Analyzing Presidio Property Trust (NASDAQ:SQFT) & Boston Properties (NYSE:BXP)

Boston Properties (NYSE:BXP) and Presidio Property Trust (NASDAQ:SQFT) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, risk, institutional ownership and earnings.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for Boston Properties and Presidio Property Trust, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Boston Properties	1	5	6	0	2.42
Presidio Property Trust	0	0	0	0	0.00

Boston Properties currently has a consensus target price of $79.83, suggesting a potential upside of 25.15%. Given Boston Properties’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Boston Properties is more favorable than Presidio Property Trust.

Profitability

This table compares Boston Properties and Presidio Property Trust’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Boston Properties	0.38%	3.90%	1.24%
Presidio Property Trust	-176.04%	-29.85%	-9.37%

Risk and Volatility

Boston Properties has a beta of 1.06, meaning that its share price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Presidio Property Trust has a beta of 1.44, meaning that its share price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

98.7% of Boston Properties shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 38.9% of Presidio Property Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of Boston Properties shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 18.7% of Presidio Property Trust shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Boston Properties and Presidio Property Trust”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Boston Properties	$3.41 billion	2.96	$14.27 million	$0.10	637.90
Presidio Property Trust	$18.93 million	0.48	$10.15 million	($2.25)	-0.28

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

Dividends

Boston Properties pays an annual dividend of $3.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.1%. Presidio Property Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.02 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Boston Properties pays out 3,920.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Presidio Property Trust pays out -0.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Presidio Property Trust has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years.

Summary

Boston Properties beats Presidio Property Trust on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Boston Properties

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 Presidio Property Trust

Presidio Property Trust, Inc. (we, our, us or the Company) is an internally-managed real estate investment trust (REIT), with holdings in office, industrial, retail and model home properties. We were incorporated in the State of California on September 28, 1999, and in August 2010, we reincorporated as a Maryland corporation. In October 2017, we changed our name from NetREIT, Inc., to Presidio Property Trust, Inc. Through Presidio Property Trust, Inc., its subsidiaries, and its partnerships, we own 12 commercial properties in fee interest, two of which we own as a partial interest in various affiliates, in which we serve as general partner, member and/or manager, and a special purpose acquisition company (until deconsolidation in September 2023). The Company has determined that the limited partnerships in which it owns less than 100% should be included in the Company’s consolidated financial statements as the Company directs their activities and has control of such limited partnerships.