Brandywine Realty Trust (BDN) Competitors

Brandywine Realty Trust (NYSE:BDN) and Douglas Emmett (NYSE:DEI) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking, earnings, valuation and analyst recommendations.

Is BDN or DEI more profitable?

Douglas Emmett has a net margin of 5.48% compared to Brandywine Realty Trust's net margin of -40.97%. Douglas Emmett's return on equity of 1.48% beat Brandywine Realty Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Brandywine Realty Trust	-40.97%	-18.44%	-5.75%
Douglas Emmett	5.48%	1.48%	0.57%

Do analysts prefer BDN or DEI?

Brandywine Realty Trust currently has a consensus target price of $5.00, suggesting a potential upside of 15.34%. Douglas Emmett has a consensus target price of $18.13, suggesting a potential upside of 22.80%. Given Douglas Emmett's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Douglas Emmett is more favorable than Brandywine Realty Trust.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Brandywine Realty Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Douglas Emmett	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.44

Does the media prefer BDN or DEI?

In the previous week, Brandywine Realty Trust had 1 more articles in the media than Douglas Emmett. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Brandywine Realty Trust and 2 mentions for Douglas Emmett. Douglas Emmett's average media sentiment score of 1.79 beat Brandywine Realty Trust's score of 1.56 indicating that Douglas Emmett is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Brandywine Realty Trust	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Douglas Emmett	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, BDN or DEI?

Douglas Emmett has higher revenue and earnings than Brandywine Realty Trust. Brandywine Realty Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Douglas Emmett, 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
Brandywine Realty Trust	$505.52M	1.48	-$195.91M	-$1.20	-3.61
Douglas Emmett	$986.48M	2.51	$23.52M	$0.32	46.13

Does the MarketBeat Community favor BDN or DEI?

Douglas Emmett received 31 more outperform votes than Brandywine Realty Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.32% of users gave Douglas Emmett an outperform vote while only 53.90% of users gave Brandywine Realty Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Brandywine Realty Trust	Outperform Votes 373 53.90%	Underperform Votes 319 46.10%
Douglas Emmett	Outperform Votes 404 59.32%	Underperform Votes 277 40.68%

Is BDN or DEI a better dividend stock?

Brandywine Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.8%. Douglas Emmett pays an annual dividend of $0.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. Brandywine Realty Trust pays out -50.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Douglas Emmett pays out 237.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Brandywine Realty Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has more risk & volatility, BDN or DEI?

Brandywine Realty Trust has a beta of 1.44, suggesting that its stock price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Douglas Emmett has a beta of 1.22, suggesting that its stock price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in BDN or DEI?

87.3% of Brandywine Realty Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.4% of Douglas Emmett shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.3% of Brandywine Realty Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 15.1% of Douglas Emmett shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Douglas Emmett beats Brandywine Realty Trust on 16 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.