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Equity Commonwealth (EQC) Competitors

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$1.58 0.00 (0.00%)
As of 07/10/2025

EQC vs. HPP, DLR, ARE, BXP, SLG, KRC, 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), BXP (BXP), SL Green Realty (SLG), Kilroy Realty (KRC), Highwoods Properties (HIW), Douglas Emmett (DEI), Piedmont Realty Trust (PDM), and Brandywine Realty Trust (BDN). These companies are all part of the "office reits" industry.

Equity Commonwealth vs. Its Competitors

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

Hudson Pacific Properties presently has a consensus target price of $3.22, indicating a potential upside of 12.92%. Given Hudson Pacific Properties' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly 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)
7 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.15
Equity Commonwealth
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

Hudson Pacific Properties has a beta of 1.56, indicating that its stock price is 56% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Equity Commonwealth has a beta of 0.57, indicating that its stock price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Equity Commonwealth has a net margin of 82.00% compared to Hudson Pacific Properties' net margin of -47.56%. 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-47.56% -14.12% -4.79%
Equity Commonwealth 82.00%2.09%1.96%

97.6% of Hudson Pacific Properties shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.0% of Equity Commonwealth shares are held by institutional investors. 4.9% of Hudson Pacific Properties shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of Equity Commonwealth shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Hudson Pacific Properties' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Equity Commonwealth'saverage media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
Hudson Pacific Properties Neutral
Equity Commonwealth Neutral

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$842.08M0.48-$352.29M-$2.73-1.04
Equity Commonwealth$58.43M2.90$91.16M$0.394.05

Summary

Hudson Pacific Properties and Equity Commonwealth tied by winning 7 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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EQC vs. The Competition

MetricEquity CommonwealthReal estate investment trusts IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$169.73M$652.93M$12.07B$20.79B
Dividend YieldN/A5.05%5.53%3.71%
P/E Ratio4.057.7120.0427.89
Price / Sales2.9036.2925.5142.50
Price / Cash1.6913.3621.6422.63
Price / Book0.071.782.284.57
Net Income$91.16M$10.26M$992.82M$988.81M
7 Day PerformanceN/A-0.41%-0.23%0.20%
1 Month PerformanceN/A-0.70%2.76%3.93%
1 Year Performance-91.80%1.31%536.06%10.27%

Equity Commonwealth Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
EQC
Equity Commonwealth
N/A$1.58
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N/AN/A$169.73M$58.43M4.0520
HPP
Hudson Pacific Properties
4.0934 of 5 stars
$2.71
-0.4%
$3.22
+18.8%
-46.5%$384.59M$842.08M-0.99880Gap Down
High Trading Volume
DLR
Digital Realty Trust
4.7674 of 5 stars
$171.48
-0.6%
$187.16
+9.1%
+6.7%$58.13B$5.55B160.263,936Positive News
Analyst Forecast
ARE
Alexandria Real Estate Equities
4.0322 of 5 stars
$75.03
-2.5%
$99.54
+32.7%
-36.2%$13.31B$3.12B98.72590Positive News
BXP
BXP
3.7837 of 5 stars
$67.34
-2.2%
$79.54
+18.1%
+8.5%$10.90B$3.41B-3,365.32780News Coverage
SLG
SL Green Realty
1.8047 of 5 stars
$60.91
-1.6%
$66.33
+8.9%
+5.0%$4.41B$886.27M-145.021,221News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
KRC
Kilroy Realty
2.9237 of 5 stars
$34.60
-2.0%
$38.90
+12.4%
+8.9%$4.17B$1.14B20.60260
HIW
Highwoods Properties
3.8354 of 5 stars
$30.75
-1.9%
$31.83
+3.5%
+13.6%$3.38B$825.86M19.10340Positive News
DEI
Douglas Emmett
2.1152 of 5 stars
$15.32
-2.4%
$18.13
+18.3%
+13.1%$2.63B$986.48M47.88750
PDM
Piedmont Realty Trust
3.0396 of 5 stars
$7.40
-1.9%
$8.67
+17.1%
-5.1%$938.04M$570.32M-15.10150Positive News
BDN
Brandywine Realty Trust
4.3328 of 5 stars
$4.07
-1.9%
$5.00
+22.9%
-5.9%$717.74M$505.52M-3.39330

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This page (NYSE:EQC) was last updated on 7/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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