COPT Defense Properties (CDP) Competitors

COPT Defense Properties (NYSE:CDP) and Houlihan Lokey (NYSE:HLI) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, risk, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, profitability and institutional ownership.

Which has more volatility and risk, CDP or HLI?

COPT Defense Properties has a beta of 0.88, indicating that its stock price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Houlihan Lokey has a beta of 0.83, indicating that its stock price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is CDP or HLI more profitable?

COPT Defense Properties has a net margin of 18.44% compared to Houlihan Lokey's net margin of 16.00%. Houlihan Lokey's return on equity of 20.04% beat COPT Defense Properties' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
COPT Defense Properties	18.44%	9.07%	3.28%
Houlihan Lokey	16.00%	20.04%	12.06%

Does the media refer more to CDP or HLI?

In the previous week, Houlihan Lokey had 7 more articles in the media than COPT Defense Properties. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Houlihan Lokey and 3 mentions for COPT Defense Properties. Houlihan Lokey's average media sentiment score of 1.67 beat COPT Defense Properties' score of 1.29 indicating that Houlihan Lokey is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
COPT Defense Properties	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Houlihan Lokey	10 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of CDP or HLI?

78.1% of Houlihan Lokey shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of COPT Defense Properties shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 23.7% of Houlihan Lokey shares are owned 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.

Is CDP or HLI a better dividend stock?

COPT Defense Properties pays an annual dividend of $1.22 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Houlihan Lokey pays an annual dividend of $2.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. COPT Defense Properties pays out 97.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Houlihan Lokey pays out 41.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Houlihan Lokey has raised its dividend for 9 consecutive years.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CDP or HLI?

Houlihan Lokey received 286 more outperform votes than COPT Defense Properties when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.18% of users gave COPT Defense Properties an outperform vote while only 60.56% of users gave Houlihan Lokey an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
COPT Defense Properties	Outperform Votes 15 68.18%	Underperform Votes 7 31.82%
Houlihan Lokey	Outperform Votes 301 60.56%	Underperform Votes 196 39.44%

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, CDP or HLI?

Houlihan Lokey has higher revenue and earnings than COPT Defense Properties. COPT Defense Properties is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Houlihan Lokey, 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
COPT Defense Properties	$747.86M	4.32	$138.93M	$1.25	22.88
Houlihan Lokey	$2.39B	5.09	$280.30M	$5.82	29.91

Do analysts prefer CDP or HLI?

COPT Defense Properties currently has a consensus price target of $33.14, suggesting a potential upside of 15.91%. Houlihan Lokey has a consensus price target of $185.00, suggesting a potential upside of 6.26%. Given COPT Defense Properties' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe COPT Defense Properties is more favorable than Houlihan Lokey.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
COPT Defense Properties	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.71
Houlihan Lokey	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Summary

Houlihan Lokey beats COPT Defense Properties on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.