Brandywine Realty Trust (BDN) Competitors

Equity Commonwealth (NYSE:EQC) and Brandywine Realty Trust (NYSE:BDN) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations and community ranking.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, EQC or BDN?

Equity Commonwealth has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Brandywine Realty Trust. Brandywine Realty Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Equity Commonwealth, 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
Equity Commonwealth	$60.52M	32.89	$91.16M	$0.76	24.48
Brandywine Realty Trust	$511.91M	1.51	-$196.79M	-$1.22	-3.67

Does the media prefer EQC or BDN?

In the previous week, Brandywine Realty Trust had 7 more articles in the media than Equity Commonwealth. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Brandywine Realty Trust and 4 mentions for Equity Commonwealth. Brandywine Realty Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.15 beat Equity Commonwealth's score of 0.57 indicating that Equity Commonwealth is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Equity Commonwealth	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Brandywine Realty Trust	6 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts rate EQC or BDN?

Brandywine Realty Trust has a consensus price target of $5.63, suggesting a potential upside of 25.70%. Given Equity Commonwealth's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Brandywine Realty Trust is more favorable than Equity Commonwealth.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Equity Commonwealth	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Brandywine Realty Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer EQC or BDN?

Brandywine Realty Trust received 73 more outperform votes than Equity Commonwealth when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 55.66% of users gave Equity Commonwealth an outperform vote while only 54.61% of users gave Brandywine Realty Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Equity Commonwealth	Outperform Votes 300 55.66%	Underperform Votes 239 44.34%
Brandywine Realty Trust	Outperform Votes 373 54.61%	Underperform Votes 310 45.39%

Is EQC or BDN more profitable?

Equity Commonwealth has a net margin of 150.62% compared to Equity Commonwealth's net margin of -40.61%. Brandywine Realty Trust's return on equity of 4.04% beat Equity Commonwealth's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Equity Commonwealth	150.62%	4.04%	3.78%
Brandywine Realty Trust	-40.61%	-14.62%	-5.42%

Do insiders & institutionals believe in EQC or BDN?

96.0% of Equity Commonwealth shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.3% of Brandywine Realty Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 2.8% of Equity Commonwealth shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of Brandywine Realty Trust shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk and volatility, EQC or BDN?

Equity Commonwealth has a beta of 0.24, suggesting that its stock price is 76% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brandywine Realty Trust has a beta of 1.27, suggesting that its stock price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Equity Commonwealth beats Brandywine Realty Trust on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.