ARE vs. BXP, DLR, SBAC, IRM, VTR, EQR, ESS, MAA, SUI, and AVB
Should you be buying Alexandria Real Estate Equities stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Alexandria Real Estate Equities include Boston Properties (BXP), Digital Realty Trust (DLR), SBA Communications (SBAC), Iron Mountain (IRM), Ventas (VTR), Equity Residential (EQR), Essex Property Trust (ESS), Mid-America Apartment Communities (MAA), Sun Communities (SUI), and AvalonBay Communities (AVB). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
Alexandria Real Estate Equities (NYSE:ARE) and Boston Properties (NYSE:BXP) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, institutional ownership and valuation.
Alexandria Real Estate Equities currently has a consensus price target of $136.75, indicating a potential upside of 15.79%. Boston Properties has a consensus price target of $69.53, indicating a potential upside of 15.66%. Given Alexandria Real Estate Equities' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Alexandria Real Estate Equities is more favorable than Boston Properties.
In the previous week, Boston Properties had 18 more articles in the media than Alexandria Real Estate Equities. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Boston Properties and 7 mentions for Alexandria Real Estate Equities. Alexandria Real Estate Equities' average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat Boston Properties' score of 0.17 indicating that Alexandria Real Estate Equities is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Alexandria Real Estate Equities has a net margin of 6.65% compared to Boston Properties' net margin of 5.81%. Boston Properties' return on equity of 2.35% beat Alexandria Real Estate Equities' return on equity.
Alexandria Real Estate Equities has a beta of 1.07, suggesting that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Boston Properties has a beta of 1.15, suggesting that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Boston Properties received 175 more outperform votes than Alexandria Real Estate Equities when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.97% of users gave Alexandria Real Estate Equities an outperform vote while only 64.41% of users gave Boston Properties an outperform vote.
Boston Properties has higher revenue and earnings than Alexandria Real Estate Equities. Boston Properties 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 $5.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Boston Properties pays an annual dividend of $3.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.5%. Alexandria Real Estate Equities pays out 474.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Boston Properties pays out 321.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Boston Properties is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
96.5% of Alexandria Real Estate Equities shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.7% of Boston Properties shares are held by institutional investors. 1.2% of Alexandria Real Estate Equities shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Boston Properties shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Boston Properties beats Alexandria Real Estate Equities on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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