alstria office REIT (OTCMKTS:ALSRF – Get Free Report) and Kilroy Realty (NYSE:KRC – Get Free Report) are both real estate companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, profitability and institutional ownership.
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares alstria office REIT and Kilroy Realty”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| alstria office REIT | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Kilroy Realty | $1.09 billion | 3.86 | $276.12 million | $1.42 | 25.55 |
Insider & Institutional Ownership
94.2% of Kilroy Realty shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of Kilroy Realty shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Profitability
This table compares alstria office REIT and Kilroy Realty’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| alstria office REIT | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Kilroy Realty | 15.47% | 3.04% | 1.56% |
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of current recommendations for alstria office REIT and Kilroy Realty, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| alstria office REIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Kilroy Realty | 2 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 2.19 |
Kilroy Realty has a consensus price target of $39.13, indicating a potential upside of 7.86%. Given Kilroy Realty’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Kilroy Realty is more favorable than alstria office REIT.
Summary
Kilroy Realty beats alstria office REIT on 9 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.
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.
About Kilroy Realty
Kilroy Realty Corporation (NYSE: KRC, the company, Kilroy) is a leading U.S. landlord and developer, with operations in San Diego, Greater Los Angeles, the San Francisco Bay Area, Greater Seattle and Austin. The company has earned global recognition for sustainability, building operations, innovation and design. As a pioneer and innovator in the creation of a more sustainable real estate industry, the company's approach to modern business environments helps drive creativity and productivity for some of the world's leading technology, entertainment, life science and business services companies. The company is a publicly traded real estate investment trust (REIT) and member of the S&P MidCap 400 Index with more than seven decades of experience developing, acquiring and managing office, life science and mixed-use projects. As of December 31, 2023, Kilroy's stabilized portfolio totaled approximately 17.0 million square feet of primarily office and life science space that was 85.0% occupied and 86.4% leased. The company also had approximately 1,000 residential units in Hollywood and San Diego, which had a quarterly average occupancy of 92.5%. In addition, the company had two in-process life science redevelopment projects totaling approximately 100,000 square feet with total estimated redevelopment costs of $80.0 million and one approximately 875,000 square foot in-process development project with a total estimated investment of $1.0 billion.
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