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Easterly Government Properties (DEA) Competitors

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$21.97 -0.04 (-0.18%)
Closing price 10/17/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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DEA vs. AAT, ARE, BDN, BXP, CUZ, DEI, HIW, KRC, PDM, and VNO

Should you be buying Easterly Government Properties stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Easterly Government Properties include American Assets Trust (AAT), Alexandria Real Estate Equities (ARE), Brandywine Realty Trust (BDN), BXP (BXP), Cousins Properties (CUZ), Douglas Emmett (DEI), Highwoods Properties (HIW), Kilroy Realty (KRC), Piedmont Realty Trust (PDM), and Vornado Realty Trust (VNO). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

Easterly Government Properties vs. Its Competitors

American Assets Trust (NYSE:AAT) and Easterly Government Properties (NYSE:DEA) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, valuation, earnings, risk and institutional ownership.

American Assets Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Easterly Government Properties. American Assets Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Easterly Government Properties, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
American Assets Trust$457.86M2.60$72.82M$1.1616.79
Easterly Government Properties$315.94M3.15$19.55M$0.4153.59

American Assets Trust has a net margin of 16.26% compared to Easterly Government Properties' net margin of 5.54%. American Assets Trust's return on equity of 6.47% beat Easterly Government Properties' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
American Assets Trust16.26% 6.47% 2.34%
Easterly Government Properties 5.54%1.26%0.54%

90.4% of American Assets Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.5% of Easterly Government Properties shares are owned by institutional investors. 36.8% of American Assets Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.8% of Easterly Government Properties shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

American Assets Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.0%. Easterly Government Properties pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.2%. American Assets Trust pays out 117.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Easterly Government Properties pays out 439.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. American Assets Trust has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years.

American Assets Trust presently has a consensus target price of $20.50, suggesting a potential upside of 5.26%. Easterly Government Properties has a consensus target price of $26.41, suggesting a potential upside of 20.20%. Given Easterly Government Properties' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Easterly Government Properties is more favorable than American Assets Trust.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
American Assets Trust
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Easterly Government Properties
1 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.17

American Assets Trust has a beta of 1.23, meaning that its stock price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Easterly Government Properties has a beta of 0.95, meaning that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Easterly Government Properties had 8 more articles in the media than American Assets Trust. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Easterly Government Properties and 1 mentions for American Assets Trust. American Assets Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.04 beat Easterly Government Properties' score of 0.80 indicating that American Assets Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
American Assets Trust
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Easterly Government Properties
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

American Assets Trust beats Easterly Government Properties on 12 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

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DEA vs. The Competition

MetricEasterly Government PropertiesREIT IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$996.88M$8.60B$12.63B$21.83B
Dividend Yield8.18%5.50%5.60%3.62%
P/E Ratio53.59149.4328.5532.43
Price / Sales3.155.1930.3491.26
Price / Cash8.4117.7322.2224.21
Price / Book0.671.642.234.59
Net Income$19.55M$128.86M$1.02B$1.02B
7 Day Performance3.10%2.65%0.22%1.31%
1 Month Performance-4.31%-3.68%-2.24%-0.93%
1 Year Performance-39.27%-13.06%537.64%9.51%

Easterly Government Properties Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
DEA
Easterly Government Properties
3.9006 of 5 stars
$21.97
-0.2%
$26.41
+20.2%
-39.3%$996.88M$315.94M53.5950News Coverage
Analyst Upgrade
AAT
American Assets Trust
3.9327 of 5 stars
$19.13
+0.4%
$20.50
+7.2%
-31.0%$1.17B$457.86M16.49220Positive News
ARE
Alexandria Real Estate Equities
4.6502 of 5 stars
$73.92
0.0%
$95.87
+29.7%
-38.4%$12.78B$3.02B-568.58590Positive News
BDN
Brandywine Realty Trust
4.3779 of 5 stars
$3.68
+1.5%
$4.50
+22.4%
-43.6%$638.34M$495.77M-1.95330Upcoming Earnings
BXP
BXP
3.6238 of 5 stars
$70.11
+0.9%
$78.95
+12.6%
-20.7%$11.10B$3.41B2,337.78780News Coverage
Analyst Upgrade
CUZ
Cousins Properties
4.5179 of 5 stars
$26.26
-1.4%
$32.18
+22.6%
-15.8%$4.41B$856.76M70.97290
DEI
Douglas Emmett
4.4433 of 5 stars
$13.83
+0.4%
$18.25
+32.0%
-30.3%$2.32B$986.48M62.87750
HIW
Highwoods Properties
3.8295 of 5 stars
$29.75
-1.8%
$32.29
+8.5%
-17.5%$3.21B$825.86M25.00340Analyst Downgrade
KRC
Kilroy Realty
3.8129 of 5 stars
$40.36
+2.0%
$40.83
+1.2%
-7.5%$4.77B$1.14B21.93260News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
PDM
Piedmont Realty Trust
1.3787 of 5 stars
$8.02
+0.4%
$8.67
+8.1%
-26.1%$998.49M$570.32M-14.58150Positive News
VNO
Vornado Realty Trust
4.42 of 5 stars
$38.94
+2.6%
$39.42
+1.2%
-9.7%$7.48B$1.79B9.642,996News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Revision

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