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Equity Commonwealth (EQC) Competitors

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$1.58 0.00 (0.00%)
As of 04/28/2025

EQC vs. HPP, DLR, ARE, BXP, KRC, SLG, HIW, DEI, PDM, and BDN

Should you be buying Equity Commonwealth stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Equity Commonwealth include Hudson Pacific Properties (HPP), Digital Realty Trust (DLR), Alexandria Real Estate Equities (ARE), Boston Properties (BXP), Kilroy Realty (KRC), SL Green Realty (SLG), Highwoods Properties (HIW), Douglas Emmett (DEI), Piedmont Office Realty Trust (PDM), and Brandywine Realty Trust (BDN). These companies are all part of the "office reits" industry.

Equity Commonwealth vs.

Hudson Pacific Properties (NYSE:HPP) and Equity Commonwealth (NYSE:EQC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, community ranking, valuation and media sentiment.

97.6% of Hudson Pacific Properties shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.0% of Equity Commonwealth shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.0% of Hudson Pacific Properties shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% 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.

Hudson Pacific Properties has a beta of 1.3, indicating that its share price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Equity Commonwealth has a beta of 0.57, indicating that its share price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Equity Commonwealth has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Hudson Pacific Properties. Hudson Pacific Properties is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Equity Commonwealth, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Hudson Pacific Properties$842.08M0.37-$173.89M-$2.57-0.85
Equity Commonwealth$58.43M2.90$91.16M$0.394.05

Equity Commonwealth has a net margin of 82.00% compared to Hudson Pacific Properties' net margin of -44.01%. Equity Commonwealth's return on equity of 2.09% beat Hudson Pacific Properties' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Hudson Pacific Properties-44.01% -12.64% -4.46%
Equity Commonwealth 82.00%2.09%1.96%

Hudson Pacific Properties received 108 more outperform votes than Equity Commonwealth when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.36% of users gave Hudson Pacific Properties an outperform vote while only 55.45% of users gave Equity Commonwealth an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Hudson Pacific PropertiesOutperform Votes
408
60.36%
Underperform Votes
268
39.64%
Equity CommonwealthOutperform Votes
300
55.45%
Underperform Votes
241
44.55%

In the previous week, Hudson Pacific Properties had 1 more articles in the media than Equity Commonwealth. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Hudson Pacific Properties and 4 mentions for Equity Commonwealth. Equity Commonwealth's average media sentiment score of 1.42 beat Hudson Pacific Properties' score of 0.84 indicating that Equity Commonwealth is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Hudson Pacific Properties
3 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Equity Commonwealth
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Hudson Pacific Properties presently has a consensus target price of $3.14, indicating a potential upside of 44.32%. Given Hudson Pacific Properties' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Hudson Pacific Properties is more favorable than Equity Commonwealth.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Hudson Pacific Properties
2 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
2 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)
0.00

Summary

Hudson Pacific Properties beats Equity Commonwealth on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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EQC vs. The Competition

MetricEquity CommonwealthReal estate investment trusts IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$169.73M$6.96B$11.11B$18.97B
Dividend YieldN/A7.11%5.79%4.03%
P/E Ratio4.0559.0922.0132.91
Price / Sales2.906.7226.0927.66
Price / Cash1.6917.3217.6017.53
Price / Book0.071.652.664.48
Net Income$91.16M$177.71M$1.03B$1.02B
7 Day PerformanceN/A1.09%0.66%0.75%
1 Month Performance-2.77%-5.69%-0.39%-2.61%
1 Year Performance-91.56%4.75%538.24%4.53%

Equity Commonwealth Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
EQC
Equity Commonwealth
2.6242 of 5 stars
$1.58
flat
N/AN/A$169.73M$58.43M4.0520Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
Positive News
HPP
Hudson Pacific Properties
4.5765 of 5 stars
$2.22
flat
$3.14
+41.4%
-64.9%$313.80M$842.08M-0.86880Upcoming Earnings
News Coverage
DLR
Digital Realty Trust
4.6743 of 5 stars
$160.50
+0.4%
$183.05
+14.1%
+15.7%$54.05B$5.55B99.073,410Earnings Report
Analyst Upgrade
Positive News
ARE
Alexandria Real Estate Equities
4.457 of 5 stars
$76.96
+1.4%
$118.60
+54.1%
-37.3%$13.31B$3.05B42.76590Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
BXP
Boston Properties
4.2344 of 5 stars
$66.31
+0.7%
$79.83
+20.4%
+3.1%$10.50B$3.41B663.17780Earnings Report
News Coverage
Gap Down
KRC
Kilroy Realty
4.5985 of 5 stars
$32.71
+1.1%
$38.82
+18.7%
-6.8%$3.87B$1.14B18.48260Upcoming Earnings
News Coverage
Positive News
SLG
SL Green Realty
3.4929 of 5 stars
$54.24
-0.2%
$68.13
+25.6%
+5.5%$3.87B$938.24M678.001,188Analyst Forecast
HIW
Highwoods Properties
4.0472 of 5 stars
$28.43
+0.7%
$32.50
+14.3%
+8.6%$3.06B$825.86M29.93340Earnings Report
Analyst Upgrade
Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Up
DEI
Douglas Emmett
4.5714 of 5 stars
$14.20
-0.3%
$18.50
+30.3%
+0.6%$2.38B$986.48M109.24750Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
PDM
Piedmont Office Realty Trust
3.3506 of 5 stars
$6.78
-0.3%
$9.50
+40.1%
-14.4%$843.49M$570.32M-10.76150Earnings Report
Positive News
BDN
Brandywine Realty Trust
4.6377 of 5 stars
$4.05
+0.5%
$5.00
+23.5%
-13.2%$700.94M$500.55M-3.55330Analyst Downgrade
Positive News

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