Head to Head Contrast: BXP (NYSE:BXP) and Healthcare Realty Trust (NYSE:HR)

BXP (NYSE:BXP) and Healthcare Realty Trust (NYSE:HR) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations and risk.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares BXP and Healthcare Realty Trust”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
BXP	$3.46 billion	3.22	$14.27 million	($1.27)	-55.38
Healthcare Realty Trust	$1.20 billion	5.16	-$654.48 million	($1.06)	-16.64

BXP has higher revenue and earnings than Healthcare Realty Trust. BXP is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Healthcare Realty Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

98.7% of BXP shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.5% of BXP shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Healthcare Realty Trust shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Dividends

BXP pays an annual dividend of $2.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Healthcare Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.4%. BXP pays out -220.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Healthcare Realty Trust pays out -90.6% 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.

Profitability

This table compares BXP and Healthcare Realty Trust’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
BXP	-5.82%	1.35%	0.41%
Healthcare Realty Trust	-32.95%	-7.70%	-3.78%

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for BXP and Healthcare Realty Trust, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
BXP	1	10	8	0	2.37
Healthcare Realty Trust	2	5	3	0	2.10

BXP presently has a consensus target price of $79.26, indicating a potential upside of 12.70%. Healthcare Realty Trust has a consensus target price of $18.75, indicating a potential upside of 6.30%. Given BXP’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe BXP is more favorable than Healthcare Realty Trust.

Risk & Volatility

BXP has a beta of 1.22, suggesting that its share price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Healthcare Realty Trust has a beta of 0.96, suggesting that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

BXP beats Healthcare Realty Trust on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

About BXP

Boston Properties, Inc. (NYSE: BXP) (BXP or the Company) is the largest publicly traded developer, owner, and manager of premier workplaces in the United States, concentrated in six dynamic gateway markets – Boston, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, Seattle, and Washington, DC. BXP has delivered places that power progress for our clients and communities for more than 50 years. BXP is a fully integrated real estate company, organized as a real estate investment trust (REIT). Including properties owned by joint ventures, BXP's portfolio totals 53.3 million square feet and 188 properties, including 10 properties under construction/redevelopment. BXP's properties include 167 office properties, 14 retail properties (including two retail properties under construction/redevelopment), six residential properties (including one residential property under construction) and one hotel. BXP is well-known for its inhouse building management expertise and responsiveness to clients' needs. BXP holds a superior track record of developing premium Central Business District (CBD) office buildings, successful mixed-use complexes, suburban office centers and build-to-suit projects for a diverse array of creditworthy clients. BXP actively works to promote its growth and operations in a sustainable and responsible manner. BXP has earned a twelfth consecutive GRESB Green Star recognition and the highest GRESB 5-star Rating. BXP, an S&P 500 company, was founded in 1970 by Mortimer B. Zuckerman and Edward H. Linde and became a public company in 1997.

About Healthcare Realty Trust

Healthcare Realty Trust, Inc. provides real estate investment services. It owns, leases, manages, acquires, finances, develops, and redevelops income-producing real estate properties associated primarily with the delivery of outpatient healthcare services throughout the United States of America. The company was founded by David R. Emery in 1992 and is headquartered in Nashville, TN.