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

Do analysts recommend HPP or PDM?

Hudson Pacific Properties presently has a consensus target price of $5.08, suggesting a potential upside of 60.93%. Piedmont Office Realty Trust has a consensus target price of $11.00, suggesting a potential upside of 24.93%. Given Hudson Pacific Properties' higher probable upside, equities 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)	9 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.82
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 more volatility and risk, 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 1.19, suggesting that its share price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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, 60.96% of users gave Hudson Pacific Properties an outperform vote while only 51.27% of users gave Piedmont Office Realty Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Hudson Pacific Properties	Outperform Votes 406 60.96%	Underperform Votes 260 39.04%
Piedmont Office Realty Trust	Outperform Votes 324 51.27%	Underperform Votes 308 48.73%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of 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. 3.9% 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 is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media refer more to HPP or PDM?

In the previous week, Piedmont Office Realty Trust had 5 more articles in the media than Hudson Pacific Properties. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Piedmont Office Realty Trust and 6 mentions for Hudson Pacific Properties. Hudson Pacific Properties' average media sentiment score of 0.51 beat Piedmont Office Realty Trust's score of 0.29 indicating that Hudson Pacific Properties is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Hudson Pacific Properties	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Piedmont Office Realty Trust	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

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%

Which has better 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	0.47	-$173.89M	-$2.09	-1.51
Piedmont Office Realty Trust	$572.42M	1.91	-$48.39M	-$0.62	-14.20

Summary

Hudson Pacific Properties and Piedmont Office Realty Trust tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.