GOV vs. PDM, BDN, HPP, DLR, ARE, BXP, KRC, SLG, HIW, and DEI
Should you be buying Government Properties Income Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Government Properties Income Trust include Piedmont Office Realty Trust (PDM), Brandywine Realty Trust (BDN), Hudson Pacific Properties (HPP), Digital Realty Trust (DLR), Alexandria Real Estate Equities (ARE), Boston Properties (BXP), Kilroy Realty (KRC), SL Green Realty (SLG), Highwoods Properties (HIW), and Douglas Emmett (DEI). These companies are all part of the "office reits" industry.
Government Properties Income Trust (NASDAQ:GOV) and Piedmont Office Realty Trust (NYSE:PDM) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, earnings, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership and risk.
Government Properties Income Trust has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Piedmont Office Realty Trust. Piedmont Office Realty Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Government Properties Income Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Government Properties Income Trust has a net margin of 4.14% compared to Piedmont Office Realty Trust's net margin of -12.90%. Government Properties Income Trust's return on equity of 0.64% beat Piedmont Office Realty Trust's return on equity.
Government Properties Income Trust received 118 more outperform votes than Piedmont Office Realty Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.03% of users gave Government Properties Income Trust an outperform vote while only 51.77% of users gave Piedmont Office Realty Trust an outperform vote.
63.5% of Government Properties Income Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.5% of Piedmont Office Realty Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.3% of Government Properties Income Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Piedmont Office Realty Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Piedmont Office Realty Trust had 2 more articles in the media than Government Properties Income Trust. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Piedmont Office Realty Trust and 1 mentions for Government Properties Income Trust. Piedmont Office Realty Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.69 beat Government Properties Income Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that Piedmont Office Realty Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Government Properties Income Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 75.1%. Piedmont Office Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.9%. Government Properties Income Trust pays out 85.1% 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 -82.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Government Properties Income Trust has a beta of 1.5, indicating that its share price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Piedmont Office Realty Trust has a beta of 1.14, indicating that its share price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Government Properties Income Trust beats Piedmont Office Realty Trust on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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