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The Best Yielding Office REITs

Best Yields From The Office REIT Industry by Dividend Yield - Stock, Capital, Investment. Here is a current sheet of the best dividend paying stocks from the office REITs industry. The whole industry has a total market capitalization of USD 59 billion. One year before, I screened the industry by the best yielding office Reits as of 2010. Since the first day of screening, the number of stocks has significantly changed as well as the industry capitalization. Today, 17 of 18 companies pay dividends and 10 of them have a yield of more than 10 percent.

Here are the 4 top dividend stocks by dividend yield:
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Government Properties (NYSE:GOV) has a market capitalization of $980.56 million. The company generates revenues of $116.77 million and has a net income of $27.80 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $59.45 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 50.91 percent (operating margin 30.15 percent and the net profit margin finally 23.80 percent).


The total debt representing 17.28 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 21.71 percent. Due to the financial situation, the return on equity amounts to 5.01 percent. Finally, earnings per share amounts to $0.94 of which $1.62 were paid in form of dividends to shareholders last fiscal.


Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 22.18, Price/Sales 8.55 and Price/Book ratio 1.13. Dividend Yield: 7.92 percent.


Long-Term Stock Chart Of Government Properties ... (Click to enlarge)


Corporate Office Properties (NYSE:OFC) has a market capitalization of $1.49 billion. The company employs 411 people, generates revenues of $564.48 million and has a net income of $40.28 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $282.85 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 50.11 percent (operating margin 23.26 percent and the net profit margin finally 7.14 percent).


The total debt representing 60.44 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 189.44 percent. Due to the financial situation, the return on equity amounts to 2.07 percent. Finally, earnings per share amounts to $-0.37 of which $1.61 were paid in form of dividends to shareholders last fiscal.


Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is not calculable, Price/Sales 2.76 and Price/Book ratio 1.18. Dividend Yield: 7.60 percent. The beta ratio is 1.00.


Long-Term Stock Chart Of Corporate Office Prope... (Click to enlarge)


Piedmont Office Realty (NYSE:PDM) has a market capitalization of $2.87 billion. The company employs 110 people, generates revenues of $588.84 million and has a net income of $126.22 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $341.77 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 58.04 percent (operating margin 32.75 percent and the net profit margin finally 21.44 percent).


The total debt representing 32.07 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 50.68 percent. Due to the financial situation, the return on equity amounts to 4.62 percent. Finally, earnings per share amounts to $0.58 of which $1.26 were paid in form of dividends to shareholders last fiscal.


Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 28.82, Price/Sales 4.98 and Price/Book ratio 1.06. Dividend Yield: 7.42 percent.


Long-Term Stock Chart Of Piedmont Office Realty... (Click to enlarge)


Franklin Street Properties (NYSEAMEX:FSP) has a market capitalization of $871.67 million. The company employs 44 people, generates revenues of $123.12 million and has a net income of $17.90 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $60.58 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 49.20 percent (operating margin 13.66 percent and the net profit margin finally 14.54 percent).


The total debt representing 22.99 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 30.91 percent. Due to the financial situation, the return on equity amounts to 1.93 percent. Finally, earnings per share amounts to $0.26 of which $0.76 were paid in form of dividends to shareholders last fiscal.


Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 41.15, Price/Sales 7.36 and Price/Book ratio 0.96. Dividend Yield: 6.96 percent. The beta ratio is 0.97.


Long-Term Stock Chart Of Franklin Street Proper... (Click to enlarge)


Here is the full table with some fundamentals (TTM):

The Best Yielding Office REITs (Click to enlarge)
Take a closer look at the full table. The average price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) amounts to 40.0 while the forward price to earnings ratio is 28.3. The dividend yield has a value of 5.6 percent. Price to book ratio is 1.3 and price to sales ratio 4.3. The operating margin amounts to 19.1 percent.

Related stock ticker symbols:
GOV, OFC, PDM, FSP, CLI, MSW, LSE, LRY, DRE, HIW, DLR, HPP, AAT, KRC, ARE, PKY, BXP

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