EQC vs. DEI, HIW, BDN, SLG, KRC, DRH, FCPT, AHR, AKR, and PEB
Should you be buying Equity Commonwealth stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Equity Commonwealth include Douglas Emmett (DEI), Highwoods Properties (HIW), Brandywine Realty Trust (BDN), SL Green Realty (SLG), Kilroy Realty (KRC), DiamondRock Hospitality (DRH), Four Corners Property Trust (FCPT), American Healthcare REIT (AHR), Acadia Realty Trust (AKR), and Pebblebrook Hotel Trust (PEB). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
Douglas Emmett (NYSE:DEI) and Equity Commonwealth (NYSE:EQC) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, community ranking, earnings, valuation and profitability.
In the previous week, Douglas Emmett had 9 more articles in the media than Equity Commonwealth. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Douglas Emmett and 4 mentions for Equity Commonwealth. Douglas Emmett's average media sentiment score of 1.09 beat Equity Commonwealth's score of 0.34 indicating that Equity Commonwealth is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Douglas Emmett has a beta of 1.05, indicating that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Equity Commonwealth has a beta of 0.24, indicating that its share price is 76% less volatile than the S&P 500.
97.4% of Douglas Emmett shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.0% of Equity Commonwealth shares are held by institutional investors. 14.7% of Douglas Emmett shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.8% of Equity Commonwealth shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Douglas Emmett received 98 more outperform votes than Equity Commonwealth when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.03% of users gave Douglas Emmett an outperform vote while only 55.66% of users gave Equity Commonwealth an outperform vote.
Equity Commonwealth has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Douglas Emmett. Douglas Emmett is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Equity Commonwealth, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Equity Commonwealth has a net margin of 156.11% compared to Equity Commonwealth's net margin of -4.62%. Douglas Emmett's return on equity of 4.15% beat Equity Commonwealth's return on equity.
Douglas Emmett presently has a consensus price target of $13.67, suggesting a potential downside of 3.55%. Given Equity Commonwealth's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Douglas Emmett is more favorable than Equity Commonwealth.
Summary
Douglas Emmett beats Equity Commonwealth on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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