CIO vs. BXP, CUZ, DEI, HIW, KRC, PDM, DEA, ORC, CSR, and PAX
Should you be buying City Office REIT stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of City Office REIT include BXP (BXP), Cousins Properties (CUZ), Douglas Emmett (DEI), Highwoods Properties (HIW), Kilroy Realty (KRC), Piedmont Realty Trust (PDM), Easterly Government Properties (DEA), Orchid Island Capital (ORC), Centerspace (CSR), and Patria Investments (PAX). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
City Office REIT vs. Its Competitors
City Office REIT (NYSE:CIO) and BXP (NYSE:BXP) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations and profitability.
In the previous week, BXP had 7 more articles in the media than City Office REIT. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for BXP and 5 mentions for City Office REIT. BXP's average media sentiment score of 0.52 beat City Office REIT's score of 0.29 indicating that BXP is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
BXP has a net margin of 0.11% compared to City Office REIT's net margin of -71.27%. BXP's return on equity of 3.89% beat City Office REIT's return on equity.
City Office REIT pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.7%. BXP pays an annual dividend of $2.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. City Office REIT pays out -12.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. BXP pays out 9,333.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. City Office REIT has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. City Office REIT is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
BXP has a consensus target price of $77.88, indicating a potential upside of 6.95%. Given BXP's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe BXP is more favorable than City Office REIT.
BXP has higher revenue and earnings than City Office REIT. City Office REIT is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BXP, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
City Office REIT has a beta of 1.82, indicating that its stock price is 82% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BXP has a beta of 1.22, indicating that its stock price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500.
67.5% of City Office REIT shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.7% of BXP shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.3% of City Office REIT shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of BXP shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
BXP beats City Office REIT on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (NYSE:CIO) was last updated on 10/9/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
