Piedmont Office Realty Trust (PDM) Competitors

Piedmont Office Realty Trust (NYSE:PDM) and SL Green Realty (NYSE:SLG) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation and dividends.

Do analysts rate PDM or SLG?

Piedmont Office Realty Trust currently has a consensus price target of $11.00, suggesting a potential upside of 24.22%. SL Green Realty has a consensus price target of $68.38, suggesting a potential upside of 2.97%. Given Piedmont Office Realty Trust's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Piedmont Office Realty Trust is more favorable than SL Green Realty.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Piedmont Office Realty Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
SL Green Realty	1 Sell rating(s)	13 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.06

Does the media refer more to PDM or SLG?

In the previous week, Piedmont Office Realty Trust had 7 more articles in the media than SL Green Realty. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Piedmont Office Realty Trust and 3 mentions for SL Green Realty. SL Green Realty's average media sentiment score of 0.66 beat Piedmont Office Realty Trust's score of 0.37 indicating that SL Green 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	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
SL Green Realty	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in PDM or SLG?

84.5% of Piedmont Office Realty Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.0% of SL Green Realty shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.3% of Piedmont Office Realty Trust shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 5.1% of SL Green Realty shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility & risk, PDM or SLG?

Piedmont Office Realty Trust has a beta of 1.19, indicating that its share price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SL Green Realty has a beta of 1.82, indicating that its share price is 82% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor PDM or SLG?

SL Green Realty received 209 more outperform votes than Piedmont Office Realty Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.03% of users gave SL Green Realty an outperform vote while only 51.27% of users gave Piedmont Office Realty Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Piedmont Office Realty Trust	Outperform Votes 324 51.27%	Underperform Votes 308 48.73%
SL Green Realty	Outperform Votes 533 59.03%	Underperform Votes 370 40.97%

Which has higher valuation & earnings, PDM or SLG?

Piedmont Office Realty Trust has higher earnings, but lower revenue than SL Green Realty. SL Green Realty is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Piedmont Office Realty Trust, 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	1.90	-$48.39M	-$0.62	-14.28
SL Green Realty	$913.71M	4.79	-$557.30M	-$2.50	-26.56

Is PDM or SLG a better dividend stock?

Piedmont Office Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%. SL Green Realty pays an annual dividend of $3.09 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. Piedmont Office Realty Trust pays out -80.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. SL Green Realty pays out -123.6% 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.

Is PDM or SLG more profitable?

Piedmont Office Realty Trust has a net margin of -13.47% compared to SL Green Realty's net margin of -16.78%. SL Green Realty's return on equity of -3.76% 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%
SL Green Realty	-16.78%	-3.76%	-1.46%

Summary

SL Green Realty beats Piedmont Office Realty Trust on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.