Piedmont Office Realty Trust (PDM) Competitors

Piedmont Office Realty Trust (NYSE:PDM) and Kilroy Realty (NYSE:KRC) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends and risk.

Do analysts rate PDM or KRC?

Piedmont Office Realty Trust currently has a consensus target price of $11.00, indicating a potential upside of 16.53%. Kilroy Realty has a consensus target price of $39.43, indicating a potential upside of 1.62%. Given Piedmont Office Realty Trust's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Piedmont Office Realty Trust is more favorable than Kilroy Realty.

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
Kilroy Realty	1 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.13

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of PDM or KRC?

84.5% of Piedmont Office Realty Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.2% of Kilroy Realty shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.3% of Piedmont Office Realty Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.5% of Kilroy Realty shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is PDM or KRC more profitable?

Kilroy Realty has a net margin of 17.78% compared to Piedmont Office Realty Trust's net margin of -13.47%. Kilroy Realty's return on equity of 3.53% beat Piedmont Office Realty Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Piedmont Office Realty Trust	-13.47%	-4.61%	-1.89%
Kilroy Realty	17.78%	3.53%	1.73%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in PDM or KRC?

Kilroy Realty received 129 more outperform votes than Piedmont Office Realty Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.83% of users gave Kilroy Realty 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%
Kilroy Realty	Outperform Votes 453 62.83%	Underperform Votes 268 37.17%

Which has more volatility & risk, PDM or KRC?

Piedmont Office Realty Trust has a beta of 1.21, meaning that its share price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kilroy Realty has a beta of 1.03, meaning that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, PDM or KRC?

Kilroy Realty has higher revenue and earnings than Piedmont Office Realty Trust. Piedmont Office Realty Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kilroy Realty, 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	$577.76M	2.03	-$48.39M	-$0.62	-15.23
Kilroy Realty	$1.13B	4.05	$212.24M	$1.67	23.23

Does the media refer more to PDM or KRC?

In the previous week, Kilroy Realty had 11 more articles in the media than Piedmont Office Realty Trust. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Kilroy Realty and 2 mentions for Piedmont Office Realty Trust. Kilroy Realty's average media sentiment score of 0.49 beat Piedmont Office Realty Trust's score of 0.30 indicating that Kilroy Realty is being referred to more favorably in the news 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)	Neutral
Kilroy Realty	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is PDM or KRC a better dividend stock?

Piedmont Office Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. Kilroy Realty pays an annual dividend of $2.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%. Piedmont Office Realty Trust pays out -80.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Kilroy Realty pays out 129.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Summary

Kilroy Realty beats Piedmont Office Realty Trust on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.