroy Realty (KRC), SL Green Realty (SLG), Highwoods Properties (HIW), Douglas Emmett (DEI), Hudson Pacific Properties (HPP), Piedmont Realty Trust (PDM), and Brandywine Realty Trust (BDN). These companies are all part of the "office reits" industry.

Government Properties Income Trust vs. Its Competitors

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

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Digital Realty Trust$5.77B9.69$615.19M$3.8143.01
Government Properties Income Trust$316.53M0.07$12.09M$2.020.11

Digital Realty Trust has a net margin of 23.98% compared to Government Properties Income Trust's net margin of 4.14%. Digital Realty Trust's return on equity of 6.46% beat Government Properties Income Trust's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Digital Realty Trust23.98% 6.46% 3.00%
Government Properties Income Trust 4.14%0.64%0.23%

Digital Realty Trust presently has a consensus price target of $190.74, suggesting a potential upside of 16.40%. Given Digital Realty Trust's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research 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
Digital Realty Trust
1 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
15 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.78
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 has a beta of 0.96, indicating that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Government Properties Income Trust has a beta of 1.5, indicating that its stock price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Digital Realty Trust had 27 more articles in the media than Government Properties Income Trust. MarketBeat recorded 27 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 media.

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

99.7% of Digital Realty Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.5% of Government Properties Income Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Digital Realty Trust shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Government Properties Income Trust shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Digital Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $4.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Government Properties Income Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 748.5%. Digital Realty Trust pays out 128.1% 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 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. Government Properties Income Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

Digital Realty Trust beats Government Properties Income Trust on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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GOV vs. The Competition

MetricGovernment Properties Income TrustReal Estate IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$22.80M$303.18M$12.63B$10.00B
Dividend Yield25.04%N/A5.40%4.52%
P/E Ratio0.11N/A232.3026.28
Price / Sales0.0724.2531.01172.63
Price / Cash5.33163.0122.1259.76
Price / Book0.023.152.296.41
Net Income$12.09M-$30.45M$1.01B$270.56M

Government Properties Income Trust Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GOV
Government Properties Income Trust
N/A$0.23
-2.2%
N/A-89.0%$22.80M$316.53M0.11N/AGap Up
DLR
Digital Realty Trust
4.7259 of 5 stars
$162.86
-2.9%
$190.74
+17.1%
+9.7%$57.17B$5.55B42.743,936Positive News
ARE
Alexandria Real Estate Equities
4.064 of 5 stars
$80.93
-1.8%
$97.17
+20.1%
-29.2%$14.26B$3.12B-622.52590
BXP
BXP
3.2256 of 5 stars
$72.41
-0.1%
$76.73
+6.0%
-2.6%$11.48B$3.41B2,414.47780Trending News
Analyst Downgrade
KRC
Kilroy Realty
4.101 of 5 stars
$40.97
-1.5%
$38.55
-5.9%
+21.7%$4.92B$1.14B22.26260Positive News
Analyst Forecast
SLG
SL Green Realty
2.4287 of 5 stars
$56.43
-0.8%
$67.29
+19.2%
-5.5%$4.06B$886.27M-104.491,221Positive News
HIW
Highwoods Properties
3.4931 of 5 stars
$31.24
-0.9%
$32.00
+2.4%
+0.6%$3.41B$810.83M26.25340Positive News
DEI
Douglas Emmett
4.0555 of 5 stars
$16.19
-0.1%
$18.11
+11.9%
+2.7%$2.71B$999.70M73.59750Dividend Announcement
HPP
Hudson Pacific Properties
4.0381 of 5 stars
$2.81
flat
$3.11
+10.7%
-38.4%$1.07B$842.08M-1.00880News Coverage
PDM
Piedmont Realty Trust
1.6573 of 5 stars
$8.46
-0.2%
$8.67
+2.5%
-9.1%$1.05B$565.50M-15.37150Positive News
BDN
Brandywine Realty Trust
3.9653 of 5 stars
$4.24
-0.6%
$5.00
+18.1%
-14.7%$739.96M$505.52M-2.25330Positive News

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