ARE vs. BXP, SLG, KRC, HIW, DEI, PDM, BDN, HPP, EQC, and DLR
Should you be buying Alexandria Real Estate Equities stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Alexandria Real Estate Equities include Boston Properties (BXP), SL Green Realty (SLG), Kilroy Realty (KRC), Highwoods Properties (HIW), Douglas Emmett (DEI), Piedmont Office Realty Trust (PDM), Brandywine Realty Trust (BDN), Hudson Pacific Properties (HPP), Equity Commonwealth (EQC), and Digital Realty Trust (DLR). These companies are all part of the "office reits" industry.
Alexandria Real Estate Equities vs.
Boston Properties (NYSE:BXP) and Alexandria Real Estate Equities (NYSE:ARE) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, media sentiment, risk, valuation and institutional ownership.
Boston Properties received 182 more outperform votes than Alexandria Real Estate Equities when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.44% of users gave Alexandria Real Estate Equities an outperform vote while only 63.44% of users gave Boston Properties an outperform vote.
Boston Properties presently has a consensus price target of $78.67, suggesting a potential upside of 20.98%. Alexandria Real Estate Equities has a consensus price target of $116.00, suggesting a potential upside of 69.11%. Given Alexandria Real Estate Equities' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Alexandria Real Estate Equities is more favorable than Boston Properties.
Boston Properties has a beta of 1.12, suggesting that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alexandria Real Estate Equities has a beta of 1.27, suggesting that its share price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Alexandria Real Estate Equities has a net margin of 10.36% compared to Boston Properties' net margin of 0.38%. Boston Properties' return on equity of 3.90% beat Alexandria Real Estate Equities' return on equity.
98.7% of Boston Properties shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.5% of Alexandria Real Estate Equities shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.5% of Boston Properties shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Alexandria Real Estate Equities 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.
In the previous week, Alexandria Real Estate Equities had 3 more articles in the media than Boston Properties. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Alexandria Real Estate Equities and 12 mentions for Boston Properties. Alexandria Real Estate Equities' average media sentiment score of 1.30 beat Boston Properties' score of 0.40 indicating that Alexandria Real Estate Equities is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Boston Properties pays an annual dividend of $3.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.0%. Alexandria Real Estate Equities pays an annual dividend of $5.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.7%. Boston Properties pays out -19,600.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Alexandria Real Estate Equities pays out 694.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Alexandria Real Estate Equities has increased its dividend for 15 consecutive years. Alexandria Real Estate Equities is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Alexandria Real Estate Equities has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Boston Properties. Boston Properties is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Alexandria Real Estate Equities, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Alexandria Real Estate Equities beats Boston Properties on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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