DEA vs. PJT, HHH, FHI, CIXXF, APAM, BXMT, RGTI, CDP, HASI, and BNL
Should you be buying Easterly Government Properties stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Easterly Government Properties include PJT Partners (PJT), Howard Hughes (HHH), Federated Hermes (FHI), CI Financial (CIXXF), Artisan Partners Asset Management (APAM), Blackstone Mortgage Trust (BXMT), Rigetti Computing (RGTI), COPT Defense Properties (CDP), HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital (HASI), and Broadstone Net Lease (BNL). These companies are all part of the "trading" industry.
Easterly Government Properties vs. Its Competitors
PJT Partners (NYSE:PJT) and Easterly Government Properties (NYSE:DEA) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, valuation, community ranking and profitability.
PJT Partners has a beta of 0.74, indicating that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Easterly Government Properties has a beta of 0.94, indicating that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.
PJT Partners pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Easterly Government Properties pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. PJT Partners pays out 17.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Easterly Government Properties pays out 171.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
PJT Partners has higher revenue and earnings than Easterly Government Properties. PJT Partners 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.
Easterly Government Properties received 45 more outperform votes than PJT Partners when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.50% of users gave PJT Partners an outperform vote while only 57.36% of users gave Easterly Government Properties an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Easterly Government Properties had 4 more articles in the media than PJT Partners. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Easterly Government Properties and 3 mentions for PJT Partners. PJT Partners' average media sentiment score of 1.74 beat Easterly Government Properties' score of 0.72 indicating that PJT Partners is being referred to more favorably in the media.
PJT Partners has a net margin of 9.00% compared to Easterly Government Properties' net margin of 6.25%. PJT Partners' return on equity of 24.03% beat Easterly Government Properties' return on equity.
89.2% of PJT Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.5% of Easterly Government Properties shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.8% of PJT Partners shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 7.8% of Easterly Government Properties shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
PJT Partners presently has a consensus price target of $154.50, indicating a potential downside of 0.98%. Easterly Government Properties has a consensus price target of $27.69, indicating a potential upside of 20.50%. Given Easterly Government Properties' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Easterly Government Properties is more favorable than PJT Partners.
Summary
PJT Partners beats Easterly Government Properties on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:DEA) was last updated on 6/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
