PDM vs. SLG, HIW, DEI, EQC, BDN, HPP, DLR, ARE, BXP, and KRC
Should you be buying Piedmont Office Realty Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Piedmont Office Realty Trust include SL Green Realty (SLG), Highwoods Properties (HIW), Douglas Emmett (DEI), Equity Commonwealth (EQC), Brandywine Realty Trust (BDN), Hudson Pacific Properties (HPP), Digital Realty Trust (DLR), Alexandria Real Estate Equities (ARE), Boston Properties (BXP), and Kilroy Realty (KRC). These companies are all part of the "office reits" industry.
Piedmont Office Realty Trust (NYSE:PDM) and SL Green Realty (NYSE:SLG) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, community ranking, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation and media sentiment.
SL Green Realty has a consensus price target of $47.00, suggesting a potential downside of 7.70%. Given SL Green Realty's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe SL Green Realty is more favorable than Piedmont Office Realty Trust.
In the previous week, SL Green Realty had 3 more articles in the media than Piedmont Office Realty Trust. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for SL Green Realty and 1 mentions for Piedmont Office Realty Trust. Piedmont Office Realty Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.40 beat SL Green Realty's score of 0.83 indicating that Piedmont Office Realty Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.
84.5% of Piedmont Office Realty Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.0% of SL Green Realty shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.3% of Piedmont Office Realty Trust shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 5.1% of SL Green Realty shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
SL Green Realty received 207 more outperform votes than Piedmont Office Realty Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.80% of users gave SL Green Realty an outperform vote while only 51.85% of users gave Piedmont Office Realty Trust an outperform vote.
Piedmont Office Realty Trust has a beta of 1.14, indicating that its share price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SL Green Realty has a beta of 1.72, indicating that its share price is 72% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Piedmont Office Realty Trust has higher earnings, but lower revenue than SL Green Realty. Piedmont Office Realty Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SL Green Realty, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Piedmont Office Realty Trust has a net margin of -12.90% compared to SL Green Realty's net margin of -64.45%. Piedmont Office Realty Trust's return on equity of -4.29% beat SL Green Realty's return on equity.
Piedmont Office Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.9%. SL Green Realty pays an annual dividend of $3.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.9%. Piedmont Office Realty Trust pays out -82.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. SL Green Realty pays out -36.3% 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. Piedmont Office Realty Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
SL Green Realty beats Piedmont Office Realty Trust on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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