Orion Office REIT (NYSE:ONL – Get Free Report) and alstria office REIT (OTCMKTS:ALSRF – Get Free Report) are both real estate companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability and dividends.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of recent ratings for Orion Office REIT and alstria office REIT, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Orion Office REIT | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 |
| alstria office REIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
Orion Office REIT presently has a consensus price target of $3.50, indicating a potential upside of 23.81%. Given Orion Office REIT’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Orion Office REIT is more favorable than alstria office REIT.
Profitability
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Orion Office REIT | -65.66% | -14.86% | -7.86% |
| alstria office REIT | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares Orion Office REIT and alstria office REIT”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Orion Office REIT | $147.65 million | 1.09 | -$139.31 million | ($2.56) | -1.10 |
| alstria office REIT | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
alstria office REIT has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Orion Office REIT.
Insider & Institutional Ownership
79.9% of Orion Office REIT shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.6% of Orion Office REIT shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Orion Office REIT beats alstria office REIT on 6 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Orion Office REIT
Orion Office REIT specializes in the ownership, acquisition and management of a diversified portfolio of mission-critical and corporate headquarters office buildings in high-quality suburban markets across the U.S. The portfolio is leased primarily on a single-tenant net lease basis to creditworthy tenants. The company's team of experienced industry leaders employs a proven, cycle-tested investment evaluation framework which serves as the lens through which capital allocation decisions are made for the current portfolio and future acquisitions.
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.
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