HPP vs. HIW, DEI, EQC, PDM, BDN, DLR, ARE, BXP, KRC, and SLG
Should you be buying Hudson Pacific Properties stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hudson Pacific Properties include Highwoods Properties (HIW), Douglas Emmett (DEI), Equity Commonwealth (EQC), Piedmont Office Realty Trust (PDM), Brandywine Realty Trust (BDN), Digital Realty Trust (DLR), Alexandria Real Estate Equities (ARE), Boston Properties (BXP), Kilroy Realty (KRC), and SL Green Realty (SLG). These companies are all part of the "office reits" industry.
Hudson Pacific Properties (NYSE:HPP) and Highwoods Properties (NYSE:HIW) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, earnings, risk, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
Hudson Pacific Properties has a beta of 1.32, suggesting that its share price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Highwoods Properties has a beta of 1.27, suggesting that its share price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500.
97.6% of Hudson Pacific Properties shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.3% of Highwoods Properties shares are held by institutional investors. 3.0% of Hudson Pacific Properties shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of Highwoods Properties shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Highwoods Properties had 18 more articles in the media than Hudson Pacific Properties. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Highwoods Properties and 2 mentions for Hudson Pacific Properties. Hudson Pacific Properties' average media sentiment score of 1.82 beat Highwoods Properties' score of 0.53 indicating that Hudson Pacific Properties is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Hudson Pacific Properties received 27 more outperform votes than Highwoods Properties when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.98% of users gave Hudson Pacific Properties an outperform vote while only 61.83% of users gave Highwoods Properties an outperform vote.
Hudson Pacific Properties pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Highwoods Properties pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.5%. Hudson Pacific Properties pays out -12.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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.
Highwoods Properties has a net margin of 18.30% compared to Hudson Pacific Properties' net margin of -23.48%. Highwoods Properties' return on equity of 6.33% beat Hudson Pacific Properties' return on equity.
Hudson Pacific Properties presently has a consensus target price of $8.32, indicating a potential upside of 44.99%. Highwoods Properties has a consensus target price of $24.75, indicating a potential downside of 19.12%. Given Hudson Pacific Properties' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Hudson Pacific Properties is more favorable than Highwoods Properties.
Highwoods Properties has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Hudson Pacific Properties. Hudson Pacific Properties 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
Hudson Pacific Properties beats Highwoods Properties on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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