EQC vs. KRC, SLG, HIW, DEI, PDM, BDN, HPP, DLR, ARE, and BXP
Should you be buying Equity Commonwealth stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Equity Commonwealth include Kilroy Realty (KRC), SL Green Realty (SLG), Highwoods Properties (HIW), Douglas Emmett (DEI), Piedmont Office Realty Trust (PDM), Brandywine Realty Trust (BDN), Hudson Pacific Properties (HPP), Digital Realty Trust (DLR), Alexandria Real Estate Equities (ARE), and Boston Properties (BXP). These companies are all part of the "office reits" industry.
Kilroy Realty (NYSE:KRC) and Equity Commonwealth (NYSE:EQC) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation and profitability.
94.2% of Kilroy Realty shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.0% of Equity Commonwealth shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.5% of Kilroy Realty shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.8% of Equity Commonwealth shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Equity Commonwealth has a net margin of 156.11% compared to Equity Commonwealth's net margin of 18.43%. Kilroy Realty's return on equity of 4.14% beat Equity Commonwealth's return on equity.
In the previous week, Equity Commonwealth had 4 more articles in the media than Kilroy Realty. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Equity Commonwealth and 6 mentions for Kilroy Realty. Equity Commonwealth's average media sentiment score of 1.09 beat Kilroy Realty's score of 0.12 indicating that Kilroy Realty is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Kilroy Realty received 152 more outperform votes than Equity Commonwealth when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.22% of users gave Kilroy Realty an outperform vote while only 55.66% of users gave Equity Commonwealth an outperform vote.
Kilroy Realty has a beta of 1.04, meaning that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Equity Commonwealth has a beta of 0.28, meaning that its share price is 72% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Kilroy Realty currently has a consensus target price of $38.20, indicating a potential upside of 6.26%. Given Equity Commonwealth's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Kilroy Realty is more favorable than Equity Commonwealth.
Kilroy Realty has higher revenue and earnings than Equity Commonwealth. Kilroy Realty is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Equity Commonwealth, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Kilroy Realty beats Equity Commonwealth on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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