Brookfield (BN) Competitors

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

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, BN or PDM?

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
Brookfield	$95.92B	0.72	$1.13B	$0.61	69.12
Piedmont Office Realty Trust	$577.76M	1.45	-$48.39M	-$0.61	-11.10

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer BN or PDM?

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 51.77% of users gave Piedmont Office Realty Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Brookfield	Outperform Votes 32 72.73%	Underperform Votes 12 27.27%
Piedmont Office Realty Trust	Outperform Votes 322 51.77%	Underperform Votes 300 48.23%

Is BN or PDM more profitable?

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

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

Do analysts recommend BN or PDM?

Brookfield presently has a consensus price target of $48.10, suggesting a potential upside of 13.04%. Given Brookfield's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Brookfield is more favorable than Piedmont Office Realty Trust.

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

Which has more risk and volatility, BN or PDM?

Brookfield has a beta of 1.48, meaning that its stock price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Piedmont Office Realty Trust has a beta of 1.14, meaning that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to BN or PDM?

In the previous week, Brookfield had 4 more articles in the media than Piedmont Office Realty Trust. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Brookfield and 2 mentions for Piedmont Office Realty Trust. Brookfield's average media sentiment score of 1.15 beat Piedmont Office Realty Trust's score of 1.14 indicating that Brookfield is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Brookfield	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Piedmont Office Realty Trust	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals & insiders believe in BN or PDM?

61.6% of Brookfield shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.5% of Piedmont Office Realty Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 11.0% of Brookfield shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Piedmont Office Realty Trust shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is BN or PDM a better dividend stock?

Brookfield pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Piedmont Office Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.4%. Brookfield pays out 52.5% 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.

Summary

Brookfield beats Piedmont Office Realty Trust on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.