PDM vs. EVER, HQH, BFS, SLRC, BSIG, GHLD, BRDG, SBSI, CGBD, and MQY
Should you be buying Piedmont Office Realty Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Piedmont Office Realty Trust include EverQuote (EVER), Abrdn Healthcare Investors (HQH), Saul Centers (BFS), SLR Investment (SLRC), BrightSphere Investment Group (BSIG), Guild (GHLD), Bridge Investment Group (BRDG), Southside Bancshares (SBSI), Carlyle Secured Lending (CGBD), and BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund (MQY). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Piedmont Office Realty Trust (NYSE:PDM) and EverQuote (NASDAQ:EVER) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, valuation, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings and profitability.
In the previous week, EverQuote had 2 more articles in the media than Piedmont Office Realty Trust. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for EverQuote and 3 mentions for Piedmont Office Realty Trust. Piedmont Office Realty Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.01 beat EverQuote's score of 0.99 indicating that Piedmont Office Realty Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.
EverQuote has a consensus price target of $26.25, suggesting a potential upside of 4.46%. Given EverQuote's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe EverQuote is more favorable than Piedmont Office Realty Trust.
Piedmont Office Realty Trust has higher revenue and earnings than EverQuote. EverQuote 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.
84.5% of Piedmont Office Realty Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.5% of EverQuote shares are held by institutional investors. 1.3% of Piedmont Office Realty Trust shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 29.8% of EverQuote shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Piedmont Office Realty Trust has a net margin of -12.90% compared to EverQuote's net margin of -17.37%. Piedmont Office Realty Trust's return on equity of -4.29% beat EverQuote's return on equity.
Piedmont Office Realty Trust has a beta of 1.14, suggesting that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, EverQuote has a beta of 0.85, suggesting that its stock price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Piedmont Office Realty Trust received 279 more outperform votes than EverQuote when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.35% of users gave EverQuote an outperform vote while only 51.85% of users gave Piedmont Office Realty Trust an outperform vote.
Summary
Piedmont Office Realty Trust beats EverQuote on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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