Contrasting Hudson Pacific Properties (NYSE:HPP) & Gaming and Leisure Properties (NASDAQ:GLPI)

Hudson Pacific Properties (NYSE:HPP) and Gaming and Leisure Properties (NASDAQ:GLPI) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk and earnings.

Volatility and Risk

Hudson Pacific Properties has a beta of 1.94, meaning that its stock price is 94% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gaming and Leisure Properties has a beta of 0.66, meaning that its stock price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Hudson Pacific Properties and Gaming and Leisure Properties”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	0.95	-$561.69 million	($10.10)	-1.45
Gaming and Leisure Properties	$1.59 billion	7.85	$825.11 million	$3.15	14.03

Gaming and Leisure Properties has higher revenue and earnings than Hudson Pacific Properties. Hudson Pacific Properties is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Gaming and Leisure Properties, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

97.6% of Hudson Pacific Properties shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.1% of Gaming and Leisure Properties shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.5% of Hudson Pacific Properties shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.1% of Gaming and Leisure Properties shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for Hudson Pacific Properties and Gaming and Leisure Properties, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Hudson Pacific Properties	3	6	3	1	2.15
Gaming and Leisure Properties	0	5	6	0	2.55

Hudson Pacific Properties presently has a consensus price target of $13.48, indicating a potential downside of 7.64%. Gaming and Leisure Properties has a consensus price target of $52.20, indicating a potential upside of 18.13%. Given Gaming and Leisure Properties’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Gaming and Leisure Properties is more favorable than Hudson Pacific Properties.

Profitability

This table compares Hudson Pacific Properties and Gaming and Leisure Properties’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Hudson Pacific Properties	-67.89%	-19.05%	-7.27%
Gaming and Leisure Properties	55.56%	18.06%	6.93%

Summary

Gaming and Leisure Properties beats Hudson Pacific Properties on 12 of the 15 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 Gaming and Leisure Properties

Gaming & Leisure Properties, Inc. engages in the provision of acquiring, financing, and owning real estate property to be leased to gaming operators in triple-net lease arrangements. The company was founded on February 13, 2013 and is headquartered in Wyomissing, PA.