Hudson Pacific Properties (HPP) Competitors

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 companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, institutional ownership and valuation.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in HPP or PDM?

97.6% of Hudson Pacific Properties shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.5% of Piedmont Office Realty Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 3.0% of Hudson Pacific Properties shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Piedmont Office Realty Trust shares are held by company 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.

Which has more risk and volatility, HPP or PDM?

Hudson Pacific Properties has a beta of 1.3, suggesting that its share price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Piedmont Office Realty Trust has a beta of 1.21, suggesting that its share price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor HPP or PDM?

Hudson Pacific Properties received 83 more outperform votes than Piedmont Office Realty Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.44% of users gave Hudson Pacific Properties an outperform vote while only 51.10% of users gave Piedmont Office Realty Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Hudson Pacific Properties	Outperform Votes 408 60.44%	Underperform Votes 267 39.56%
Piedmont Office Realty Trust	Outperform Votes 325 51.10%	Underperform Votes 311 48.90%

Does the media refer more to HPP or PDM?

In the previous week, Piedmont Office Realty Trust had 2 more articles in the media than Hudson Pacific Properties. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Piedmont Office Realty Trust and 7 mentions for Hudson Pacific Properties. Piedmont Office Realty Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.47 beat Hudson Pacific Properties' score of 0.37 indicating that Piedmont Office Realty Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Hudson Pacific Properties	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Piedmont Office Realty Trust	7 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is HPP or PDM a better dividend stock?

Hudson Pacific Properties pays an annual dividend of $0.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. Piedmont Office Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.6%. Hudson Pacific Properties pays out -3.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Piedmont Office Realty Trust pays out -79.4% 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 recommend HPP or PDM?

Hudson Pacific Properties currently has a consensus price target of $3.32, indicating a potential upside of 44.52%. Piedmont Office Realty Trust has a consensus price target of $9.50, indicating a potential upside of 44.49%. 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
Hudson Pacific Properties	2 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Piedmont Office Realty Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, HPP or PDM?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Hudson Pacific Properties	$842.08M	0.39	-$173.89M	-$2.57	-0.89
Piedmont Office Realty Trust	$570.32M	1.43	-$79.07M	-$0.63	-10.44

Is HPP or PDM more profitable?

Piedmont Office Realty Trust has a net margin of -13.86% compared to Hudson Pacific Properties' net margin of -44.01%. Piedmont Office Realty Trust's return on equity of -4.82% beat Hudson Pacific Properties' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Hudson Pacific Properties	-44.01%	-12.64%	-4.46%
Piedmont Office Realty Trust	-13.86%	-4.82%	-1.93%

Summary

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