Piedmont Office Realty Trust (PDM) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community favor DEI or PDM?

Douglas Emmett received 76 more outperform votes than Piedmont Office Realty Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.52% of users gave Douglas Emmett an outperform vote while only 51.43% of users gave Piedmont Office Realty Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Douglas Emmett	Outperform Votes 400 59.52%	Underperform Votes 272 40.48%
Piedmont Office Realty Trust	Outperform Votes 324 51.43%	Underperform Votes 306 48.57%

Is DEI or PDM more profitable?

Douglas Emmett has a net margin of -1.68% compared to Piedmont Office Realty Trust's net margin of -13.47%. Douglas Emmett's return on equity of -0.43% beat Piedmont Office Realty Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Douglas Emmett	-1.68%	-0.43%	-0.17%
Piedmont Office Realty Trust	-13.47%	-4.61%	-1.89%

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, DEI or PDM?

Douglas Emmett has higher revenue and earnings than Piedmont Office Realty Trust. Douglas Emmett 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
Douglas Emmett	$1.00B	3.40	-$42.71M	-$0.10	-203.20
Piedmont Office Realty Trust	$572.42M	2.04	-$48.39M	-$0.62	-15.21

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

97.4% of Douglas Emmett shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.5% of Piedmont Office Realty Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 14.7% of Douglas Emmett shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Piedmont Office Realty Trust shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts recommend DEI or PDM?

Douglas Emmett currently has a consensus price target of $17.43, indicating a potential downside of 14.23%. Piedmont Office Realty Trust has a consensus price target of $11.00, indicating a potential upside of 16.65%. Given Piedmont Office Realty Trust's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Piedmont Office Realty Trust is more favorable than Douglas Emmett.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Douglas Emmett	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.29
Piedmont Office Realty Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the media prefer DEI or PDM?

In the previous week, Douglas Emmett had 8 more articles in the media than Piedmont Office Realty Trust. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Douglas Emmett and 1 mentions for Piedmont Office Realty Trust. Piedmont Office Realty Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.85 beat Douglas Emmett's score of 0.99 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
Douglas Emmett	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
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)	Very Positive

Which has more volatility and risk, DEI or PDM?

Douglas Emmett has a beta of 1.11, indicating that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Piedmont Office Realty Trust has a beta of 1.2, indicating that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is DEI or PDM a better dividend stock?

Douglas Emmett pays an annual dividend of $0.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Piedmont Office Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. Douglas Emmett pays out -760.0% 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.

Summary

Douglas Emmett beats Piedmont Office Realty Trust on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.