Company Analysis

Piedmont Realty Trust, Inc. (PDM)

NYSE: PDM · Opeators of Nonresidential Buildings · Atlanta, GA · filing with the SEC since 1997
Grade3.6
◀ Past 3.5● Present 3.5▶ Future 3.8

The grade of Piedmont Realty Trust, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
3.6/10
◀ Past3.525% of the headline
● Present3.545% of the headline
▶ Future3.830% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

All nine metrics read as filed from the record.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

3.5/1025% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
2.0/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

4 warning events since 2017; the latest 2021-09-20.

weight 45% of this tense · 20th percentile among 15 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Piedmont Realty Trust, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show 4 warning events of 3 kinds: a debt default or acceleration notice (8-K item 2.04, 2 times, the latest 2021-09-20); a warning not to rely on past financial statements (8-K item 4.02, the latest 2017-05-03); an auditor change (8-K item 4.01, the latest 2018-01-16) (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
4.1/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+0.2% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 6 of 10.

weight 33% of this tense · 41st percentile among 14 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Piedmont Realty Trust, Inc.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $556 million in fiscal 2016 to $565 million in fiscal 2025, up 0.2% a year; it rose in 5 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 8% from fiscal 2017 to fiscal 2018; net income was positive in 6 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span0.2%bottom 32% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosebottom 29% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profitbottom 43% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak8.4%top 39% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed
5.5/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count grew 0.2% a year. 34% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 1 sales, 0 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 55th percentile among 11 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, Piedmont Realty Trust, Inc.'s diluted share count grew about 0.2% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 34% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 1 sale and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-10-02 (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearsbottom 32% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowtop 23% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

3.5/1045% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
2.5/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE -6%: lost 6¢ per shareholder dollar. Leverage 63%: owes 63¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 25th percentile among 14 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Piedmont Realty Trust, Inc. lost about 6 cents for every dollar of shareholders' money. Leverage: it owed about 63 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 0.4% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 32% of its family
  • return on equitybottom 19% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforebottom 25% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
4.5/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

bottom 45% of 15 in its family; net margin -14.8%.

weight 33% of this tense · 45th percentile among 15 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Piedmont Realty Trust, Inc.'s standing among 15 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $565 million in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 19% by size; a net margin of -14.8% ranks in the bottom 30%; revenue growth of 0.1% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 25% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$565Mtop 19% of its family
  • net margin-14.8%bottom 30% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth0.1%bottom 25% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

as filed
4.0/10

What are the people in charge doing?

bottom 40% of 7 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2020.

weight 22% of this tense · 40th percentile among 7 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Piedmont Realty Trust, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Smith, Christopher Brent (President & Chief Exec. Off, as filed), filing under that title since 2020-02-21, 6.7 years (bottom 21% of its family); the 14 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 8 years (bottom 21%); 6 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 14 people in charge now (top 21%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge6 in three years among 14 peopletop 21% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed8.0 yearsbottom 21% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record6.7 yearsbottom 21% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

3.8/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
3.9/10

How much room does it have to grow?

bottom 39% of 14 in its family for room to expand.

weight 22% of this tense · 39th percentile among 14 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Piedmont Realty Trust, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $731 thousand against debt of $2.2 billion leaves -55.2% of its assets as net cash, bottom 10% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 24.9% of revenue (top 32%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets-55.2%bottom 10% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue24.9%top 32% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
4.5/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

bottom 45% of 14 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 45th percentile among 14 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Piedmont Realty Trust, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 0.1% a year over the last three filed years against 0.2% over all 10, slowing (top 46% of its family); the newest year grew -0.9% (bottom 32%); capital spending grew 10.6% a year (top 50%) (its annual reports). Piedmont Realty Trust, Inc. reported 6 lines of business in fiscal 2025: Atlanta GA at $180 million, Dallas TX at $102 million, Orlando FL at $66 million, and 3 more. 3 of 6 grew in the latest filed year, and the largest line is 36% of revenue (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span-0.1 points a yeartop 46% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth-0.9%bottom 32% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending10.6%top 50% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
3.2/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

bottom 32% of 14 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 45% of this tense · 32nd percentile among 14 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Piedmont Realty Trust, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $565 million in fiscal 2025 came in 1.5% below the $574 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 46% of its family); net income of $84 million against a prior three-year average of $6 million (bottom 11%); a net margin of -14.8% against 1.3% before (bottom 32%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace-1.5%top 46% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' averagefive times below its prior average or morebottom 11% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average-16.1 pointsbottom 32% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton PDM · research, not advice