Keppel DC REIT (OTCMKTS:KPDCF) versus Hudson Pacific Properties (NYSE:HPP) Financial Comparison

Hudson Pacific Properties (NYSE:HPP) and Keppel DC REIT (OTCMKTS:KPDCF) are both real estate companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

97.6% of Hudson Pacific Properties shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.5% of Hudson Pacific Properties shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and target prices for Hudson Pacific Properties and Keppel DC REIT, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Hudson Pacific Properties	3	7	3	0	2.00
Keppel DC REIT	0	0	0	0	0.00

Hudson Pacific Properties presently has a consensus price target of $14.32, indicating a potential downside of 0.37%. Given Hudson Pacific Properties’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Hudson Pacific Properties is more favorable than Keppel DC REIT.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Hudson Pacific Properties and Keppel DC REIT”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	0.94	-$561.69 million	($10.10)	-1.42
Keppel DC REIT	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Keppel DC REIT has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Hudson Pacific Properties.

Profitability

This table compares Hudson Pacific Properties and Keppel DC REIT’s 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%
Keppel DC REIT	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

Hudson Pacific Properties beats Keppel DC REIT on 6 of the 9 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 Keppel DC REIT

Keppel DC REIT was listed on the Singapore Exchange on 12 December 2014 as the first pure-play data centre REIT in Asia. Keppel DC REIT’s investment strategy is to principally invest, directly or indirectly, in a diversified portfolio of income-producing real estate assets which are used primarily for data centre purposes, as well as real estate and assets necessary to support the digital economy. Keppel DC REIT’s investments comprise an optimal mix of colocation, fully-fitted and shell and core assets, as well as debt securities issued by NetCo which holds network assets, thereby reinforcing the diversity and resiliency of its portfolio. Keppel DC REIT is managed by Keppel DC REIT Management Pte. Ltd. (the Manager) and is sponsored by Keppel, a global asset manager and operator with strong expertise in sustainability-related solutions spanning the areas of infrastructure, real estate and connectivity.