KRC vs. ARE, BXP, SLG, HIW, DEI, PDM, BDN, HPP, EQC, and DLR
Should you be buying Kilroy Realty stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kilroy Realty include Alexandria Real Estate Equities (ARE), Boston Properties (BXP), SL Green Realty (SLG), Highwoods Properties (HIW), Douglas Emmett (DEI), Piedmont Office Realty Trust (PDM), Brandywine Realty Trust (BDN), Hudson Pacific Properties (HPP), Equity Commonwealth (EQC), and Digital Realty Trust (DLR). These companies are all part of the "office reits" industry.
Kilroy Realty vs.
Alexandria Real Estate Equities (NYSE:ARE) and Kilroy Realty (NYSE:KRC) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation and profitability.
96.5% of Alexandria Real Estate Equities shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.2% of Kilroy Realty shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of Alexandria Real Estate Equities shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of Kilroy Realty shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Kilroy Realty has a net margin of 18.58% compared to Alexandria Real Estate Equities' net margin of 10.36%. Kilroy Realty's return on equity of 3.75% beat Alexandria Real Estate Equities' return on equity.
In the previous week, Alexandria Real Estate Equities had 14 more articles in the media than Kilroy Realty. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Alexandria Real Estate Equities and 2 mentions for Kilroy Realty. Alexandria Real Estate Equities' average media sentiment score of 1.31 beat Kilroy Realty's score of 1.00 indicating that Alexandria Real Estate Equities is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Alexandria Real Estate Equities has higher revenue and earnings than Kilroy Realty. Kilroy Realty is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Alexandria Real Estate Equities, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Alexandria Real Estate Equities pays an annual dividend of $5.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.2%. Kilroy Realty pays an annual dividend of $2.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.0%. Alexandria Real Estate Equities pays out 694.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Kilroy Realty pays out 128.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Alexandria Real Estate Equities has increased its dividend for 15 consecutive years. Alexandria Real Estate Equities is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Alexandria Real Estate Equities has a beta of 1.25, suggesting that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kilroy Realty has a beta of 1.18, suggesting that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Alexandria Real Estate Equities received 21 more outperform votes than Kilroy Realty when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.44% of users gave Alexandria Real Estate Equities an outperform vote while only 62.14% of users gave Kilroy Realty an outperform vote.
Alexandria Real Estate Equities currently has a consensus price target of $116.00, suggesting a potential upside of 57.77%. Kilroy Realty has a consensus price target of $39.10, suggesting a potential upside of 7.98%. Given Alexandria Real Estate Equities' higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Alexandria Real Estate Equities is more favorable than Kilroy Realty.
Summary
Alexandria Real Estate Equities beats Kilroy Realty on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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