HIW vs. DEI, SLG, EQC, KRC, BDN, NHI, BNL, MPW, CDP, and OUT
Should you be buying Highwoods Properties stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Highwoods Properties include Douglas Emmett (DEI), SL Green Realty (SLG), Equity Commonwealth (EQC), Kilroy Realty (KRC), Brandywine Realty Trust (BDN), National Health Investors (NHI), Broadstone Net Lease (BNL), Medical Properties Trust (MPW), COPT Defense Properties (CDP), and OUTFRONT Media (OUT). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
Highwoods Properties (NYSE:HIW) and Douglas Emmett (NYSE:DEI) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking and earnings.
In the previous week, Highwoods Properties had 17 more articles in the media than Douglas Emmett. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Highwoods Properties and 2 mentions for Douglas Emmett. Douglas Emmett's average media sentiment score of 0.77 beat Highwoods Properties' score of 0.15 indicating that Douglas Emmett is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
96.3% of Highwoods Properties shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.4% of Douglas Emmett shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.6% of Highwoods Properties shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 14.0% of Douglas Emmett shares are owned by 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.
Highwoods Properties pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.8%. Douglas Emmett pays an annual dividend of $0.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.7%. Highwoods Properties pays out 163.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Douglas Emmett pays out -292.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Highwoods Properties has a beta of 1.23, suggesting that its share price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Douglas Emmett has a beta of 1.07, suggesting that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Highwoods Properties has a net margin of 15.78% compared to Douglas Emmett's net margin of -4.62%. Highwoods Properties' return on equity of 5.41% beat Douglas Emmett's return on equity.
Douglas Emmett received 20 more outperform votes than Highwoods Properties when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.76% of users gave Highwoods Properties an outperform vote while only 60.03% of users gave Douglas Emmett an outperform vote.
Highwoods Properties currently has a consensus target price of $24.38, indicating a potential downside of 4.52%. Douglas Emmett has a consensus target price of $13.67, indicating a potential upside of 2.68%. Given Douglas Emmett's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Douglas Emmett is more favorable than Highwoods Properties.
Highwoods Properties has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Douglas Emmett. Douglas Emmett is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Highwoods Properties, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Highwoods Properties beats Douglas Emmett on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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