ARE vs OPI Stock Comparison

Alexandria Real Estate Equities and Office Properties Income Trust Prices as of Oct 27, 2026 Peers: Industry group

Head to Head

2 decided of 12

Alexandria Real Estate Equities leads on 2 of the 12 questions below (Alexandria Real Estate Equities 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionAREOPILeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $6.76B $952.33M ARE
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -4.7x — –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 26.2x — –
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months -9.9% — –
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -52.0% — –
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — — –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — — –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.09% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -47.5% — –
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -27.6%/yr — –
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 50.3% 128.9% ARE
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 39/100 — –

Percentile Scorecard

AREOPI

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

AxisAREOPI
Valuation 74 #38 of 145 –
Growth 7 #131 of 141 –
Profitability 14 #115 of 134 –
Financial Health 72 #39 of 138 96 #6 of 138
Shareholder Returns 29 #94 of 131 –
Overall 39 –
  • ARE ranked among 149 companies in Property REITs
  • OPI ranked among 149 companies in Property REITs

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodAREOPISPY
1 month -18.1%-25.8% -0.2%
3 months -24.3%-33.4% +3.9%
6 months +1.1%— +8.2%
Year to date -16.5%— +12.9%
1 year -47.5%— +12.3%
3 years -55.4%— +87.4%
3 years, per year -23.6%— +23.3%
5 years -80.2%— +67.9%
5 years, per year -27.6%— +10.9%
10 years -61.1%— +261.1%
10 years, per year -9.0%— +13.7%

Risk

MeasureAREOPISPY
Volatility, 1Y 50.3%128.9% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 56.8%165.3% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.732.36 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.95— 0.97
Max drawdown, 5Y -81.9%-64.2% -25.4%
From 52-week high -47.5%-63.6% -1.2%
52-week high $77.87$33.85 $779.14
52-week low $40.41$12.11 $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.

MultipleAREOPI
P/E now vs peer median -4.9xmedian 26.3x —median 26.3x
P/S now vs peer median 2.6xmedian 4.0x —median 4.0x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 14.4x —median 14.4x
P/FCF now vs peer median -15.0xmedian 23.3x —median 23.3x
P/B now vs peer median 0.4xmedian 1.3x 0.3xmedian 1.3x
PEG now vs peer median 0.05median 1.91 —median 1.91

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 monthsAREOPI
Revenue $2.76B –
Net income -$1.39B –
Free cash flow -$473.23M –
EPS (diluted) $-8.40 –
Cash & equivalents $508.86M $29.49M
Total debt $12.90B $8.15B
Shares (diluted) 170.75M 71.28M
Enterprise value -$828.74M $519.60M

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
MetricAREOPI
P/E -4.9x –
P/FCF -15.0x –
P/Operating cash flow 6.0x –
P/S 2.6x –
P/B 0.4x 0.3x
P/Tangible book 0.4x 0.4x
EV/EBITDA – –
EV/EBIT – –
EV/Revenue 6.5x –
EV/FCF -37.8x –
EV/Operating cash flow 15.0x –
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.05 –

Growth

14 metrics
MetricAREOPI
Revenue growth (1Y) -9.9% –
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -0.5% –
Gross profit growth (1Y) – –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – –
Operating income growth (1Y) – –
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – –
Net income growth (1Y) -339.2% –
Net income CAGR (3Y) -74.6% –
EPS growth (1Y) -239.7% –
EPS CAGR (3Y) -100.7% –
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -13.7% –
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -9.5% –
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 33.5% –
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 43.5% –

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricAREOPI
Gross margin – –
EBITDA margin – –
Operating margin – –
Pretax margin – –
Net margin -52.0% –
FCF margin -17.1% –
Operating cash flow margin 43.0% –
Return on equity -6.6% –
Return on assets -3.6% –
Return on invested capital – –
Return on capital employed – –
Asset turnover 0.1x –
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) -0.9x –
Stock comp / revenue 1.5% –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricAREOPI
Debt / assets 37.9% 25.5%
Debt / equity 0.7x 0.3x
Net debt / EBITDA – –
Debt / FCF -27.3x –
Liabilities / assets 45.9% 23.8%
Equity / assets 54.1% 76.2%
Interest coverage – –
Current ratio – –
Quick ratio – –
Cash ratio – –
Altman Z-score – –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricAREOPI
Dividend yield 7.0% –
Net buyback yield – –
Shareholder yield 7.0% 0.0%
Payout ratio (earnings) -43.0% –
Payout ratio (FCF) -126.5% –
Dividend growth (1Y) -34.4% –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) -10.2% –

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.

ConsensusAREOPI
Forward P/E 26.2xFY2026 –
EPS, next fiscal year $1.56FY2026 –
EPS growth, the year after -150.6% –
Revenue, next fiscal year $2.71BFY2026 –
Revenue growth, next FY -8.2%FY2026 –
Revenue growth, the year after -13.7% –

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersAREOPI
Held by institutions 97.2% 86.0%
Institutions holding 595 36
Change in shares held, QoQ +14.1% –
Institutions buying 336 36
Institutions selling 191 0
Buyers to sellers 1.76 –

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.

AREOPI
ARE 1.00 0.03
OPI 0.03 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, ARE and OPI?

Alexandria Real Estate Equities (ARE) is the largest by market capitalisation: Alexandria Real Estate Equities (ARE) $6.76B, Office Properties Income Trust (OPI) $952.33M.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Alexandria Real Estate Equities (ARE) 0.09%, Office Properties Income Trust (OPI) 0.00%. Office Properties Income Trust (OPI) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Alexandria Real Estate Equities (ARE) has been the steadiest (Alexandria Real Estate Equities (ARE) 50.3%, Office Properties Income Trust (OPI) 128.9%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Do ARE and OPI move together?

Their daily returns over the past year have a correlation of 0.03, a weak relationship. Holding both diversifies more than two closely linked stocks would.

Which is the better stock, ARE and OPI?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Alexandria Real Estate Equities (ARE) leads on 2. 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.