Contrasting alstria office REIT (OTCMKTS:ALSRF) & Cousins Properties (NYSE:CUZ)

Cousins Properties (NYSE:CUZ) and alstria office REIT (OTCMKTS:ALSRF) are both real estate companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Cousins Properties and alstria office REIT”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Cousins Properties	$993.82 million	4.84	$40.50 million	$0.04	730.50
alstria office REIT	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Cousins Properties has higher revenue and earnings than alstria office REIT.

Profitability

This table compares Cousins Properties and alstria office REIT’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cousins Properties	0.62%	0.14%	0.07%
alstria office REIT	N/A	N/A	N/A

Insider and Institutional Ownership

94.4% of Cousins Properties shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.8% of Cousins Properties shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings for Cousins Properties and alstria office REIT, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Cousins Properties	0	3	7	0	2.70
alstria office REIT	0	0	0	0	0.00

Cousins Properties currently has a consensus target price of $31.09, indicating a potential upside of 6.40%. Given Cousins Properties’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Cousins Properties is more favorable than alstria office REIT.

Summary

Cousins Properties beats alstria office REIT on 9 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Cousins Properties

Cousins Properties Incorporated ("Cousins") is a fully integrated, self-administered, and self-managed real estate investment trust (REIT). The Company, based in Atlanta and acting through its operating partnership, Cousins Properties LP, primarily invests in Class A office buildings located in high-growth Sun Belt markets. Founded in 1958, Cousins creates shareholder value through its extensive expertise in the development, acquisition, leasing, and management of high-quality real estate assets. The Company has a comprehensive strategy in place based on a simple platform, trophy assets, and opportunistic investments.

About alstria office REIT

alstria office REIT AG is the leading real-estate operator focusing solely on German office property in selected German markets. Our strategy is based on the ownership and an active management of our properties throughout their entire life cycle, strong added-value services to our customers and deep knowledge of the markets in which we operate. alstria strives for sustainable long-term value creation while taking advantage of short-term arbitrage of inefficiencies in the real estate markets.