Piedmont Office Realty TrustNYSE: PDM

Piedmont Office Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE:PDM ) Q3 2024 Earnings Conference Call October 25, 2024 9:00 AM ET Company Participants Laura Moon - Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer Brent Smith - President and Chief Executive Officer George Wells - Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Christopher Kollme - Executive Vice President, Investments Robert Bowers - Executive Vice President and Chief Financial and Administrative Officer Sherry Rexroad - Executive Vice President Finance Conference Call Participants Anthony Paolone - JPMorgan Michael Lewis - Truist Securities Nick Thillman - Baird Dylan Burzinski - Green Street Operator Greetings. Welcome to the Piedmont Office Realty Trust Incorporated Third Quarter 2024 Earnings Call.

Piedmont Office (PDM) came out with quarterly funds from operations (FFO) of $0.36 per share, missing the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $0.37 per share. This compares to FFO of $0.43 per share a year ago.

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Atlanta, Oct. 10, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Piedmont Office Realty Trust (NYSE: PDM), an owner of Class A office properties located primarily in major U.S. Sunbelt markets, including Orlando, FL, announced today that its property management team, after reviewing detailed property reports for all of the Company's Orlando assets, has reported virtually no damage to any of Piedmont's properties from Hurricane Milton and that all personnel in the affected areas are reported safe.

Atlanta, Oct. 08, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Atlanta, GA – October 8, 2024 – Piedmont Office Realty Trust (NYSE: PDM) announced today that the Company will release its third quarter financial results on Thursday, October 24, 2024, after the close of trading on the New York Stock Exchange. A conference call is scheduled for Friday, October 25, 2024 at 9:00 a.m. Eastern time and will be broadcast live in listen-only mode on the company's investor relations website at investor.piedmontreit.com. During the conference call, the Company's management team will review third quarter performance, discuss recent events, and conduct a question-and-answer period.

Piedmont Office Realty Trust is an office REIT focused on the Sunbelt region, with the largest markets being Atlanta, Dallas, and Orlando. The REIT has significantly outperformed the Vanguard Real Estate Index Fund ETF in 2024, delivering a ~41% total return. Q2 2024 results were robust, but elevated interest rates prompted a downgrade in the full-year Core FFO expectations. I expect Core FFO to return to growth in 2025.

Although the revenue and EPS for Piedmont Office (PDM) give a sense of how its business performed in the quarter ended June 2024, it might be worth considering how some key metrics compare with Wall Street estimates and the year-ago numbers.

Piedmont Office (PDM) came out with quarterly funds from operations (FFO) of $0.37 per share, in line with the Zacks Consensus Estimate. This compares to FFO of $0.45 per share a year ago.

Atlanta, July 25, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Piedmont Office Realty Trust (NYSE: PDM) (“Piedmont”), a real estate investment trust (REIT), announced today that its board of directors has declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.125 per share, or $0.50 per share on an annualized basis, for the third quarter of 2024. The dividend will be paid on September 20, 2024 to stockholders of record as of the close of business on August 23, 2024.