Brookfield (BN) Competitors

Piedmont Office Realty Trust (NYSE:PDM) and Brookfield (NYSE:BN) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends and community ranking.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in PDM or BN?

84.5% of Piedmont Office Realty Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.6% of Brookfield shares are held by institutional investors. 1.3% of Piedmont Office Realty Trust shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.0% of Brookfield shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is PDM or BN more profitable?

Brookfield has a net margin of 1.16% compared to Brookfield's net margin of -12.90%. Piedmont Office Realty Trust's return on equity of 3.15% beat Brookfield's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Piedmont Office Realty Trust	-12.90%	-4.29%	-1.84%
Brookfield	1.16%	3.15%	1.05%

Which has better earnings & valuation, PDM or BN?

Brookfield has higher revenue and earnings than Piedmont Office Realty Trust. Piedmont Office Realty Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Brookfield, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Piedmont Office Realty Trust	$577.76M	1.52	-$48.39M	-$0.61	-11.61
Brookfield	$95.92B	0.71	$1.13B	$0.61	68.07

Does the MarketBeat Community favor PDM or BN?

Piedmont Office Realty Trust received 290 more outperform votes than Brookfield when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 72.73% of users gave Brookfield an outperform vote while only 51.69% of users gave Piedmont Office Realty Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Piedmont Office Realty Trust	Outperform Votes 322 51.69%	Underperform Votes 301 48.31%
Brookfield	Outperform Votes 32 72.73%	Underperform Votes 12 27.27%

Do analysts prefer PDM or BN?

Brookfield has a consensus target price of $48.10, indicating a potential upside of 15.85%. Given Piedmont Office Realty Trust's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Brookfield is more favorable than Piedmont Office Realty Trust.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Piedmont Office Realty Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Brookfield	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.90

Is PDM or BN a better dividend stock?

Piedmont Office Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.1%. Brookfield pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Piedmont Office Realty Trust pays out -82.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Brookfield pays out 52.5% 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. Brookfield has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Piedmont Office Realty Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has more volatility and risk, PDM or BN?

Piedmont Office Realty Trust has a beta of 1.19, suggesting that its share price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brookfield has a beta of 1.51, suggesting that its share price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to PDM or BN?

In the previous week, Brookfield had 1 more articles in the media than Piedmont Office Realty Trust. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Brookfield and 5 mentions for Piedmont Office Realty Trust. Piedmont Office Realty Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.70 beat Brookfield's score of 1.27 indicating that Brookfield is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Piedmont Office Realty Trust	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Brookfield	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Summary

Brookfield beats Piedmont Office Realty Trust on 16 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.