AHH vs. HPP, EFC, KW, FRPH, SRG, FPH, TRC, MLP, GTY, and AOMR
Should you be buying Armada Hoffler Properties stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Armada Hoffler Properties include Hudson Pacific Properties (HPP), Ellington Financial (EFC), Kennedy-Wilson (KW), FRP (FRPH), Seritage Growth Properties (SRG), Five Point (FPH), Tejon Ranch (TRC), Maui Land & Pineapple (MLP), Getty Realty (GTY), and Angel Oak Mortgage REIT (AOMR). These companies are all part of the "real estate" industry.
Hudson Pacific Properties (NYSE:HPP) and Armada Hoffler Properties (NYSE:AHH) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, profitability and community ranking.
Armada Hoffler Properties has a net margin of 1.12% compared to Armada Hoffler Properties' net margin of -19.20%. Hudson Pacific Properties' return on equity of 1.09% beat Armada Hoffler Properties' return on equity.
Hudson Pacific Properties presently has a consensus target price of $9.15, indicating a potential upside of 41.42%. Given Armada Hoffler Properties' higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Hudson Pacific Properties is more favorable than Armada Hoffler Properties.
Armada Hoffler Properties has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Hudson Pacific Properties. Armada Hoffler Properties is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hudson Pacific Properties, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
97.6% of Hudson Pacific Properties shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.4% of Armada Hoffler Properties shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.0% of Hudson Pacific Properties shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 11.7% of Armada Hoffler Properties shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Hudson Pacific Properties received 52 more outperform votes than Armada Hoffler Properties when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.48% of users gave Armada Hoffler Properties an outperform vote while only 62.06% of users gave Hudson Pacific Properties an outperform vote.
Hudson Pacific Properties pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Armada Hoffler Properties pays an annual dividend of $0.82 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.9%. Hudson Pacific Properties pays out -14.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Armada Hoffler Properties pays out -1,639.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Armada Hoffler Properties has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years. Armada Hoffler Properties is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Hudson Pacific Properties has a beta of 1.31, indicating that its share price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Armada Hoffler Properties has a beta of 0.99, indicating that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Hudson Pacific Properties had 8 more articles in the media than Armada Hoffler Properties. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Hudson Pacific Properties and 4 mentions for Armada Hoffler Properties. Hudson Pacific Properties' average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat Armada Hoffler Properties' score of 0.22 indicating that Armada Hoffler Properties is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Armada Hoffler Properties beats Hudson Pacific Properties on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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