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Piedmont Office Realty Trust (PDM) Competitors

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$6.30 +0.39 (+6.60%)
Closing price 05/1/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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PDM vs. HIW, DEI, BDN, HPP, EQC, DLR, ARE, BXP, KRC, and SLG

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), Kilroy Realty (KRC), and SL Green Realty (SLG). These companies are all part of the "office reits" industry.

Piedmont Office Realty Trust vs.

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

In the previous week, Piedmont Office Realty Trust had 4 more articles in the media than Highwoods Properties. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Piedmont Office Realty Trust and 12 mentions for Highwoods Properties. Highwoods Properties' average media sentiment score of 1.23 beat Piedmont Office Realty Trust's score of 1.11 indicating that Highwoods Properties is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Piedmont Office Realty Trust
9 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Highwoods Properties
6 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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
Piedmont Office Realty Trust$568.47M1.38-$79.07M-$0.49-12.86
Highwoods Properties$814.97M3.80$102.25M$1.6117.83

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
Piedmont Office Realty Trust-13.86% -4.82% -1.93%
Highwoods Properties 12.37%4.33%1.70%

Piedmont Office Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.9%. Highwoods Properties pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.0%. Piedmont Office Realty Trust pays out -102.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Piedmont Office Realty Trust presently has a consensus price target of $9.50, indicating a potential upside of 50.79%. Highwoods Properties has a consensus price target of $32.50, indicating a potential upside of 13.20%. Given Piedmont Office Realty Trust's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Piedmont Office Realty Trust is more favorable than Highwoods Properties.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Piedmont Office Realty Trust
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33
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 has a beta of 1.21, meaning that its stock price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Highwoods Properties has a beta of 1.15, meaning that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Highwoods Properties received 57 more outperform votes than Piedmont Office Realty Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.83% of users gave Highwoods Properties an outperform vote while only 51.10% of users gave Piedmont Office Realty Trust an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Piedmont Office Realty TrustOutperform Votes
325
51.10%
Underperform Votes
311
48.90%
Highwoods PropertiesOutperform Votes
382
60.83%
Underperform Votes
246
39.17%

84.5% of Piedmont Office Realty Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.3% of Highwoods Properties shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.3% of Piedmont Office Realty Trust shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of Highwoods Properties shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Highwoods Properties beats Piedmont Office Realty Trust on 14 of the 19 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$735.25M$15.01B$11.10B$18.96B
Dividend Yield8.70%4.69%5.76%4.01%
P/E Ratio-10.0060.1522.1032.88
Price / Sales1.381.9326.3428.03
Price / Cash6.0616.1017.6017.52
Price / Book0.490.732.674.47
Net Income-$79.07M$103.45M$1.03B$1.02B
7 Day Performance-7.22%0.26%0.68%0.59%
1 Month Performance-16.67%-3.77%-0.59%-3.54%
1 Year Performance-7.76%34.54%537.57%3.80%

Piedmont Office Realty Trust Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PDM
Piedmont Office Realty Trust
3.7456 of 5 stars
$6.30
+6.6%
$9.50
+50.8%
-6.5%$735.25M$568.47M-10.00150Earnings Report
Insider Trade
Positive News
High Trading Volume
HIW
Highwoods Properties
4.0429 of 5 stars
$28.43
+0.7%
$32.50
+14.3%
+10.9%$3.06B$825.86M29.93340Earnings Report
Analyst Upgrade
Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
Positive News
DEI
Douglas Emmett
4.5788 of 5 stars
$14.20
-0.3%
$18.50
+30.3%
+5.9%$2.38B$986.48M109.24750Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
BDN
Brandywine Realty Trust
4.2274 of 5 stars
$4.05
+0.5%
$5.00
+23.5%
-10.8%$700.94M$500.55M-3.55330Analyst Downgrade
Positive News
HPP
Hudson Pacific Properties
4.5267 of 5 stars
$2.22
flat
$3.14
+41.4%
-61.6%$313.80M$842.08M-0.86880Positive News
EQC
Equity Commonwealth
2.6291 of 5 stars
$1.58
flat
N/AN/A$169.73M$58.43M4.0520Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
Positive News
DLR
Digital Realty Trust
4.6871 of 5 stars
$160.50
+0.4%
$183.05
+14.1%
+17.4%$54.05B$5.55B99.073,410Positive News
ARE
Alexandria Real Estate Equities
4.4651 of 5 stars
$76.96
+1.4%
$118.60
+54.1%
-37.0%$13.31B$3.05B42.76590Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
BXP
Boston Properties
4.2439 of 5 stars
$66.31
+0.7%
$79.83
+20.4%
+8.5%$10.50B$3.41B663.17780Earnings Report
News Coverage
KRC
Kilroy Realty
4.6039 of 5 stars
$32.71
+1.1%
$38.82
+18.7%
-3.7%$3.87B$1.14B18.48260Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
SLG
SL Green Realty
3.6239 of 5 stars
$54.24
-0.2%
$68.13
+25.6%
+7.8%$3.87B$938.24M678.001,188Analyst Forecast

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