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Piedmont Office Realty Trust (Piedmont Office Realty Trust) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

: 1.80% (As of Dec. 2023)
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Piedmont Office Realty Trust's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $2,934.9 Mil. Piedmont Office Realty Trust's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $52.9 Mil. Piedmont Office Realty Trust's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 1.80%.

The historical rank and industry rank for Piedmont Office Realty Trust's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % or its related term are showing as below:

PDM' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.16   Med: 2.89   Max: 14.13
Current: 1.86

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Piedmont Office Realty Trust was 14.13%. The lowest was 1.16%. And the median was 2.89%.

PDM's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked worse than
57.38% of 894 companies
in the REITs industry
Industry Median: 2.84 vs PDM: 1.86

Joel Greenblatt's definition of earnings yield has the same problems the regular earnings yield does. It does not consider the growth of the company. It only looks at one-year's business operation. For cyclical companies, the earnings yield is usually highest at the peak of the business cycle. But these earnings are rarely sustainable.

A better indicator of the attractiveness of an investment which takes growth into account is the Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) %. Piedmont Office Realty Trust's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 6.75%. The Forward Rate of Return uses the normalized Free Cash Flow of the past seven years, and considers growth. The forward rate of return can be thought of as the return that investors buying the stock today can expect from it in the future.


Piedmont Office Realty Trust Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Piedmont Office Realty Trust's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Piedmont Office Realty Trust Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 6.82 7.93 1.21 6.85 1.80

Piedmont Office Realty Trust Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 6.85 5.43 5.40 5.43 1.80

Competitive Comparison

For the REIT - Office subindustry, Piedmont Office Realty Trust's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %, along with its competitors' market caps and Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Piedmont Office Realty Trust Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution

For the REITs industry and Real Estate sector, Piedmont Office Realty Trust's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Piedmont Office Realty Trust's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.



Piedmont Office Realty Trust Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Calculation

In his book, The Little That Beat the Market, hedge fund manager Joel Greenblatt defines Earnings Yield as operating income divided by enterprise value.

Piedmont Office Realty Trusts Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=52.881/2934.94265
=1.80 %

Piedmont Office Realty Trust's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $52.9 Mil.



Piedmont Office Realty Trust  (NYSE:PDM) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Explanation

Joel Greenblatt defines the earnings yield using the above equation because it more accurately reflects the company's profitability relative to its stock price. Items like interest payment and tax etc. are not directly related to the company's operational profitability.

Enterprise Value instead of market cap (share price) is used in the calculation because it is the real price stock and bond investors together pay for the company.


Be Aware

Joel Greenblatt's definition of earnings yield has the same problems the regular earnings yield does. It does not consider the growth of the company. It only looks at one-year's business operation. For cyclical companies, the earnings yield is usually highest at the peak of the business cycle. But these earnings are rarely sustainable.

Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % based on Don Yacktman's definition is a better measure of the expected rate of return for a stock.


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Piedmont Office Realty Trust (Piedmont Office Realty Trust) Business Description

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Address
5565 Glenridge Connector, Suite 450, Atlanta, GA, USA, 30342
Piedmont Office Realty Trust Inc is a real estate investment trust engaged in the acquisition, development, and management of commercial real estate properties throughout the U.S. The company's real estate portfolio is mainly composed of office properties located in the majority of American metropolitan areas. Piedmont derives majority of its revenue in the form of rental income from tenants in mid- to long-term lease agreements. The vast majority of the company's revenue comes from the leasing of its assets in Washington D.C., New York City, Chicago, Atlanta, Minneapolis, Dallas, and Boston. Piedmont's large customers in terms of rental revenue are U.S. Government entities, business services companies, and financial institutions.
Executives
Dale H. Taysom director 5565 GLENRIDGE CONNECTOR, STE. 450, ATLANTA GA 30342
Kelly Hefner Barrett director 4630 WYNMEADE PARK, MARIETTA GA 30067
Barbara B Lang director 8270 GREENSBORO DRIVE, SUITE 500, MCLEAN VA 22102
Jeffrey L. Swope director 5565 GLENRIDGE CONNECTOR, STE 450, ATLANTA GA 30342
Guilbert Edward H Iii officer: EVP - Finance & Treasurer 5565 GLENRIDGE CONNECTOR, SUITE 450, ATLANTA GA 30342
Robert E Bowers officer: Chief Financial Officer 5565 GLENRIDGE CONNECTOR, STE 450, ATLANTA GA 30342
Christopher Brent Smith officer: EVP- NY Region & Strategic Inv 5565 GLENRIDGE CONNECTOR, STE. 450, ATLANTA GA 30342
Mary M. Hager director 5565 GLENRIDGE CONNECTOR, STE. 450, ATLANTA GA 30342
Frank C Mcdowell director PO BOX 29390, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94129-0350
Glenn Gary Cohen director 3333 NEW HYDE PARK ROAD, NEW HYDE PARK NY 11042
Venkatesh S. Durvasula director 39 INDIAN MILL ROADH, COS COB CT 06807
Laura P Moon officer: Chief Accounting Officer 5565 GLENRIDGE CONNECTOR, STE. 450, ATLANTA GA 30342
George M. Wells officer: EVP- Southeast Region 5565 GLENRIDGE CONNECTOR, STE. 450, ATLANTA GA 30342
Mizuho Securities Usa Llc other: See Remarks 1271 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, FLOORS - 2,3,4,18,19, NEW YORK NY 10020
Alex Valente officer: EVP- Southeast Region 5565 GLENRIDGE CONNECTOR, STE. 450, ATLANTA GA 30342