Howard Hughes (HHH) Competitors

Healthpeak Properties (NYSE:DOC) and Howard Hughes (NYSE:HHH) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, earnings, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment and dividends.

Is DOC or HHH more profitable?

Healthpeak Properties has a net margin of 11.93% compared to Howard Hughes' net margin of -49.52%. Healthpeak Properties' return on equity of 3.51% beat Howard Hughes' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Healthpeak Properties	11.93%	3.51%	1.60%
Howard Hughes	-49.52%	-0.33%	-0.10%

Do analysts rate DOC or HHH?

Healthpeak Properties presently has a consensus target price of $22.17, suggesting a potential upside of 3.10%. Howard Hughes has a consensus target price of $82.00, suggesting a potential upside of 8.28%. Given Howard Hughes' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Howard Hughes is more favorable than Healthpeak Properties.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Healthpeak Properties	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.71
Howard Hughes	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Do insiders & institutionals believe in DOC or HHH?

93.6% of Healthpeak Properties shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.8% of Howard Hughes shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Healthpeak Properties shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 33.0% of Howard Hughes shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more risk & volatility, DOC or HHH?

Healthpeak Properties has a beta of 1.14, meaning that its share price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Howard Hughes has a beta of 1.45, meaning that its share price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to DOC or HHH?

In the previous week, Healthpeak Properties had 1 more articles in the media than Howard Hughes. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Healthpeak Properties and 5 mentions for Howard Hughes. Howard Hughes' average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat Healthpeak Properties' score of 0.66 indicating that Howard Hughes is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Healthpeak Properties	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Howard Hughes	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, DOC or HHH?

Healthpeak Properties has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Howard Hughes. Howard Hughes is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Healthpeak Properties, 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
Healthpeak Properties	$543.46M	27.84	$306.01M	$0.35	61.43
Howard Hughes	$1.09B	3.48	-$550.95M	-$11.73	-6.46

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in DOC or HHH?

Healthpeak Properties received 501 more outperform votes than Howard Hughes when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.33% of users gave Healthpeak Properties an outperform vote while only 33.33% of users gave Howard Hughes an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Healthpeak Properties	Outperform Votes 503 62.33%	Underperform Votes 304 37.67%
Howard Hughes	Outperform Votes 2 33.33%	Underperform Votes 4 66.67%

Summary

Healthpeak Properties beats Howard Hughes on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.