BXP vs. NNN, CIGI, MAA, SUI, PCH, SBRA, ESBA, IVR, WETH, and LEJU
Should you be buying Boston Properties stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Boston Properties include NNN REIT (NNN), Colliers International Group (CIGI), Mid-America Apartment Communities (MAA), Sun Communities (SUI), PotlatchDeltic (PCH), Sabra Health Care REIT (SBRA), Empire State Realty OP (ESBA), Invesco Mortgage Capital (IVR), Wetouch Technology (WETH), and Leju (LEJU).
NNN REIT (NYSE:NNN) and Boston Properties (NYSE:BXP) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, risk and analyst recommendations.
NNN REIT currently has a consensus price target of $44.50, suggesting a potential upside of 9.18%. Boston Properties has a consensus price target of $69.44, suggesting a potential upside of 12.89%. Given NNN REIT's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Boston Properties is more favorable than NNN REIT.
NNN REIT has a net margin of 47.38% compared to NNN REIT's net margin of 5.81%. Boston Properties' return on equity of 9.45% beat NNN REIT's return on equity.
In the previous week, NNN REIT and NNN REIT both had 7 articles in the media. NNN REIT's average media sentiment score of 0.85 beat Boston Properties' score of 0.48 indicating that Boston Properties is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Boston Properties received 188 more outperform votes than NNN REIT when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.19% of users gave NNN REIT an outperform vote while only 64.50% of users gave Boston Properties an outperform vote.
90.0% of NNN REIT shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.7% of Boston Properties shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of NNN REIT shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Boston Properties shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
NNN REIT has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Boston Properties. NNN REIT is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Boston Properties, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
NNN REIT pays an annual dividend of $2.26 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.5%. Boston Properties pays an annual dividend of $3.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.4%. NNN REIT pays out 104.6% 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 324.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. NNN REIT has raised its dividend for 34 consecutive years.
NNN REIT has a beta of 1, suggesting that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, Boston Properties has a beta of 1.15, suggesting that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Boston Properties beats NNN REIT on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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