Curbline Properties (NYSE:CURB) and Hudson Pacific Properties (NYSE:HPP) Financial Review

Hudson Pacific Properties (NYSE:HPP) and Curbline Properties (NYSE:CURB) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, dividends and risk.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings for Hudson Pacific Properties and Curbline Properties, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Hudson Pacific Properties	2	8	0	0	1.80
Curbline Properties	0	5	3	0	2.38

Hudson Pacific Properties currently has a consensus price target of $4.54, suggesting a potential upside of 50.41%. Curbline Properties has a consensus price target of $25.82, suggesting a potential upside of 6.15%. Given Hudson Pacific Properties’ higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Hudson Pacific Properties is more favorable than Curbline Properties.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

97.6% of Hudson Pacific Properties shares are held by institutional investors. 3.0% of Hudson Pacific Properties shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Hudson Pacific Properties and Curbline Properties”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Hudson Pacific Properties	$842.08 million	0.51	-$173.89 million	($2.57)	-1.17
Curbline Properties	$120.88 million	21.14	$10.26 million	N/A	N/A

Curbline Properties has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Hudson Pacific Properties.

Profitability

This table compares Hudson Pacific Properties and Curbline Properties’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Hudson Pacific Properties	-44.01%	-12.64%	-4.46%
Curbline Properties	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

Curbline Properties beats Hudson Pacific Properties on 7 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Hudson Pacific Properties

Hudson Pacific Properties (NYSE: HPP) is a real estate investment trust serving dynamic tech and media tenants in global epicenters for these synergistic, converging and secular growth industries. Hudson Pacific's unique and high-barrier tech and media focus leverages a full-service, end-to-end value creation platform forged through deep strategic relationships and niche expertise across identifying, acquiring, transforming and developing properties into world-class amenitized, collaborative and sustainable office and studio space.

About Curbline Properties

Curbline Properties Corp. is a real estate investment trust which is an owner and manager of convenience shopping centers positioned on the curbline of well-trafficked intersections and major vehicular corridors in suburban. Curbline Properties Corp. is based in NEW YORK.