Orion Office REIT Inc. ONL

Competitive advantage analysis · real-estate

REIT Specialized
Overall moat score
14/100
Weak

Ranked against 30 peers in REIT - Office

About Orion Office REIT Inc.

Orion Office REIT specializes in the ownership, acquisition and management of a diversified portfolio of mission-critical and corporate headquarters office buildings in high-quality suburban markets across the U.S. The portfolio is leased primarily on a single-tenant net lease basis to creditworthy tenants. The company's team of experienced industry leaders employs a proven, cycle-tested investment evaluation framework which serves as the … Full ONL analysis →

Key risks

  • Weak NOI Margins NOI margins lag peers (score 0.14), indicating weak pricing power.
  • Weak AFFO Coverage AFFO generation is weak (score 0.21), threatening dividend sustainability.

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Rent Pricing Power

Weak
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Where ONL ranks in REIT - Office

Orion Office REIT Inc. ranks #25 of 27 scored companies in REIT - Office by moat score — the top 93%. The widest moat in the group is Easterly Government Properties, (DEA) at 78/100.

# Company Moat score Rating
19 City Office REIT, Inc. CIO 37/100 Developing
20 Brandywine Realty Trust BDN 35/100 Developing
21 Franklin Street Properties Corp FSP 34/100 Developing
22 JBG SMITH Properties JBGS 29/100 Developing
23 Creative Media & Community Trus CMCT 20/100 Weak
24 Hudson Pacific Properties, Inc. HPP 19/100 Weak
25 Orion Office REIT Inc. ONL 14/100 Weak
26 Office Properties Income Trust OPI 0/100 Weak
27 Paramount Group, Inc. PGRE 0/100 Weak

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How ONL scores on the REIT Specialized defenses

Rent Pricing Power

Score 10 · 20% of the moat score

For a REIT, pricing power is the ability to raise rents at renewal and still keep the space occupied.

AFFO Strength

Score 14 · 18% of the moat score

AFFO — adjusted funds from operations — is the cash a REIT can actually distribute after the recurring capital spending buildings need in order to stay leasable.

Balance Sheet & Cost of Capital

Score 29 · 20% of the moat score

Real estate is bought with borrowed money, so a REIT's cost of capital is its competitive advantage.

Capital Recycling & Growth

Score 4 · 16% of the moat score

REITs grow by issuing shares and debt to buy more property, which creates value only when the yield on the asset exceeds the cost of the capital raised.

Operational Efficiency

Score 18 · 14% of the moat score

Running property — leasing, maintenance, taxes, management — is the part of the business a REIT genuinely controls.

Portfolio Quality & Diversification

Score 4 · 12% of the moat score

Portfolio quality is really a question about what happens when a tenant fails.

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Understanding ONL's moat

What is Orion Office REIT Inc.'s moat score?

Orion Office REIT Inc. (ONL) scores 14 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as weak. It ranks #25 of 27 scored companies in REIT - Office, the top 93%. The score is a weighted composite of 6 competitive defenses, each measured against industry peers of 30 companies in REIT - Office. Its strongest defense is Balance Sheet & Cost of Capital (29/100) and its weakest is Capital Recycling & Growth (4/100).

How does Orion Office REIT Inc. compare with other REIT - Office companies?

Orion Office REIT Inc. ranks #25 of 27 scored companies in REIT - Office by moat score. The widest moat in REIT - Office is Easterly Government Properties, (DEA) at 78/100. The companies ranked closest are Hudson Pacific Properties, Inc. (HPP) at 19 just above it and Office Properties Income Trust (OPI) at 0 just below it.

How is the moat score calculated?

Each company is scored with an industry-specific template — REIT Specialized in this case, chosen because the defenses that matter to a bank are not the ones that matter to a software company. Every defense combines several financial signals, and each signal is measured as a percentile against a peer group of 30 companies in REIT - Office. The defenses are then weighted to produce the overall score out of 100.

Why is Orion Office REIT Inc. scored with the REIT Specialized template?

A REIT is a portfolio of buildings financed with debt and required to distribute most of its taxable income. Reported earnings are dominated by depreciation on assets that often appreciate, so net income says very little; the real question is how much cash the properties distribute, and how securely. The REIT template scores what determines that: rent pricing, distributable cash, cost of capital, and the discipline behind growth.

Which competitive defenses are measured for Orion Office REIT Inc.?

The REIT Specialized template measures 6 defenses, and ONL scores: Rent Pricing Power (10), AFFO Strength (14), Balance Sheet & Cost of Capital (29), Capital Recycling & Growth (4), Operational Efficiency (18), Portfolio Quality & Diversification (4). Each is scored independently as a percentile against peers, so a company can be strong on one and weak on another — the overall score reflects how those defenses are weighted for this industry.

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