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Piedmont Office Realty Trust (PDM) Competitors

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$6.44 -0.10 (-1.45%)
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PDM vs. HIW, DEI, BDN, HPP, EQC, DLR, ARE, BXP, SLG, 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 Highwoods Properties (HIW), Douglas Emmett (DEI), Brandywine Realty Trust (BDN), Hudson Pacific Properties (HPP), Equity Commonwealth (EQC), Digital Realty Trust (DLR), Alexandria Real Estate Equities (ARE), Boston Properties (BXP), SL Green Realty (SLG), and Kilroy Realty (KRC). These companies are all part of the "office reits" industry.

Piedmont Office Realty Trust vs.

Highwoods Properties (NYSE:HIW) and Piedmont Office Realty Trust (NYSE:PDM) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, valuation and profitability.

Highwoods Properties received 56 more outperform votes than Piedmont Office Realty Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.73% of users gave Highwoods Properties an outperform vote while only 51.18% of users gave Piedmont Office Realty Trust an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Highwoods PropertiesOutperform Votes
382
60.73%
Underperform Votes
247
39.27%
Piedmont Office Realty TrustOutperform Votes
326
51.18%
Underperform Votes
311
48.82%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Highwoods Properties$814.97M3.84$102.25M$1.6118.01
Piedmont Office Realty Trust$568.47M1.41-$79.07M-$0.49-13.15

96.3% of Highwoods Properties shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.5% of Piedmont Office Realty Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.9% of Highwoods Properties shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Piedmont Office Realty Trust shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Highwoods Properties has a net margin of 12.37% compared to Piedmont Office Realty Trust's net margin of -13.86%. Highwoods Properties' return on equity of 4.33% beat Piedmont Office Realty Trust's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Highwoods Properties12.37% 4.33% 1.70%
Piedmont Office Realty Trust -13.86%-4.82%-1.93%

Highwoods Properties pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.9%. Piedmont Office Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.8%. Highwoods Properties pays out 124.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Piedmont Office Realty Trust pays out -102.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Piedmont Office Realty Trust has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Piedmont Office Realty Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Highwoods Properties has a beta of 1.2, indicating that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Piedmont Office Realty Trust has a beta of 1.37, indicating that its share price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Highwoods Properties presently has a consensus target price of $31.83, suggesting a potential upside of 9.75%. Piedmont Office Realty Trust has a consensus target price of $9.00, suggesting a potential upside of 39.64%. Given Piedmont Office Realty Trust's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Piedmont Office Realty Trust is more favorable than Highwoods Properties.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Highwoods Properties
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33
Piedmont Office Realty Trust
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33

In the previous week, Highwoods Properties had 6 more articles in the media than Piedmont Office Realty Trust. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Highwoods Properties and 4 mentions for Piedmont Office Realty Trust. Piedmont Office Realty Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.40 beat Highwoods Properties' score of 1.28 indicating that Piedmont Office Realty Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Highwoods Properties
8 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Piedmont Office Realty Trust
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Highwoods Properties beats Piedmont Office Realty Trust on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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PDM vs. The Competition

MetricPiedmont Office Realty TrustNonresidential building operators IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$801.81M$15.85B$11.47B$19.30B
Dividend Yield7.27%3.94%5.44%3.84%
P/E Ratio-10.2363.5222.4234.53
Price / Sales1.411.9827.6234.83
Price / Cash6.0616.1017.6217.51
Price / Book0.500.742.774.69
Net Income-$79.07M$103.45M$1.03B$1.02B
7 Day Performance-6.73%-0.44%-0.23%-1.74%
1 Month Performance-3.59%3.54%6.11%7.50%
1 Year Performance-10.11%35.40%536.61%4.15%

Piedmont Office Realty Trust Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PDM
Piedmont Office Realty Trust
4.0932 of 5 stars
$6.45
-1.5%
$9.00
+39.6%
-9.5%$801.81M$568.47M-10.23150Positive News
Analyst Forecast
HIW
Highwoods Properties
3.3074 of 5 stars
$30.45
+1.6%
$32.50
+6.7%
+9.2%$3.28B$814.97M32.05340Positive News
Ex-Dividend
Analyst Forecast
DEI
Douglas Emmett
4.0617 of 5 stars
$15.05
+3.7%
$18.50
+23.0%
-0.2%$2.52B$993.04M115.74750Analyst Forecast
BDN
Brandywine Realty Trust
4.0598 of 5 stars
$4.25
+1.3%
$5.00
+17.8%
-12.8%$734.18M$500.55M-3.72330Positive News
Dividend Announcement
HPP
Hudson Pacific Properties
4.6892 of 5 stars
$2.35
+3.3%
$3.63
+54.5%
-63.7%$331.71M$826.52M-0.91880Positive News
Analyst Forecast
EQC
Equity Commonwealth
N/A$1.58
flat
N/AN/A$169.73M$58.43M4.0520News Coverage
Positive News
DLR
Digital Realty Trust
4.5801 of 5 stars
$166.31
-0.2%
$183.00
+10.0%
+16.0%$56.01B$5.63B102.663,410Positive News
Analyst Forecast
ARE
Alexandria Real Estate Equities
4.4961 of 5 stars
$74.16
+0.1%
$118.60
+59.9%
-44.5%$12.83B$3.04B41.20590Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
BXP
Boston Properties
4.0486 of 5 stars
$66.62
+3.8%
$78.83
+18.3%
+4.3%$10.55B$3.43B666.30780Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
SLG
SL Green Realty
3.114 of 5 stars
$59.10
+4.3%
$67.07
+13.5%
+4.9%$4.21B$938.24M738.801,188Positive News
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
KRC
Kilroy Realty
4.7157 of 5 stars
$32.39
+2.4%
$38.82
+19.8%
-7.4%$3.83B$1.13B18.30260Positive News
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast

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