Biomed Realty Trust (BMR) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community favor BMR or EQC?

Equity Commonwealth received 89 more outperform votes than Biomed Realty Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.53% of users gave Biomed Realty Trust an outperform vote while only 55.25% of users gave Equity Commonwealth an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Biomed Realty Trust	Outperform Votes 211 64.53%	Underperform Votes 116 35.47%
Equity Commonwealth	Outperform Votes 300 55.25%	Underperform Votes 243 44.75%

Which has more risk & volatility, BMR or EQC?

Biomed Realty Trust has a beta of 5.22, indicating that its stock price is 422% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Equity Commonwealth has a beta of 0.57, indicating that its stock price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in BMR or EQC?

0.7% of Biomed Realty Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.0% of Equity Commonwealth shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.1% of Equity Commonwealth shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is BMR or EQC more profitable?

Equity Commonwealth has a net margin of 82.00% compared to Biomed Realty Trust's net margin of 0.00%. Equity Commonwealth's return on equity of 2.09% beat Biomed Realty Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Biomed Realty Trust	N/A	N/A	N/A
Equity Commonwealth	82.00%	2.09%	1.96%

Which has higher earnings and valuation, BMR or EQC?

Equity Commonwealth has higher revenue and earnings than Biomed Realty Trust.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Biomed Realty Trust	$2.91M	13.77	-$690K	N/A	N/A
Equity Commonwealth	$58.43M	2.90	$91.16M	$0.39	4.05

Does the media favor BMR or EQC?

In the previous week, Equity Commonwealth had 3 more articles in the media than Biomed Realty Trust. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Equity Commonwealth and 0 mentions for Biomed Realty Trust. Equity Commonwealth's average media sentiment score of 0.99 beat Biomed Realty Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that Equity Commonwealth is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Biomed Realty Trust	Neutral
Equity Commonwealth	Positive

Summary

Equity Commonwealth beats Biomed Realty Trust on 10 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.