BDN vs. HIW, DEI, EQC, PDM, HPP, DLR, ARE, BXP, KRC, and SLG
Should you be buying Brandywine Realty Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Brandywine Realty Trust include Highwoods Properties (HIW), Douglas Emmett (DEI), Equity Commonwealth (EQC), Piedmont Office Realty Trust (PDM), Hudson Pacific Properties (HPP), Digital Realty Trust (DLR), Alexandria Real Estate Equities (ARE), Boston Properties (BXP), Kilroy Realty (KRC), and SL Green Realty (SLG). These companies are all part of the "office reits" industry.
Highwoods Properties (NYSE:HIW) and Brandywine Realty Trust (NYSE:BDN) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment, earnings, dividends and profitability.
Highwoods Properties presently has a consensus target price of $24.75, suggesting a potential downside of 19.12%. Brandywine Realty Trust has a consensus target price of $5.63, suggesting a potential upside of 10.84%. Given Highwoods Properties' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Brandywine Realty Trust is more favorable than Highwoods Properties.
Highwoods Properties has a beta of 1.27, meaning that its stock price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brandywine Realty Trust has a beta of 1.33, meaning that its stock price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Highwoods Properties has higher revenue and earnings than Brandywine Realty Trust. Brandywine Realty Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Highwoods Properties, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Highwoods Properties has a net margin of 18.30% compared to Highwoods Properties' net margin of -32.27%. Brandywine Realty Trust's return on equity of 6.33% beat Highwoods Properties' return on equity.
Highwoods Properties received 6 more outperform votes than Brandywine Realty Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.83% of users gave Highwoods Properties an outperform vote while only 54.53% of users gave Brandywine Realty Trust an outperform vote.
Highwoods Properties pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.5%. Brandywine Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.8%. Highwoods Properties pays out 163.9% 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 pays out -49.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Brandywine Realty Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, Highwoods Properties had 3 more articles in the media than Brandywine Realty Trust. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Highwoods Properties and 17 mentions for Brandywine Realty Trust. Highwoods Properties' average media sentiment score of 0.57 beat Brandywine Realty Trust's score of 0.53 indicating that Brandywine Realty Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
96.3% of Highwoods Properties shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.3% of Brandywine Realty Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 1.6% of Highwoods Properties shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of Brandywine Realty Trust shares are held 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
Highwoods Properties beats Brandywine Realty Trust on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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