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MetricDEAEasterly Government Properties, Inc.SLGSL GREEN REALTY CORPHIWHIGHWOODS PROPERTIES, INC.DEIDouglas Emmett IncMedian of the restexcluding DEA
TypeCompanyCompanyCompanyCompany
Price
$22.57▲ 0.47 (2.13%)
$46.68▼ 0.34 (0.72%)
$30.47▲ 1.24 (4.24%)
$9.58▲ 0.12 (1.27%)
Health scoreComposite of profitability, growth, debt and accounting quality.6.0/104.7/106.0/106.0/106.0/10
Market value$1.05B$3.32B$3.35B$1.60B
Revenue$336.1M$1.00B$806.1M$1.00B
Profit$13.0M-$96.9M$162.7M$16.3M
Revenue growthChange in sales versus the prior year.11.3%13.2%-2.4%1.8%1.8%
Gross marginShare of sales left after the direct cost of producing them.76.9%——63.4%63.4%
Operating marginShare of sales left after running the business, before interest and tax.—65.0%67.6%—66.3%
Profit marginProfit kept from each dollar of sales.3.9%-9.7%20.2%1.6%1.6%
Free cash flow marginCash left after capital spending, as a share of sales.——44.1%19.4%31.7%
Return on equityProfit against the owners' stake in the company.1.0%-2.6%6.8%0.9%0.9%
Return on invested capital (approx.)Operating profit after tax against equity plus debt, less cash. Cash here excludes short-term investments, so this runs low for cash-rich companies.—14.7%18.3%—16.5%
P/E ratioPrice paid per dollar of annual profit.80.37x—20.59x98.62x59.61x
EV / EBITDA (approx.)Market value plus debt less cash, against operating profit before depreciation. Cash excludes short-term investments, so this runs high for cash-rich companies.—————
Price to book0.79x0.90x1.41x0.84x0.90x
Debt to equityTotal liabilities compared with owners' stake.1.52x1.83x1.61x3.05x1.83x
Piotroski F-ScoreNine checks of financial strength. Higher is stronger.6/84/64/65/84.0
Bankruptcy riskAltman Z-Score zone.n/a for banksn/a for banksn/a for banksn/a for banks

How DEA compares with the others

  • DEA's profit margin of 3.9% is higher than the median of the other companies selected (1.6%).
  • Its revenue grew faster than the median of the other companies selected: 11.3% against 1.8%.
  • It trades at a higher P/E than the median of the other companies selected: 80.4x against 59.6x.
  • Its liabilities are lower relative to equity than the median of the other companies selected: 1.5x against 1.8x.

Measured against the other companies entered, from each one's latest annual filing. A difference describes the companies; it does not rank them.