BXP vs. ARE, KRC, SLG, HIW, DEI, EQC, PDM, BDN, HPP, and DLR
Should you be buying Boston Properties stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Boston Properties include Alexandria Real Estate Equities (ARE), Kilroy Realty (KRC), SL Green Realty (SLG), Highwoods Properties (HIW), Douglas Emmett (DEI), Equity Commonwealth (EQC), Piedmont Office Realty Trust (PDM), Brandywine Realty Trust (BDN), Hudson Pacific Properties (HPP), and Digital Realty Trust (DLR). These companies are all part of the "office reits" industry.
Alexandria Real Estate Equities (NYSE:ARE) and Boston Properties (NYSE:BXP) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, risk, valuation, dividends and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, Alexandria Real Estate Equities had 26 more articles in the media than Boston Properties. MarketBeat recorded 41 mentions for Alexandria Real Estate Equities and 15 mentions for Boston Properties. Alexandria Real Estate Equities' average media sentiment score of 0.69 beat Boston Properties' score of 0.25 indicating that Boston Properties is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Alexandria Real Estate Equities pays an annual dividend of $5.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. Boston Properties pays an annual dividend of $3.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%. Alexandria Real Estate Equities pays out 486.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Boston Properties pays out 321.3% 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 raised its dividend for 15 consecutive years. Boston Properties is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Boston Properties has a net margin of 5.81% compared to Boston Properties' net margin of 5.09%. Alexandria Real Estate Equities' return on equity of 2.35% beat Boston Properties' return on equity.
Boston Properties received 173 more outperform votes than Alexandria Real Estate Equities when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.88% of users gave Alexandria Real Estate Equities an outperform vote while only 64.02% of users gave Boston Properties an outperform vote.
Boston Properties has higher revenue and earnings than Alexandria Real Estate Equities. 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.
Alexandria Real Estate Equities currently has a consensus price target of $133.71, suggesting a potential upside of 12.40%. Boston Properties has a consensus price target of $69.60, suggesting a potential downside of 1.28%. Given Boston Properties' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Alexandria Real Estate Equities is more favorable than Boston Properties.
96.5% of Alexandria Real Estate Equities shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.7% of Boston Properties shares are held by institutional investors. 1.2% of Alexandria Real Estate Equities shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Boston Properties shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Alexandria Real Estate Equities has a beta of 1.15, indicating that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Boston Properties has a beta of 1.18, indicating that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Boston Properties beats Alexandria Real Estate Equities on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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