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Douglas Emmett, Inc. (DEI) stock analysis

REIT - Office. Scored on the same transparent model behind the daily rankings.

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DEI
Douglas Emmett, Inc. · REIT - Office
70.6REIT strength
$9.83Oct 13 close$2.0B
1Y Target$13.00Analyst consensus · 10 analysts
5Y Target$22.74Compound horizon
10Y Target$40.64Long-dated conviction
Yield7.8%
A-
Yield 7.8% — strong income · REITs are valued on FFO / AFFO, which our data source doesn't provide — we grade income, growth, and sector-relative leverage instead.
Rev+1.8%
C
Revenue +1.8% — flat, mature phase or headwinds present
D/E1.63
C
D/E 1.63 — more levered than most Real Estate peers (≈90th pctile)

Targets: 1-year is analyst consensus where covered, 5- and 10-year are model estimates; the DCF is a cross-check, not a target. Methodology

Financial strength · 70.6 / 100
Profitability15.0
Value (P/B)92.8
Income84.9

A peer-relative read for reits on profitability (ROE, depreciation-adjusted), valuation, and covered income — the quality-growth (FCF/ROIC) screen doesn't apply to balance-sheet businesses. Not comparable to the 0–100 quality-growth score shown on other stocks.

Entry · Margin of safety
52-week rangeNear 52-week low
30% off the 12-month high

Model-generatedFrom reported fundamentals, checked against the figures above · Editorial standards

Why now
REIT - Office · market cap $2.0b. Down 30% from 52-week high of $13.98 — deep drawdown territory. 10 sell-side analysts rate this a Hold with a mean 1-yr target of $13.00 (implying +32% upside).
Moat
Turnaround / out-of-favor name — GAAP-unprofitable for now, so the durability case is forward-looking: it rests on a recovery (margin normalization, a cyclical upturn or restructuring) or an un-monetized asset (IP / network effects / first-mover position) rather than on current reported results.
Risk
Currently unprofitable (margin -2.3%) — path to GAAP profitability is the core thesis risk. Dividend payout 844% of earnings on a 7.8% yield — distribution coverage is thin; one earnings stumble could force a dividend cut. ROE -2% is below the long-run sustainable threshold of ~10% — capital efficiency would need to improve for the equity base to compound at the market rate.
Horizon
1-3 yr $13.00 (10-analyst consensus) — catalyst-driven; binary events dominate. 5 yr $22.74 — requires the platform / technology to reach commercial scale. 10 yr $40.64 — return distribution heavily skewed.

Not enough history yet — the model records DEI's score after each daily run, and the chart appears once a few days have accumulated.

DEI at a glance

FINANCIAL STRENGTH · REITPROFITABILITY15VALUE93COVERED INCOME8570.6/100 on our peer scale — not the quality-growth score.
PRICE IN ITS 52-WEEK RANGE$9.8LOW $9HIGH $14Trading at the 16th percentile of its 52-week range ($9–$14).
ONE-YEAR MOVE VS ITS BETAFLATThis stock-29%Trailing one-year price change. Price history is not an inputto the Bull Rankings score.

Same audited fundamentals as the score, unless a card says otherwise.

Shares to buy
203
Position size
$1,995
4.0% of portfolio
Stop price
$7.37
25% below $9.83
$ at risk if stopped
$498.87
budget $500.00 · 1% of portfolio

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Douglas Emmett, Inc. (DEI): score, valuation & FAQ

Douglas Emmett, Inc. (DEI) is a REIT - Office company. As a bank, insurer or REIT it runs on a different financial model from the rest of the market, so Bull Rankings grades it on a sector-appropriate card — price-to-book, dividend yield, payout ratio and cash-flow coverage — rather than the 0–100 quality-growth score used elsewhere. The read below is a transparent screen, not a buy recommendation.

Its strongest graded signals are Yield (A-).

Is DEI a good stock to buy?

Bull Rankings grades DEI on a sector-appropriate card — price-to-book, dividend yield, payout and cash-flow coverage — rather than a single quality-growth score. That is driven by Yield (A-). A score is a quantitative screen of Douglas Emmett, Inc.'s fundamentals, not personalised financial advice — weigh it against your own time horizon and risk tolerance, and read the risk factors below before acting.

How does Bull Rankings grade DEI?

As a bank, insurer or REIT, DEI isn't given a quality-growth score — signals like free cash flow, debt-to-equity and P/E don't translate cleanly to a balance-sheet business. Instead it's graded on a sector-appropriate card: price-to-book, dividend yield, payout ratio and operating-cash-flow coverage, where it rates strongest on Yield (A-).

Is DEI overvalued or undervalued?

We don't publish a discounted-cash-flow value for DEI, and not because the business is unprofitable. For a lender, insurer or property trust, "free cash flow" measures balance-sheet growth rather than owner earnings — loan originations and repayments run through operating cash flow — so discounting it would produce a confident-looking number with nothing behind it. DEI is judged on book value, return on equity and income cover instead, which is what the financial-strength card shows.

What are the main risks of investing in DEI?

Currently unprofitable (margin -2.3%) — path to GAAP profitability is the core thesis risk. Dividend payout 844% of earnings on a 7.8% yield — distribution coverage is thin; one earnings stumble could force a dividend cut. ROE -2% is below the long-run sustainable threshold of ~10% — capital efficiency would need to improve for the equity base to compound at the market rate.

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