Reviewing FrontView REIT (NYSE:FVR) & BXP (NYSE:BXP)

FrontView REIT (NYSE:FVR) and BXP (NYSE:BXP) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends and valuation.

Profitability

This table compares FrontView REIT and BXP’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
FrontView REIT	-43.21%	-5.48%	-3.33%
BXP	-5.82%	1.35%	0.41%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings for FrontView REIT and BXP, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
FrontView REIT	2	2	2	1	2.29
BXP	1	10	8	0	2.37

FrontView REIT presently has a consensus target price of $15.70, suggesting a potential upside of 19.57%. BXP has a consensus target price of $79.26, suggesting a potential upside of 13.59%. Given FrontView REIT’s higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe FrontView REIT is more favorable than BXP.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares FrontView REIT and BXP”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
FrontView REIT	$66.68 million	4.03	-$22.21 million	($1.07)	-12.27
BXP	$3.46 billion	3.19	$14.27 million	($1.27)	-54.94

BXP has higher revenue and earnings than FrontView REIT. BXP is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than FrontView REIT, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Dividends

FrontView REIT pays an annual dividend of $0.86 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.5%. BXP pays an annual dividend of $2.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. FrontView REIT pays out -80.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. BXP pays out -220.5% 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.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

98.7% of BXP shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.3% of FrontView REIT shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of BXP shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

BXP beats FrontView REIT on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

About FrontView REIT

FrontView REIT specializes in real estate investing.

About BXP

Boston Properties, Inc. (NYSE: BXP) (BXP or the Company) is the largest publicly traded developer, owner, and manager of premier workplaces in the United States, concentrated in six dynamic gateway markets – Boston, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, Seattle, and Washington, DC. BXP has delivered places that power progress for our clients and communities for more than 50 years. BXP is a fully integrated real estate company, organized as a real estate investment trust (REIT). Including properties owned by joint ventures, BXP's portfolio totals 53.3 million square feet and 188 properties, including 10 properties under construction/redevelopment. BXP's properties include 167 office properties, 14 retail properties (including two retail properties under construction/redevelopment), six residential properties (including one residential property under construction) and one hotel. BXP is well-known for its inhouse building management expertise and responsiveness to clients' needs. BXP holds a superior track record of developing premium Central Business District (CBD) office buildings, successful mixed-use complexes, suburban office centers and build-to-suit projects for a diverse array of creditworthy clients. BXP actively works to promote its growth and operations in a sustainable and responsible manner. BXP has earned a twelfth consecutive GRESB Green Star recognition and the highest GRESB 5-star Rating. BXP, an S&P 500 company, was founded in 1970 by Mortimer B. Zuckerman and Edward H. Linde and became a public company in 1997.