HPP vs ARE Stock Comparison

Hudson Pacific Properties and Alexandria Real Estate Equities Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group

Head to Head

5 decided of 12

Alexandria Real Estate Equities leads on 3 of the 12 questions below (Alexandria Real Estate Equities 3, Hudson Pacific Properties 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionHPPARELeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $719.40M $7.30B ARE
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -1.3x -5.1x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — 27.8x –
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +1.8% -9.9% HPP
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 0.00% 0.08% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -35.7% -44.0% HPP
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -42.6%/yr -26.8%/yr ARE
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 71.9% 50.0% ARE
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers — 39/100 –

Percentile Scorecard

HPPARE

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

AxisHPPARE
Valuation 81 #28 of 145 73 #40 of 145
Growth 11 #126 of 142 7 #132 of 142
Profitability – 14 #117 of 136
Financial Health – 74 #37 of 139
Shareholder Returns – 29 #94 of 131
Overall – 39
  • HPP ranked among 149 companies in Property REITs
  • ARE ranked among 149 companies in Property REITs

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodHPPARESPY
1 month -2.3%-13.1% -0.8%
3 months -22.2%-15.6% +3.5%
6 months +25.6%-4.8% +7.0%
Year to date +5.1%-11.4% +12.2%
1 year -35.7%-44.0% +13.0%
3 years -64.1%-52.7% +86.3%
3 years, per year -29.0%-22.1% +23.1%
5 years -93.8%-78.9% +68.6%
5 years, per year -42.6%-26.8% +11.0%
10 years -95.1%-59.1% +258.0%
10 years, per year -26.0%-8.6% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureHPPARESPY
Volatility, 1Y 71.9%50.0% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 69.7%56.4% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.220.75 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.50-0.88 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -97.2%-81.9% -25.4%
From 52-week high -35.2%-44.3% -1.8%
52-week high $17.57$77.87 $779.14
52-week low $5.51$40.41 $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.

MultipleHPPARE
P/E now vs peer median -1.3xmedian 27.4x -5.2xmedian 27.4x
P/S now vs peer median 0.8xmedian 4.2x 2.7xmedian 4.2x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 14.2x —median 14.2x
P/FCF now vs peer median —median 23.2x -16.0xmedian 23.2x
P/B now vs peer median —median 1.3x 0.4xmedian 1.3x
PEG now vs peer median 0.05median 2.11 0.05median 2.11

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 monthsHPPARE
Revenue $812.79M $2.76B
Net income -$579.85M -$1.39B
Free cash flow – -$473.23M
EPS (diluted) $-8.87 $-8.40
Cash & equivalents $80.76M $508.86M
Total debt – $12.90B
Shares (diluted) 64.46M 170.75M
Enterprise value $719.40M -$294.29M

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
MetricHPPARE
P/E -1.3x -5.2x
P/FCF – -16.0x
P/Operating cash flow – 6.4x
P/S 0.8x 2.7x
P/B – 0.4x
P/Tangible book – 0.4x
EV/EBITDA – –
EV/EBIT – –
EV/Revenue 0.8x 6.6x
EV/FCF – -38.7x
EV/Operating cash flow – 15.4x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.05 0.05

Growth

14 metrics
MetricHPPARE
Revenue growth (1Y) 1.8% -9.9%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -7.5% -0.5%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – –
Operating income growth (1Y) – –
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – –
Net income growth (1Y) -29.3% -339.2%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -114.5% -74.6%
EPS growth (1Y) 39.2% -239.7%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -27.7% -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
MetricHPPARE
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 -8.1% -3.6%
Return on invested capital – –
Return on capital employed – –
Asset turnover 0.1x 0.1x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) – -0.9x
Stock comp / revenue – 1.5%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricHPPARE
Debt / assets – 37.9%
Debt / equity – 0.7x
Net debt / EBITDA – –
Debt / FCF – -27.3x
Liabilities / assets 57.6% 45.9%
Equity / assets – 54.1%
Interest coverage – –
Current ratio – –
Quick ratio – –
Cash ratio – –
Altman Z-score – –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricHPPARE
Dividend yield – 6.6%
Net buyback yield – –
Shareholder yield 0.0% 6.6%
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.

ConsensusHPPARE
Forward P/E – 27.8xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $-3.72FY2026 $1.56FY2026
EPS growth, the year after – -150.6%
Revenue, next fiscal year $744.06MFY2026 $2.70BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY -10.5%FY2026 -8.5%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after -0.8% -14.0%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersHPPARE
Held by institutions 100.0% 97.2%
Institutions holding 189 595
Change in shares held, QoQ +4.8% +14.1%
Institutions buying 118 336
Institutions selling 52 191
Buyers to sellers 2.27 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.

HPPARE
HPP 1.00 0.36
ARE 0.36 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, HPP and ARE?

Alexandria Real Estate Equities (ARE) is the largest by market capitalisation: Hudson Pacific Properties (HPP) $719.40M, Alexandria Real Estate Equities (ARE) $7.30B.

Which company is growing faster?

Hudson Pacific Properties (HPP) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Hudson Pacific Properties (HPP) +1.8%, Alexandria Real Estate Equities (ARE) -9.9%.

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Hudson Pacific Properties (HPP) returned the most: Hudson Pacific Properties (HPP) -35.7%, Alexandria Real Estate Equities (ARE) -44.0%. Over five years, Alexandria Real Estate Equities (ARE) compounded fastest (Hudson Pacific Properties (HPP) -42.6%/yr, Alexandria Real Estate Equities (ARE) -26.8%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Hudson Pacific Properties (HPP) 0.00%, Alexandria Real Estate Equities (ARE) 0.08%. Hudson Pacific Properties (HPP) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Alexandria Real Estate Equities (ARE) has been the steadiest (Hudson Pacific Properties (HPP) 71.9%, Alexandria Real Estate Equities (ARE) 50.0%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Do HPP and ARE move together?

Their daily returns over the past year have a correlation of 0.36, a weak relationship. Holding both diversifies more than two closely linked stocks would.

Which is the better stock, HPP and ARE?

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 3. 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.