Equity Commonwealth (EQC) Competitors

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

Which has more volatility and risk, EQC or HPP?

Equity Commonwealth has a beta of 0.57, indicating that its stock price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hudson Pacific Properties has a beta of 1.48, indicating that its stock price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of EQC or HPP?

96.0% of Equity Commonwealth shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.6% of Hudson Pacific Properties shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.1% of Equity Commonwealth shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.9% of Hudson Pacific Properties shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer EQC or HPP?

Hudson Pacific Properties received 109 more outperform votes than Equity Commonwealth when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.24% of users gave Hudson Pacific Properties an outperform vote while only 55.25% of users gave Equity Commonwealth an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Equity Commonwealth	Outperform Votes 300 55.25%	Underperform Votes 243 44.75%
Hudson Pacific Properties	Outperform Votes 409 60.24%	Underperform Votes 270 39.76%

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, EQC or HPP?

Equity Commonwealth has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Equity Commonwealth	$58.43M	2.90	$91.16M	$0.39	4.05
Hudson Pacific Properties	$826.52M	0.33	-$173.89M	-$2.73	-0.70

Does the media refer more to EQC or HPP?

In the previous week, Hudson Pacific Properties had 12 more articles in the media than Equity Commonwealth. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Hudson Pacific Properties and 2 mentions for Equity Commonwealth. Equity Commonwealth's average media sentiment score of 1.28 beat Hudson Pacific Properties' score of 0.85 indicating that Equity Commonwealth is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Equity Commonwealth	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Hudson Pacific Properties	8 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts rate EQC or HPP?

Hudson Pacific Properties has a consensus target price of $3.57, indicating a potential upside of 87.14%. Given Hudson Pacific Properties' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Hudson Pacific Properties is more favorable than Equity Commonwealth.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Equity Commonwealth	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Hudson Pacific Properties	2 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.08

Is EQC or HPP more profitable?

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
Equity Commonwealth	82.00%	2.09%	1.96%
Hudson Pacific Properties	-44.01%	-12.64%	-4.46%

Summary

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