Critical Survey: NSI (OTCMKTS:NIUWF) vs. Hudson Pacific Properties (NYSE:HPP)

Hudson Pacific Properties (NYSE:HPP) and NSI (OTCMKTS:NIUWF) are both real estate companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, valuation, risk and earnings.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Hudson Pacific Properties	-70.04%	-20.76%	-7.73%
NSI	N/A	N/A	N/A

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for Hudson Pacific Properties and NSI, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Hudson Pacific Properties	3	5	4	1	2.23
NSI	1	0	0	0	1.00

Hudson Pacific Properties currently has a consensus price target of $15.57, suggesting a potential upside of 8.71%. Given Hudson Pacific Properties’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Hudson Pacific Properties is more favorable than NSI.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

97.6% of Hudson Pacific Properties shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.8% of NSI shares are held by institutional investors. 2.5% 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 stock is poised for long-term growth.

Earnings & Valuation

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

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Hudson Pacific Properties	$831.10 million	0.94	-$561.69 million	($8.85)	-1.62
NSI	N/A	N/A	N/A	C($1.41)	-14.00

NSI has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Hudson Pacific Properties. NSI is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hudson Pacific Properties, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

Hudson Pacific Properties beats NSI on 8 of the 12 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 NSI

NSI N.V. is a specialist commercial property investor and the only listed real estate investment trust (REIT) focused on well-located offices in economic growth regions in The Netherlands. The NSI team aims to maximise returns for its shareholders through pro-active management of its investment portfolio, value-add initiatives, and disciplined asset rotation. The portfolio, with a value of over one billion euros, is underpinned by a strong balance sheet, with significant capacity to fund both internal and external growth. By investing in an attractive space and a high level of services for its customers, NSI can generate sustainable and growing revenues to support an attractive level of dividends.