Corporate Office Properties Trust (NYSE:OFC – Get Free Report) and NSI (OTCMKTS:NIUWF – Get Free Report) are both real estate companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, dividends and profitability.
Profitability
This table compares Corporate Office Properties Trust and NSI’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Corporate Office Properties Trust | 27.43% | 10.93% | 4.49% |
| NSI | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of recent ratings for Corporate Office Properties Trust and NSI, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Corporate Office Properties Trust | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2.33 |
| NSI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A |
Institutional and Insider Ownership
28.8% of NSI shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of Corporate Office Properties Trust shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares Corporate Office Properties Trust and NSI’s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Corporate Office Properties Trust | $739.03 million | 3.80 | $173.03 million | $1.69 | 14.76 |
| NSI | N/A | N/A | N/A | C($1.41) | -16.59 |
Corporate Office Properties Trust has higher revenue and earnings than NSI. NSI is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Corporate Office Properties Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Dividends
Corporate Office Properties Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.14 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. NSI pays an annual dividend of C$0.15 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Corporate Office Properties Trust pays out 67.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. NSI pays out -10.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Corporate Office Properties Trust has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Corporate Office Properties Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Summary
Corporate Office Properties Trust beats NSI on 11 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Corporate Office Properties Trust
COPT is a REIT that owns, manages, leases, develops and selectively acquires office and data center properties. The majority of its portfolio is in locations that support the United States Government and its contractors, most of whom are engaged in national security, defense and information technology (IT) related activities servicing what the Company believes are growing, durable, priority missions (Defense/IT Locations). The Company also owns a portfolio of office properties located in select urban submarkets in the Greater Washington, DC/Baltimore region with durable Class-A office fundamentals and characteristics (Regional Office Properties). As of June 30, 2023, the Company derived 90% of its core portfolio annualized rental revenue from Defense/IT Locations and 10% from its Regional Office Properties. As of the same date and including 24 properties owned through unconsolidated joint ventures, COPT's core portfolio of 192 properties encompassed 22.9 million square feet and was 95% leased.
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.
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