Reviewing BXP (NYSE:BXP) & MERLIN Properties SOCIMI (OTCMKTS:MRPRF)

BXP (NYSE:BXP) and MERLIN Properties SOCIMI (OTCMKTS:MRPRF) are both real estate companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations and risk.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares BXP and MERLIN Properties SOCIMI”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
BXP	$3.48 billion	3.14	$276.80 million	$1.86	36.78
MERLIN Properties SOCIMI	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

BXP has higher revenue and earnings than MERLIN Properties SOCIMI.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

98.7% of BXP shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 34.5% of MERLIN Properties SOCIMI shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.5% of BXP shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares BXP and MERLIN Properties SOCIMI’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
BXP	8.44%	3.88%	1.16%
MERLIN Properties SOCIMI	N/A	N/A	N/A

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for BXP and MERLIN Properties SOCIMI, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
BXP	0	9	11	0	2.55
MERLIN Properties SOCIMI	0	1	2	0	2.67

BXP currently has a consensus price target of $74.58, suggesting a potential upside of 9.00%. Given BXP’s higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe BXP is more favorable than MERLIN Properties SOCIMI.

Summary

BXP beats MERLIN Properties SOCIMI on 8 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About BXP

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 MERLIN Properties SOCIMI

MERLIN Properties SOCIMI, S.A. (MC:MRL) is the largest real estate company trading on the Spanish Stock Exchange. Specialized in the development, acquisition and management of commercial property in the Iberian region. MERLIN Properties mainly invests in offices, shopping centers, logistics facilities and data centers, within the Core and Core Plus segments, forming part of the benchmark IBEX-35, Euro STOXX 600, FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Global Real Estate, GPR Global Index, GPR-250 Index, MSCI Small Caps indices and DJSI.