Equity Commonwealth (EQC) Competitors

Digital Realty Trust (NYSE:DLR) and Equity Commonwealth (NYSE:EQC) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, valuation and profitability.

Do institutionals & insiders believe in DLR or EQC?

99.7% of Digital Realty Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.0% of Equity Commonwealth shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Digital Realty Trust shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of Equity Commonwealth shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts rate DLR or EQC?

Digital Realty Trust presently has a consensus price target of $190.74, indicating a potential upside of 14.26%. Given Digital Realty Trust's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Digital Realty Trust is more favorable than Equity Commonwealth.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Digital Realty Trust	1 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	15 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.78
Equity Commonwealth	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the media refer more to DLR or EQC?

In the previous week, Digital Realty Trust had 22 more articles in the media than Equity Commonwealth. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Digital Realty Trust and 2 mentions for Equity Commonwealth. Equity Commonwealth's average media sentiment score of 1.85 beat Digital Realty Trust's score of 1.78 indicating that Equity Commonwealth is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Digital Realty Trust	22 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Equity Commonwealth	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Which has more risk & volatility, DLR or EQC?

Digital Realty Trust has a beta of 0.92, meaning that its stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Equity Commonwealth has a beta of 0.57, meaning that its stock price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher valuation & earnings, DLR or EQC?

Digital Realty Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Equity Commonwealth. Equity Commonwealth is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Digital Realty Trust, 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
Digital Realty Trust	$5.77B	9.87	$615.19M	$3.81	43.82
Equity Commonwealth	$58.43M	2.90	$91.16M	$0.39	4.05

Is DLR or EQC more profitable?

Equity Commonwealth has a net margin of 82.00% compared to Digital Realty Trust's net margin of 23.98%. Digital Realty Trust's return on equity of 6.46% beat Equity Commonwealth's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Digital Realty Trust	23.98%	6.46%	3.00%
Equity Commonwealth	82.00%	2.09%	1.96%

Summary

Digital Realty Trust beats Equity Commonwealth on 14 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.