ARE vs BDN vs UDR Stock Comparison

Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Brandywine Realty Trust and Udr Prices as of Nov 5, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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BDN Brandywine Realty Trust
$3.17 +15.3% 1M -3.4% 1Y
Market cap
$538.98M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$502.51M
Div. yield
10.09%
Office REITs Real Estate
5 wins
UDR UDR, Inc.
$37.00 +9.1% 1M +7.7% 1Y
Market cap
$11.89B
P/E
17.2x
Revenue (TTM)
$1.71B
Div. yield
3.84%
Residential REITs Real Estate
6 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Udr leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Udr 6, Brandywine Realty Trust 5). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionAREBDNUDRLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $7.87B $538.98M $11.89B UDR
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -5.4x -3.9x 17.2x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 56.5x — 35.2x UDR
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months -9.9% +3.5% +0.6% BDN
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -52.0% -27.8% 40.5% UDR
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 10.3% 10.1% BDN
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — -0.3x 3.7x BDN
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 6.38% 10.09% 3.84% BDN
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -17.1% -3.4% +7.7% UDR
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -26.2%/yr -25.9%/yr -7.6%/yr UDR
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 45.8% 36.2% 20.9% UDR
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 40/100 59/100 56/100 BDN

Percentile Scorecard

AREBDNUDR

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisAREBDNUDR
Valuation 73 #40 of 146 90 #15 of 146 46 #79 of 146
Growth 6 #136 of 145 14 #125 of 145 51 #72 of 145
Profitability 15 #120 of 141 29 #101 of 141 96 #7 of 141
Financial Health 77 #35 of 146 67 #49 of 146 35 #95 of 146
Shareholder Returns 28 #98 of 136 97 #5 of 136 52 #66 of 136
Overall 40 59 56
  • ARE ranked among 149 companies in Property REITs
  • BDN ranked among 149 companies in Property REITs
  • UDR ranked among 149 companies in Property REITs

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodAREBDNUDRSPY
1 month -1.6%+15.3%+9.1% -5.9%
3 months -6.8%-1.6%-3.1% -4.6%
6 months -0.9%+1.9%+0.2% +0.2%
Year to date -7.7%+8.6%+0.9% +7.5%
1 year -17.1%-3.4%+7.7% +8.2%
3 years -55.4%-23.8%+13.8% +68.3%
3 years, per year -23.6%-8.7%+4.4% +19.0%
5 years -78.1%-77.6%-32.5% +56.5%
5 years, per year -26.2%-25.9%-7.6% +9.4%
10 years -56.1%-78.5%+7.0% +251.5%
10 years, per year -7.9%-14.2%+0.7% +13.4%

Risk

MeasureAREBDNUDRSPY
Volatility, 1Y 45.8%36.2%20.9% 13.6%
Downside volatility, 1Y 46.8%33.8%19.9% 14.2%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.710.580.17 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.37-0.090.37 0.60
Max drawdown, 5Y -82.1%-83.2%-48.3% -25.4%
From 52-week high -24.3%-9.2%-10.3% -5.9%
52-week high $59.69$3.49$41.24 $779.14
52-week low $39.91$2.47$33.28 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleAREBDNUDR
P/E now vs peer median -5.4xmedian 26.5x -3.9xmedian 26.5x 17.2xmedian 26.5x
P/S now vs peer median 2.9xmedian 4.2x 1.1xmedian 4.2x 6.9xmedian 4.2x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 14.4x 1.6xmedian 14.4x 11.3xmedian 14.4x
P/FCF now vs peer median -16.6xmedian 21.7x -30.5xmedian 21.7x 178.3xmedian 21.7x
P/B now vs peer median 0.4xmedian 1.3x 0.8xmedian 1.3x 3.8xmedian 1.3x
PEG now vs peer median 0.05median 1.78 0.03median 1.78 1.07median 1.78

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsAREBDNUDR
Revenue $2.76B $502.51M $1.71B
Operating income – $95.73M $893.52M
Net income -$1.39B -$139.36M $745.72M
Free cash flow -$473.23M -$17.69M $66.65M
EPS (diluted) $-8.40 $-0.81 $2.14
Cash & equivalents $508.86M $312.74M $1.18M
Total debt $12.90B $225.01M $5.76B
Shares (diluted) 170.75M 172.01M 324.01M
Enterprise value $3.88B $124.50M $12.68B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricAREBDNUDR
P/E -5.4x -3.9x 17.2x
P/FCF -16.6x -30.5x 178.3x
P/Operating cash flow 6.6x 4.8x 13.9x
P/S 2.9x 1.1x 6.9x
P/B 0.4x 0.8x 3.8x
P/Tangible book 0.4x 0.8x 3.8x
EV/EBITDA – 1.6x 11.3x
EV/EBIT – 4.7x 19.7x
EV/Revenue 6.7x 0.9x 10.3x
EV/FCF -39.3x -25.5x 264.7x
EV/Operating cash flow 15.7x 4.0x 20.7x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.05 0.03 1.07

Growth

14 metrics
MetricAREBDNUDR
Revenue growth (1Y) -9.9% 3.5% 0.6%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -0.5% -0.7% 2.0%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – – –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – – –
Operating income growth (1Y) – 356.5% 161.1%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – 3.3% 12.4%
Net income growth (1Y) -339.2% 25.3% 366.3%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -74.6% -141.6% 15.3%
EPS growth (1Y) -239.7% 24.7% 388.8%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -100.7% -137.8% 16.0%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -13.7% -22.2% -3.2%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -9.5% -13.2% 0.9%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 33.5% -162.1% -88.4%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 43.5% -38.4% -42.0%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricAREBDNUDR
Gross margin – – –
EBITDA margin – 57.5% 90.8%
Operating margin – 19.0% 52.2%
Pretax margin – -27.7% 43.6%
Net margin -52.0% -27.8% 40.5%
FCF margin -17.1% -3.5% 3.9%
Operating cash flow margin 43.0% 22.5% 49.9%
Return on equity -6.6% -20.7% 24.6%
Return on assets -3.6% -4.1% 7.3%
Return on invested capital – 10.3% 10.1%
Return on capital employed – – –
Asset turnover 0.1x 0.1x 0.2x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) -0.9x -0.8x 1.1x
Stock comp / revenue 1.5% 1.8% 1.8%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricAREBDNUDR
Debt / assets 37.9% 6.9% 55.9%
Debt / equity 0.7x 0.3x 1.8x
Net debt / EBITDA – -0.3x 3.7x
Debt / FCF -27.3x -12.7x 86.4x
Liabilities / assets 45.9% 80.1% 69.6%
Equity / assets 54.1% 19.9% 30.4%
Interest coverage – – 4.6x
Current ratio – – –
Quick ratio – – –
Cash ratio – – –
Altman Z-score – – –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricAREBDNUDR
Dividend yield 6.4% 10.1% 3.8%
Net buyback yield – 3.2% 3.3%
Shareholder yield 6.4% 13.3% 7.1%
Payout ratio (earnings) -43.0% – 75.7%
Payout ratio (FCF) -126.5% – 847.5%
Dividend growth (1Y) -34.4% – -0.2%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) -10.2% – 2.4%

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusAREBDNUDR
Forward P/E 56.5xFY2026 – 35.2xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $0.80FY2026 $-0.77FY2026 $1.05FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – – -7.1%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after -201.3% – -41.9%
Revenue, next fiscal year $2.72BFY2026 $512.58MFY2026 $1.77BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY -7.8%FY2026 +12.0%FY2026 +4.0%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after -13.6% -12.9% +0.3%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersAREBDNUDR
Held by institutions 97.2% 73.2% 100.0%
Institutions holding 597 232 526
Change in shares held, QoQ +14.1% +2.5% +4.9%
Institutions buying 336 130 244
Institutions selling 192 68 207
Buyers to sellers 1.75 1.91 1.18

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

AREBDNUDR
ARE 1.00 0.43 0.37
BDN 0.43 1.00 0.44
UDR 0.37 0.44 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, ARE, BDN and UDR?

Udr (UDR) is the largest by market capitalisation: Alexandria Real Estate Equities (ARE) $7.87B, Brandywine Realty Trust (BDN) $538.98M, Udr (UDR) $11.89B.

Which company is growing faster?

Brandywine Realty Trust (BDN) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Alexandria Real Estate Equities (ARE) -9.9%, Brandywine Realty Trust (BDN) +3.5%, Udr (UDR) +0.6%.

Which company is more profitable?

Udr (UDR) has the highest net margin (Alexandria Real Estate Equities (ARE) -52.0%, Brandywine Realty Trust (BDN) -27.8%, Udr (UDR) 40.5%). On return on invested capital, Brandywine Realty Trust (BDN) leads (Brandywine Realty Trust (BDN) 10.3%, Udr (UDR) 10.1%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Udr (UDR) returned the most: Alexandria Real Estate Equities (ARE) -17.1%, Brandywine Realty Trust (BDN) -3.4%, Udr (UDR) +7.7%. Over five years, Udr (UDR) compounded fastest (Alexandria Real Estate Equities (ARE) -26.2%/yr, Brandywine Realty Trust (BDN) -25.9%/yr, Udr (UDR) -7.6%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Brandywine Realty Trust (BDN) has the highest dividend yield: Alexandria Real Estate Equities (ARE) 6.38%, Brandywine Realty Trust (BDN) 10.09%, Udr (UDR) 3.84%.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Udr (UDR) has been the steadiest (Alexandria Real Estate Equities (ARE) 45.8%, Brandywine Realty Trust (BDN) 36.2%, Udr (UDR) 20.9%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, ARE, BDN and UDR?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Udr (UDR) leads on 6. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.