Douglas Emmett (DEI) Competitors

Douglas Emmett (NYSE:DEI) and Equity Commonwealth (NYSE:EQC) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation and dividends.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer DEI or EQC?

Douglas Emmett received 98 more outperform votes than Equity Commonwealth when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.03% of users gave Douglas Emmett an outperform vote while only 55.66% of users gave Equity Commonwealth an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Douglas Emmett	Outperform Votes 398 60.03%	Underperform Votes 265 39.97%
Equity Commonwealth	Outperform Votes 300 55.66%	Underperform Votes 239 44.34%

Is DEI or EQC more profitable?

Equity Commonwealth has a net margin of 150.62% compared to Douglas Emmett's net margin of -4.62%. Equity Commonwealth's return on equity of 4.04% beat Douglas Emmett's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Douglas Emmett	-4.62%	-1.06%	-0.44%
Equity Commonwealth	150.62%	4.04%	3.78%

Do insiders & institutionals believe in DEI or EQC?

97.4% of Douglas Emmett shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.0% of Equity Commonwealth shares are owned by institutional investors. 14.0% of Douglas Emmett shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.8% of Equity Commonwealth shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, DEI or EQC?

Equity Commonwealth has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Douglas Emmett. Douglas Emmett is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Equity Commonwealth, 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
Douglas Emmett	$1.02B	2.18	-$42.71M	-$0.26	-51.17
Equity Commonwealth	$60.52M	32.89	$91.16M	$0.76	24.48

Which has more risk & volatility, DEI or EQC?

Douglas Emmett has a beta of 1.07, suggesting that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Equity Commonwealth has a beta of 0.24, suggesting that its share price is 76% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate DEI or EQC?

Douglas Emmett currently has a consensus price target of $13.67, suggesting a potential upside of 2.72%. Given Douglas Emmett's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Douglas Emmett is more favorable than Equity Commonwealth.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Douglas Emmett	1 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Equity Commonwealth	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Does the media prefer DEI or EQC?

In the previous week, Equity Commonwealth had 2 more articles in the media than Douglas Emmett. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Equity Commonwealth and 2 mentions for Douglas Emmett. Equity Commonwealth's average media sentiment score of 1.15 beat Douglas Emmett's score of 0.77 indicating that Equity Commonwealth is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Douglas Emmett	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Equity Commonwealth	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Equity Commonwealth beats Douglas Emmett on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.