Hudson Pacific Properties (NYSE:HPP) & Peakstone Realty Trust (NYSE:PKST) Head-To-Head Analysis

Hudson Pacific Properties (NYSE:HPP) and Peakstone Realty Trust (NYSE:PKST) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends and valuation.

Risk and Volatility

Hudson Pacific Properties has a beta of 1.49, suggesting that its stock price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Peakstone Realty Trust has a beta of 1.71, suggesting that its stock price is 71% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Hudson Pacific Properties and Peakstone Realty Trust’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Hudson Pacific Properties	-59.61%	-16.24%	-5.84%
Peakstone Realty Trust	-153.27%	-32.69%	-13.09%

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Hudson Pacific Properties and Peakstone Realty Trust”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Hudson Pacific Properties	$842.08 million	0.66	-$352.29 million	($16.93)	-0.60
Peakstone Realty Trust	$228.07 million	2.21	-$10.43 million	($8.13)	-1.69

Peakstone Realty Trust has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Hudson Pacific Properties. Peakstone Realty Trust 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 summary of current ratings and recommmendations for Hudson Pacific Properties and Peakstone Realty Trust, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Hudson Pacific Properties	3	7	5	0	2.13
Peakstone Realty Trust	1	1	2	0	2.25

Hudson Pacific Properties presently has a consensus price target of $17.35, indicating a potential upside of 70.29%. Peakstone Realty Trust has a consensus price target of $17.50, indicating a potential upside of 27.50%. Given Hudson Pacific Properties’ higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Hudson Pacific Properties is more favorable than Peakstone Realty Trust.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

97.6% of Hudson Pacific Properties shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.0% of Peakstone Realty Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 3.9% of Hudson Pacific Properties shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Peakstone Realty Trust shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Hudson Pacific Properties beats Peakstone Realty Trust on 9 of the 14 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 Peakstone Realty Trust

Peakstone Realty Trust (NYSE: PKST) is an internally managed, real estate investment trust (REIT) that owns and operates a high-quality, newer-vintage portfolio of predominantly single-tenant industrial and office properties. These assets are generally leased to creditworthy tenants under long-term net lease agreements with contractual rent escalations. As of March 31, 2023, Peakstone's wholly-owned portfolio consists of 19 million square feet across 24 states in primarily high-growth, strategic coastal and sunbelt markets.