Piedmont Realty Trust
PDM on NYSE. Piedmont rents office buildings to businesses in southern United States cities. Market value $1.1bn.
Price checks use the past 12 months to June 2026. Some use the latest annual report instead, as marked. Quality checks use five annual reports, the latest for the year to December 2025.
Cash flow or capital spending isn't reported, so free cash flow is unknown.
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$8.96 a share, 42% above its 1-year low
Over the past year the price has ranged from $6.32 to $10.13.
Dividend: 0.0% a year
Paid every year for at least 5 years
Prices from Monday’s close (5 October).
Five years of cash, in billions
| Revenue | |||||
| Revenue | $529m | $564m | $578m | $570m | $565m |
| Operating margin | |||||
| Operating margin | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Debt to equity | |||||
| Debt to equity | 1.05 | 1.07 | 1.19 | 1.40 | 1.49 |
| Shares outstanding | |||||
| Shares outstanding | 0.12bn | 0.12bn | 0.12bn | 0.12bn | 0.13bn |
Health checks
- Free cash flow positiveNot enough data
- Accounting looks honest (Beneish)Not enough data
- Financial strength (Piotroski)3 of 7 checks we could run
- Profit backed by cash (accruals)Yes
- Debt1.49× equity
- Revenue growth, five yearsSlow, 1.1% a year
- Buying back its own sharesRoughly flat
The quarter to June 2026
How the business did, compared with the same quarter a year earlier.
- Sales: $144 million last quarter, up 3% on a year ago.
- A loss of $11 million, compared with a loss of $17 million a year ago.
- 1% more shares than a year ago. Each share owns a bit less of the company.
- Debt is $2.2 billion more than cash, about the same as a year ago.
- Sales grew on a year ago in 2 of the last 4 quarters.
| Quarter to | Amount |
|---|---|
| September 2024 | $139m |
| December 2024 | $143m |
| March 2025 | $143m |
| June 2025 | $140m |
| September 2025 | $139m |
| December 2025 | $143m |
| March 2026 | $143m |
| June 2026 | $144m |
| Quarter to | Amount |
|---|---|
| September 2024 | -$12m |
| December 2024 | -$30m |
| March 2025 | -$10m |
| June 2025 | -$17m |
| September 2025 | -$13m |
| December 2025 | -$43m |
| March 2026 | -$13m |
| June 2026 | -$11m |
From the company's quarterly reports to the SEC.
Dates
- Next results (estimated)
- n/a
- Last annual report (10-K)
- 17 February 2026
- Next quarterly (estimated, 10-Q)
- 27 October 2026
Who owns it
4 long-term investors we follow own it, up from 1 last quarter. 253 funds in all.
- LSV Asset ManagementJosef Lakonishok
- Value
- $35m
- Share of fund
- <0.1%
| Fund | Value | Share of that fund | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| LSV Asset ManagementJosef Lakonishok | $35m | <0.1% | |
| Donald Smith & Co.Jon Hartsel | $18m | 0.3% | New |
| Scharf InvestmentsBrian Krawez | $135,530 | <0.1% | New |
| Barrow HanleyBarrow Hanley team | $3,102 | <0.1% | New |
Largest holders overall
- BlackRock$140m
- Vanguard Portfolio Management$116m
- Cohen & Steers$74mAdded
- Deutsche Bank AG$52mAdded
- Vanguard Capital Management$51m
- State Street$48m
- Wilsey Asset Management$45m
- Private Management Group$37m
- LSV Asset Management$35m
- Geode Capital Management$32mAdded
From 13F filings for the quarter ended 30 June 2026.
Big holders and activists
4 investors own more than 5%.
- BlackRock, Inc.Passive investor11.1%−1.5 ptsSince 31 March 2025
- Vanguard Portfolio ManagementPassive investor10.1%Since 30 January 2026
- Cohen & Steers, Inc.Passive investorat least 6.5%+1.1 pts(filed with 4 related holders)Since 30 June 2026
- Vanguard Capital ManagementPassive investor5.3%Since 31 March 2026
- The Vanguard GroupPassive investorSold down below 5%Since 13 March 2026
| Holder | Stake | Since | |
|---|---|---|---|
BlackRock, Inc. Passive investor | 11.1%−1.5 pts | 31 March 2025 | |
Vanguard Portfolio Management Passive investor | 10.1% | 30 January 2026 | |
Cohen & Steers, Inc. Passive investor | at least 6.5%+1.1 pts (filed with 4 related holders) | 30 June 2026 | |
Vanguard Capital Management Passive investor | 5.3% | 31 March 2026 | |
The Vanguard Group Passive investor | Sold down below 5% | 13 March 2026 |
From Schedule 13D and 13G filings: anyone owning more than 5% must file one.
What insiders did
No insider bought shares on the open market in the last 12 months. 1 sold $39,169.
- REXROAD SHERRY LEVP-CFOSold
- Date
- 1 October 2026
- Shares
- 4,446
- Price
- $8.81
- Value
- $39,169
| Date | Who | Did | Shares | Price | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 October 2026 | REXROAD SHERRY L EVP-CFO | Sold | 4,446 | $8.81 | $39,169 |
From Form 4 filings: insiders must report trades in their own company's shares within two days.
Warning signs in its filings
Problems the company itself reported to the SEC, in its own words.
None of the warning signs we check for were found.
We look for five warning signs: doubt it can keep going, weak checks on its own accounts, a notice that its past accounts can't be relied on, a change of auditor, and one customer bringing in a big share of sales. We don't check lawsuits, investigations or debt yet.
We checked the auditor's report, internal controls, restatement notices, auditor changes and big customers in the 10-K filed 17 Feb 2026, plus the 10-Q filed 28 Jul 2026 and 7 later 8-Ks.
A 10-K is the yearly report every US company files with the SEC. An 8-K is a short notice of a big event.
What could go wrong
- Sales have barely grown: 1.1% a year.
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The deep dive
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