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.
SL Green Realty (NYSE:SLG) and Piedmont Office Realty Trust (NYSE:PDM) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, risk, media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and profitability.
SL Green Realty pays an annual dividend of $3.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.7%. 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 out -36.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Piedmont Office Realty Trust pays out -82.0% 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.
In the previous week, SL Green Realty and SL Green Realty both had 2 articles in the media. SL Green Realty's average media sentiment score of 1.69 beat Piedmont Office Realty Trust's score of 1.35 indicating that Piedmont Office Realty Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Piedmont Office Realty Trust has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.
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 51.77% of users gave Piedmont Office Realty Trust an outperform vote.
90.0% of SL Green Realty shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.5% of Piedmont Office Realty Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.1% of SL Green Realty 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 large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
SL Green Realty has a beta of 1.72, indicating that its stock price is 72% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Piedmont Office Realty Trust has a beta of 1.14, indicating that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.
SL Green Realty currently has a consensus target price of $47.00, suggesting a potential downside of 11.27%. Given Piedmont Office Realty Trust's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe SL Green Realty is more favorable than Piedmont Office Realty Trust.
Piedmont Office Realty Trust has a net margin of -12.90% compared to Piedmont Office Realty Trust's net margin of -64.45%. SL Green Realty's return on equity of -4.29% beat Piedmont Office Realty Trust's return on equity.
Summary
SL Green Realty beats Piedmont Office Realty Trust on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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