Piedmont Realty Trust, Inc., formerly known as Piedmont Office Realty Trust, is a publicly traded U.S. real estate investment trust listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol PDM. The company was incorporated in 1997 and developed its current internally managed, fully integrated operating structure in 2007. Its ...Piedmont Realty Trust, Inc., formerly known as Piedmont Office Realty Trust, is a publicly traded U.S. real estate investment trust listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol PDM. The company was incorporated in 1997 and developed its current internally managed, fully integrated operating structure in 2007. Its corporate headquarters are located at 5565 Glenridge Connector in Atlanta, Georgia. Christopher Brent Smith, commonly identified as Brent Smith, serves as president, chief executive officer, and a director.
Piedmont’s core business is the ownership and operation of premium, Class A office properties. Its activities include property acquisition, asset management, leasing, development, redevelopment, property management, and disposition. Rather than manufacturing physical products, the company provides commercial real estate capacity and related services to office tenants. Its principal economic output is rental income, supplemented by property-related operating income and potential gains or losses from asset sales. Consequently, a traditional bill-of-materials analysis is not applicable. The principal cost components are property operating expenses, real estate taxes, utilities, repairs and maintenance, leasing commissions, tenant improvements, construction and redevelopment spending, corporate overhead, and interest expense.
The portfolio is geographically diversified across seven major Eastern U.S. office markets, with the Sunbelt contributing a substantial share of revenue and operating activity. Piedmont’s strategy is centered on maintaining well-located, high-quality office assets that can attract tenants seeking modern workplaces and strong amenities. Local management teams in each operating market support leasing, tenant relationships, property operations, and market-specific execution. This structure allows Piedmont to combine centralized corporate oversight with regional knowledge.
The company reported approximately 140 full-time employees in the supplied data, placing it in the 101-200 employee category. Its portfolio was described as approximately 17 million square feet and valued at roughly $5 billion. Sustainability is an important operating and property-management priority: approximately 63% of the portfolio was ENERGY STAR certified and about 41% had achieved LEED certification as of the referenced period.
Financially, the supplied trailing-twelve-month data shows an enterprise value of approximately $3.44 billion, revenue of about $569 million implied by the reported sales multiples, and an enterprise-value-to-EBITDA multiple of approximately 10.7. The company carries meaningful real estate debt, with debt-to-assets of approximately 56.1% and net debt to EBITDA of roughly 7.0 times. Office REIT performance is sensitive to occupancy, lease renewals, tenant demand, interest rates, refinancing conditions, property valuations, and broader changes in workplace utilization. The company’s long-term objectives are to preserve asset quality, maintain tenant relationships, improve portfolio sustainability, allocate capital prudently, and deliver reliable shareholder returns while navigating the structural and cyclical challenges facing the U.S. office market.
YoYYoY means Year-over-Year. It compares the latest annual value with the previous annual value to show long-term trend strength.
QoQQoQ means Quarter-over-Quarter. It compares the latest quarter with the immediately previous quarter to show short-term momentum changes.
RevenueThe total money that came through the front door from selling things, before paying a single bill. Think of it as the grand total of every credit card swipe from customers. (YoY compares this year to last year's performance, while QoQ compares the current three months to the previous three).
$565.0M
-0.9%
+0.6%
Net IncomeThe absolute bottom line. If the company paid every single supplier, employee, banker, and tax collector, this is the actual money left in their pocket at the end of the day.
$-83.6M
-5.7%
+14.1%
Gross MarginThe basic markup. If they sell a $100 pair of sneakers, this percentage tells you how much of that price tag is profit right after paying for the rubber and shoelaces, but before paying for things like store rent or TV commercials.
-20.7%
-135.1%
+539.7%
Operating MarginThe 'day job' efficiency score. Out of every dollar a customer spends, this shows how many cents the company keeps after making the product AND paying for all the everyday corporate overhead (like salaries, marketing, and keeping the lights on).
+14.1%
+8.0%
+305.2%
Net MarginThe final take-home percentage. When you strip away every conceivable cost, tax, and interest payment, this is the exact number of cents the company truly gets to keep from every dollar in sales.
-14.8%
-6.7%
+14.6%
Free Cash FlowThe holy grail of corporate cash. It's the spendable, physical money left over after the business pays for its daily operations AND buys the big, expensive upgrades (like new factories or servers) it needs to survive. This is the 'free' money they can use to pay dividends or buy back stock.
$-16.7M
-19.1%
+402.7%
FCF MarginThe ultimate cash conversion rate. It shows how good the company is at turning regular sales directly into cold, hard, spendable cash. A high percentage means the business is an absolute cash-printing machine.
-3.0%
-20.3%
+400.9%
Debt / EquityThe financial risk gauge. It compares how much of the company's empire was built using borrowed money (loans) versus the owners' own money (shareholders). A high number means they are heavily leveraged and playing a riskier game; a low number means they are playing it safe.
152.1%
-3.7%
+0.3%
Current RatioThe 12-month survival check. It simply compares the cash they have right now (plus things they can quickly turn into cash) against the immediate bills they absolutely must pay this year. A score above 1 means they have enough in the wallet to cover the upcoming bills without panicking.
2.00x
+73.3%
+0.8%
Total AssetsThe absolute size of the company's empire. It bundles together absolutely everything of value they own—from the cash in the register and the inventory in the warehouse, to the software patents in the vault and the factories on the ground.
Operator: Good day, everyone. Welcome to Piedmont Realty Trust Inc. Second Quarter 26 Earnings Call. At this time, all participants have been placed on a listen-only mode, and the floor will be open for questions and comments after the presentation. It is now my pleasure to turn the floor over to your host, Laura Moon. Please go ahead.
Laura Moon: Thank you, operator, and good morning, everyone. We appreciate you joining us today for Piedmont's second quarter 26 earnings conference call. Last night, we filed our 10-Q and an 8-K that includes our earnings release and unaudited supplemental information for the second quarter of 26. Both of these documents are available for your review on our website at piedmontreit.com under the Investor Relations section. During this call, you will hear from senior officers at Piedmont, Their prepared remarks followed by answers to your questions will contain forward looking statements as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 2000. These forward looking statements address matters which are subject to risks and uncertainties, and therefore, actual results may differ from those we anticipate and discuss today. The risks and uncertainties of these forward looking statements are discussed in our supplemental information as well as our SEC filings. We encourage everyone to review the more detailed discussion related to risks associated with forward looking statements in our SEC filings. Examples of forward looking statements include those related to Piedmont future revenues and operating income, dividends and financial guidance, future financing, leasing and investment activity, and the impacts of this activity on the company's financial and operational results. You should not place any undue reliance on any of these forward looking statements and these statements are based upon the information and estimates we have reviewed as of the date the statements are made. Also on today's call, representatives of the company may refer to certain non GAAP financial measures such as FFO, core FFO, AFFO, and same store NOI. The definitions and reconciliations of these non GAAP measures are contained in the supplemental financial information which was filed last night. At this time, our President and Chief Executive Officer, Brent Smith, will provide some opening comments regarding second quarter 26 operating results. Brent?
Christopher Brent Smith: Thanks, Laura. Good morning, and thank you for joining us today as we review our second quarter 26 results. In addition to Laura, on the line with me this morning are George Wells and Alex Valente. Our chief operating officers. Christopher A. Kollme, our EVP of Investments and Sherry L. Rexroad, our chief financial We also have the usual full complement of our management team available to answer your questions. Piedmont had a strong quarter. Beating consensus by a penny due to operational outperformance, and raising our 2026 outlook for the second quarter in a row, …