HPP vs. AHH, EFC, FRPH, SRG, KW, TRC, FPH, CMTG, MLP, and AOMR
Should you be buying Hudson Pacific Properties stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hudson Pacific Properties include Armada Hoffler Properties (AHH), Ellington Financial (EFC), FRP (FRPH), Seritage Growth Properties (SRG), Kennedy-Wilson (KW), Tejon Ranch (TRC), Five Point (FPH), Claros Mortgage Trust (CMTG), Maui Land & Pineapple (MLP), and Angel Oak Mortgage REIT (AOMR). These companies are all part of the "real estate" industry.
Hudson Pacific Properties (NYSE:HPP) and Armada Hoffler Properties (NYSE:AHH) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends and profitability.
Armada Hoffler Properties has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Hudson Pacific Properties. Armada Hoffler Properties is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hudson Pacific Properties, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Hudson Pacific Properties pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Armada Hoffler Properties pays an annual dividend of $0.82 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.6%. Hudson Pacific Properties pays out -14.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Armada Hoffler Properties pays out -1,639.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Armada Hoffler Properties is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Armada Hoffler Properties has a net margin of 1.12% compared to Hudson Pacific Properties' net margin of -19.20%. Armada Hoffler Properties' return on equity of 1.09% beat Hudson Pacific Properties' return on equity.
Hudson Pacific Properties has a beta of 1.31, indicating that its stock price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Armada Hoffler Properties has a beta of 0.97, indicating that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Hudson Pacific Properties had 7 more articles in the media than Armada Hoffler Properties. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Hudson Pacific Properties and 4 mentions for Armada Hoffler Properties. Armada Hoffler Properties' average media sentiment score of 0.63 beat Hudson Pacific Properties' score of 0.57 indicating that Armada Hoffler Properties is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Hudson Pacific Properties currently has a consensus price target of $9.05, indicating a potential upside of 65.75%. Given Hudson Pacific Properties' higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Hudson Pacific Properties is more favorable than Armada Hoffler Properties.
Hudson Pacific Properties received 52 more outperform votes than Armada Hoffler Properties when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.48% of users gave Armada Hoffler Properties an outperform vote while only 62.06% of users gave Hudson Pacific Properties an outperform vote.
97.6% of Hudson Pacific Properties shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.4% of Armada Hoffler Properties shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.0% of Hudson Pacific Properties shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.9% of Armada Hoffler Properties shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Armada Hoffler Properties beats Hudson Pacific Properties on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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