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 better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, valuation, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk and community ranking.

Do analysts recommend HPP or PDM?

Hudson Pacific Properties presently has a consensus target price of $6.17, indicating a potential upside of 90.97%. Piedmont Office Realty Trust has a consensus target price of $11.00, indicating a potential upside of 17.08%. Given Hudson Pacific Properties' higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly 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)	8 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.91
Piedmont Office Realty Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has preferable earnings & 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	$952.30M	0.48	-$173.89M	-$2.09	-1.55
Piedmont Office Realty Trust	$577.76M	2.02	-$48.39M	-$0.62	-15.15

Does the media refer more to HPP or PDM?

In the previous week, Hudson Pacific Properties had 17 more articles in the media than Piedmont Office Realty Trust. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Hudson Pacific Properties and 0 mentions for Piedmont Office Realty Trust. Piedmont Office Realty Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat Hudson Pacific Properties' score of 0.17 indicating that Piedmont Office Realty Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Hudson Pacific Properties	Neutral
Piedmont Office Realty Trust	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer HPP or PDM?

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

Do institutionals and insiders believe in HPP or PDM?

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 company insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Piedmont Office Realty Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

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 3.1%. Piedmont Office Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. Hudson Pacific Properties pays out -4.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Piedmont Office Realty Trust pays out -80.6% 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.

Which has more volatility and risk, HPP or PDM?

Hudson Pacific Properties has a beta of 1.31, suggesting that its share price is 31% 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.

Is HPP or PDM 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
Hudson Pacific Properties	-33.39%	-9.64%	-3.44%
Piedmont Office Realty Trust	-13.47%	-4.61%	-1.89%

Summary

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