Reviewing Douglas Emmett (NYSE:DEI) & Hudson Pacific Properties (NYSE:HPP)

Hudson Pacific Properties (NYSE:HPP) and Douglas Emmett (NYSE:DEI) are both small-cap real estate companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and dividends.

Volatility & Risk

Hudson Pacific Properties has a beta of 2.02, indicating that its stock price is 102% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Douglas Emmett has a beta of 1.18, indicating that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

97.6% of Hudson Pacific Properties shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.4% of Douglas Emmett shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.5% of Hudson Pacific Properties shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 13.0% of Douglas Emmett shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Hudson Pacific Properties and Douglas Emmett”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Hudson Pacific Properties	$831.10 million	0.69	-$561.69 million	($8.85)	-1.19
Douglas Emmett	$1.00 billion	1.77	$16.27 million	($0.15)	-70.83

Douglas Emmett has higher revenue and earnings than Hudson Pacific Properties. Douglas Emmett 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.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for Hudson Pacific Properties and Douglas Emmett, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Hudson Pacific Properties	3	7	3	0	2.00
Douglas Emmett	1	7	1	0	2.00

Hudson Pacific Properties presently has a consensus price target of $15.27, suggesting a potential upside of 45.11%. Douglas Emmett has a consensus price target of $13.14, suggesting a potential upside of 23.70%. Given Hudson Pacific Properties’ higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Hudson Pacific Properties is more favorable than Douglas Emmett.

Profitability

This table compares Hudson Pacific Properties and Douglas Emmett’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Hudson Pacific Properties	-70.04%	-20.76%	-7.73%
Douglas Emmett	-2.27%	-0.66%	-0.24%

Summary

Douglas Emmett beats Hudson Pacific Properties on 8 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Hudson Pacific Properties

Hudson Pacific Properties (NYSE: HPP) is a real estate investment trust serving dynamic tech and media tenants in global epicenters for these synergistic, converging and secular growth industries. Hudson Pacific's unique and high-barrier tech and media focus leverages a full-service, end-to-end value creation platform forged through deep strategic relationships and niche expertise across identifying, acquiring, transforming and developing properties into world-class amenitized, collaborative and sustainable office and studio space.

About Douglas Emmett

Douglas Emmett, Inc. (DEI) is a fully integrated, self-administered and self-managed real estate investment trust (REIT), and one of the largest owners and operators of high-quality office and multifamily properties located in the premier coastal submarkets of Los Angeles and Honolulu. Douglas Emmett focuses on owning and acquiring a substantial share of top-tier office properties and premier multifamily communities in neighborhoods that possess significant supply constraints, high-end executive housing and key lifestyle amenities.