HPP vs. PDM, BDN, EQC, DLR, ARE, BXP, SLG, KRC, HIW, and DEI
Should you be buying Hudson Pacific Properties stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hudson Pacific Properties include Piedmont Office Realty Trust (PDM), Brandywine Realty Trust (BDN), Equity Commonwealth (EQC), Digital Realty Trust (DLR), Alexandria Real Estate Equities (ARE), Boston Properties (BXP), SL Green Realty (SLG), Kilroy Realty (KRC), Highwoods Properties (HIW), and Douglas Emmett (DEI). These companies are all part of the "office reits" industry.
Hudson Pacific Properties vs.
Hudson Pacific Properties (NYSE:HPP) and Piedmont Office Realty Trust (NYSE:PDM) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, valuation, community ranking, profitability and institutional ownership.
In the previous week, Hudson Pacific Properties had 8 more articles in the media than Piedmont Office Realty Trust. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Hudson Pacific Properties and 13 mentions for Piedmont Office Realty Trust. Piedmont Office Realty Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.13 beat Hudson Pacific Properties' score of 0.28 indicating that Piedmont Office Realty Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
97.6% of Hudson Pacific Properties shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.5% of Piedmont Office Realty Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.0% of Hudson Pacific Properties 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, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Piedmont Office Realty Trust has a net margin of -13.86% compared to Hudson Pacific Properties' net margin of -33.39%. Piedmont Office Realty Trust's return on equity of -4.77% beat Hudson Pacific Properties' return on equity.
Hudson Pacific Properties presently has a consensus price target of $4.54, indicating a potential upside of 51.93%. Piedmont Office Realty Trust has a consensus price target of $11.00, indicating a potential upside of 52.67%. Given Piedmont Office Realty Trust's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Piedmont Office Realty Trust is more favorable than Hudson Pacific Properties.
Piedmont Office Realty Trust has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.
Hudson Pacific Properties has a beta of 1.3, indicating that its stock price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Piedmont Office Realty Trust has a beta of 1.19, indicating that its stock price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Hudson Pacific Properties received 82 more outperform votes than Piedmont Office Realty Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.87% of users gave Hudson Pacific Properties an outperform vote while only 51.10% of users gave Piedmont Office Realty Trust an outperform vote.
Summary
Piedmont Office Realty Trust beats Hudson Pacific Properties on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:HPP) was last updated on 2/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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