Hudson Pacific Properties (HPP) Competitors

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

Is PDM or HPP a better dividend stock?

Piedmont Office Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.7%. Hudson Pacific Properties pays an annual dividend of $0.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Piedmont Office Realty Trust pays out -80.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Hudson Pacific Properties pays out -4.8% 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.

Do analysts prefer PDM or HPP?

Piedmont Office Realty Trust presently has a consensus price target of $11.00, indicating a potential upside of 25.57%. Hudson Pacific Properties has a consensus price target of $6.17, indicating a potential upside of 110.52%. Given Hudson Pacific Properties' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Hudson Pacific Properties is more favorable than Piedmont Office Realty Trust.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Piedmont Office Realty Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Hudson Pacific Properties	2 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.91

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in PDM or HPP?

Hudson Pacific Properties received 82 more outperform votes than Piedmont Office Realty Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.14% of users gave Hudson Pacific Properties an outperform vote while only 51.43% of users gave Piedmont Office Realty Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Piedmont Office Realty Trust	Outperform Votes 324 51.43%	Underperform Votes 306 48.57%
Hudson Pacific Properties	Outperform Votes 406 61.14%	Underperform Votes 258 38.86%

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, PDM or HPP?

Piedmont Office Realty Trust has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Hudson Pacific Properties. Piedmont Office Realty Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hudson Pacific Properties, 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
Piedmont Office Realty Trust	$572.42M	1.90	-$48.39M	-$0.62	-14.13
Hudson Pacific Properties	$855.84M	0.48	-$173.89M	-$2.09	-1.40

Does the media refer more to PDM or HPP?

In the previous week, Hudson Pacific Properties had 4 more articles in the media than Piedmont Office Realty Trust. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Hudson Pacific Properties and 1 mentions for Piedmont Office Realty Trust. Piedmont Office Realty Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.85 beat Hudson Pacific Properties' score of 1.11 indicating that Piedmont Office Realty Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Piedmont Office Realty Trust	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Hudson Pacific Properties	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do insiders and institutionals believe in PDM or HPP?

84.5% of Piedmont Office Realty Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.6% of Hudson Pacific Properties shares are held by institutional investors. 1.3% of Piedmont Office Realty Trust shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.0% of Hudson Pacific Properties shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more risk & volatility, PDM or HPP?

Piedmont Office Realty Trust has a beta of 1.2, indicating that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hudson Pacific Properties has a beta of 1.27, indicating that its share price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is PDM or HPP more profitable?

Piedmont Office Realty Trust has a net margin of -13.47% compared to Hudson Pacific Properties' net margin of -33.39%. Piedmont Office Realty Trust's return on equity of -4.61% beat Hudson Pacific Properties' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Piedmont Office Realty Trust	-13.47%	-4.61%	-1.89%
Hudson Pacific Properties	-33.39%	-9.64%	-3.44%

Summary

Piedmont Office Realty Trust beats Hudson Pacific Properties on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.