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Douglas Emmett, IncDEICompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

United States · USD·Real Estate›Real Estate Investment Trusts

Owns premier office buildings and apartment communities concentrated in Los Angeles and Honolulu submarkets.

Momentum weak 36
Mkt cap
$1.70B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
96%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$20.1M
20-day average traded
P/B
0.89×
price to book
ROE
-1.2%
delivered
Implied ROE
10.1%
what the price asks
Next earnings
95 days
9 Feb 2027
Close · USD$10.17
1D-2.4%
1W+0.4%
1M+2.7%
3M-11.9%
6M-17.8%
YTD-7.5%
1Y-16.8%
ATR %3.3%
Beta0.63
52w lowhigh21.6% off high

What Douglas Emmett does

Owns premier office buildings and apartment communities concentrated in Los Angeles and Honolulu submarkets.

Rents offices on leases where the tenant pays one rent covering most costs, so rent growth, occupancy and expenses decide earnings, concentrated in Westside Los Angeles and Honolulu. Co-founder Jordan Kaplan remains chief executive.

Products and services

  • Office ownership/leasing
  • Multifamily ownership/leasing

Customers

  • Media, entertainment, professional-services office
  • Residential renters

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Real estate
  • Diversified REITs
  • Office and multifamily real estate

What could go right

  • Multifamily demand in supply-constrained coastal markets

What could go wrong

  • Office demand weakness/remote work
  • California-concentration risk

Moat: narrow (scale, installed base). Long-held, well-located coastal properties are difficult and costly to replicate.

Headquarters: Santa Monica, California, US · Founded: 1971 · Employees: 778

Named competitors

Douglas Emmett at a glance

Size Douglas Emmett (DEI) is a United States Real Estate company (Real Estate Investment Trusts) with a market value of $1.70B, the 1899th largest of 3,117 United States companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at $10.17 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares fell 17.8%, against -10.0% for the median peer and -1.1% for the United States market (cap-weighted) — 5th lowest of 20 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 1.8% over the last twelve months (peer median +3.8%); the operating margin is 18.8% (peer median 50.2%).

Valuation It trades at 0.89× book value against a peer median of 0.81× (10th most expensive of 21).

Price implies The share price implies a return on equity of about 10.1%; Douglas Emmett delivers -1.2%, so the price asks more than the business earns today.

Short interest Short interest is 19.1% of the free float (15 Oct 2026).

Next results Next results expected around 9 Feb 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

809010011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026Peer median 91DEI 84
Six months, rebased to 100: Douglas Emmett against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Douglas Emmett financials

Reported figures in USD; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue$1.02B$1.00B$986M$1.02B$994M
Revenue growth—+2%-3%+3%—
Gross profit$242M$237M$252M$199M$287M
EBITDA$587M$589M$591M$610M$614M
Net income-$22.1M$14.8M$22.1M-$43.9M$96.2M
Free cash flown/a$194M$241M$238M$335M
Capital expendituren/a$192M$167M$189M$162M
Total debt$5.75B$5.57B$5.52B$5.57B$5.23B

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Douglas Emmett competitor charts

The default views of Competitor Analysis ▸ Charts, drawn from the same data. Open them in the cockpit to change the axes, pin companies and read every value.

Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

-40%-20%0%+20%-10%0%+10%DHCHDNECMPASAFE897632263309CLW2778HR-UNCQRGNLBXMTARRRGNSUPRGPEDEI6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Douglas Emmett is the large dot.

Fundamentals: return on equity against price-to-book

-10%0%10%0.50×10×1.50×DHCHDNECMPASAFE897632263309CLW2778HR-UNCQRGNLBXMTARRSUPRGPE8967DEIReturn on equity →Price / book →
A bank or insurer earning more on its equity usually trades at a higher multiple of book; points far above the trend are priced for more. Douglas Emmett is the large dot.

Capital: ROE delivered against the ROE the price implies

-10%0%10%-10%0%10%DHCHDNECMPASAFE89763226CLW2778HR-UNCQRGNLBXMTARRDEIROE delivered →ROE the price implies →
Above the diagonal = the price asks for a higher return on equity than the business earns today. Douglas Emmett is the large dot.

Douglas Emmett competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (DEI vs KRC vs HPP vs BXP)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthROEPrice / bookImplied ROE
Douglas Emmett DEI$1.70B-18%+2%-1%0.89×10.1%
Kilroy Realty KRC$4.21B+3%-4%1%0.80×9.3%
Hudson Pacific Properties HPP$471M-22%+3%-18%0.19×5.3%
BXP BXP$10.4B+11%+3%10%2.00×17.2%
AvalonBay Communities AVBn/a+4%n/an/an/an/a

How Douglas Emmett compares with its peers

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.

Douglas Emmett against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasureDEIPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return+2.7%+0.9%10th highest of 21
6-month return-17.8%-10.0%5th lowest of 20
Return on equity-1.2%7.4%6th lowest of 20
Price / book0.89×0.81×10th most expensive of 21
ROE the price implies10.1%7.8%3rd most demanding of 21
ROE delivered-1.2%7.4%6th lowest of 20

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthROEPrice / bookImplied ROEDelivered ROE
Douglas Emmett DEIUnited States$1.70B-18%+2%-1%0.89×10.1%-1.2%
Diversified Healthcare Trust DHCUnited States$1.70B-17%-4%-9%1.11×18.0%-9.5%
HomeCo Daily Needs REIT HDN.AXAustralia$1.71B-2%+4%11%0.76×8.5%11.4%
Eurocommercial Properties ECMPA.ASNetherlands$1.72B-7%+1%9%0.64×5.0%8.5%
Safestore SAFE.LUnited Kingdom$1.67B-13%+7%3%0.55×8.4%2.9%
Daiwa Office Investment 8976.TJapan$1.74B-12%+24%6%1.13×4.7%6.3%
Mitsui Fudosan Accommodations Fund 3226.TJapan$1.75B-16%+18%9%1.79×6.3%8.6%
Sekisui House Reit 3309.TJapan$1.78B-23%+5%7%0.97×5.3%7.4%
Charter Hall Long WALE REIT CLW.AXAustralia$1.78B+4%+40%8%0.76×9.2%8.3%
Champion Real Estate Investment Trust 2778.HKHong Kong$1.80B-8%-8%-3%0.35×4.6%-2.6%
Blackstone Digital Infrastructure Trust BXDCUnited States$1.61Bn/an/an/a0.83×7.3%n/a
H&R Real Estate Investment Trust HR-UN.TOCanada$1.80B-10%-6%-13%0.60×6.3%-12.8%
Charter Hall Retail REIT CQR.AXAustralia$1.59B+6%+31%14%0.78×8.7%13.9%
Global Net Lease GNLUnited States$1.58B-26%-30%-1%0.96×9.9%-1.0%
Blackstone Mortgage Trust BXMTUnited States$1.85B-42%-2%-12%0.65×7.3%-11.7%
ARMOUR Residential REIT ARRUnited States$1.87B-29%-140%-2%0.80×10.2%-2.3%
Region RGN.AXAustralia$1.89B+6%+30%9%0.92×9.4%9.2%
Supermarket Income REIT SUPR.LUnited Kingdom$1.54B+4%-7%8%0.94×9.1%7.8%
Great Portland Estates GPE.LUnited Kingdom$1.90B+17%+24%7%0.66×9.9%7.5%
Activia Properties 3279.TJapan$1.90B-10%+24%6%1.12×5.6%5.9%
Japan Logistics Fund 8967.TJapan$1.52B-8%+3%9%1.70×6.6%9.4%

Questions

Who are Douglas Emmett's main competitors?
Named competitors: Kilroy Realty (KRC), Hudson Pacific Properties (HPP), Boston Properties (BXP), AvalonBay Communities (AVB). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes Diversified Healthcare Trust (DHC), HomeCo Daily Needs REIT (HDN.AX), Eurocommercial Properties (ECMPA.AS), Safestore (SAFE.L), Daiwa Office Investment (8976.T), Mitsui Fudosan Accommodations Fund (3226.T).
Is Douglas Emmett expensive compared with its peers?
On price / book it trades at 0.89× against a peer median of 0.81×, 10th most expensive of 21 in its peer set. The share price implies a return on equity of about 10.1%; Douglas Emmett delivers -1.2%, so the price asks more than the business earns today.
How has Douglas Emmett stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned -17.8% against -10.0% for the median peer; over one year -16.8%.

How these numbers are made. Returns are close-to-close in local currency. Revenue growth and margins are trailing twelve months. Req g is the revenue growth that today's enterprise value requires for seven years at the company's own cost of capital; Delivered g is what it actually grew; the gap is the hurdle (honest precision about ±8 points, so read the ranking more than the decimal). No fair values, price targets or analyst ratings are shown, by design. Method and validation.