
Fundamental analysis: Brandywine Realty Trust (BDN)
Awarener score: 6.3
Conclusion
The higher the Awarener score, the more bang you get for the buck. It measures how much genuine funds the company generates for the stock price paid (Average), the business stability (Excellent) and growth (Very poor), and the company's inclination to return cash to the stockholders (Excellent).
Note: All scores range from 1 (worst) to 10 (best). Conclusions are updated daily with closing stock prices and new reported quarterly financial statements.
Revenue score: 5.5
- Business has been shrinking at a fast pace. It's been weak when measured against peer companies.
- Brandywine Realty Trust business trend stability is excellent. The higher the stability, the lower the risk. It looks slightly better than rivals.
Margins score: 9.2
- BDN profit margins -on goods and services sold- are usually very good. They stand somewhat worse than rival companies.
- Business profit on sales tends to be huge. It's more than average in relation to competitors.
- Profits on sales made -available to repay debt and purchase properties- are usually huge. They remain rather normal in relation to peers.
- Earnings -before income taxes and interests on loans taken- tend to be excellent in relation to total revenues. They're still slightly worse than similar companies.
- Profits -before income taxes- are usually excellent considering total sales, and remain almost average when measured against rivals.
- Total net profit tends to be excellent when confronted to sales. Company stands below average when measured against comparable firms.
Growth score: 7.3
- Brandywine Realty Trust profit -on goods and services sold- has been shrinking. It's been in a very weak position compared to competitors.
- In recent years, earnings -on operations- have been growing at a very good step, which has been better than most comparable firms.
- Profits growth -available to repay debt and purchase properties- have been almost stagnant, which compares weak when measured against peer enterprises.
- Earnings -before income taxes and interests on loans taken- have been growing at a very good tempo. It turns to be a slight improvement compared to similar stocks.
- In past years, profits -before income taxes- grew at an extremely fast speed. It was top-notch against rivals.
- In the previous years, growth trend on total net profit has been extremely high, and top tier when measured against peer companies.
- Earnings per share have grown at an extremely fast rhythm in past years. It's been impressive in relation to industry peers.
Miscellaneous score: 10.0
- BDN managed to get a credit on income taxes in the past years, even though it earned money. It's been better than most peers.
- The company does not report R&D expenses. It's meaningless to measure in relation to competitors.
- We have insufficient data to estimate how effective is research and development effort. It stands unknown against rival companies.
Profitability score: 6.5
- Brandywine Realty Trust usually gets good returns on the resources it controls. It proves encouraging in relation to peer firms.
- The company normally gets sufficient proceeds -on the resources directly invested in the business-. They remain a slight improvement compared to similar companies.
- There's usually some profitability -in relation to owned resources-. It ranks similar to competitors.
- In the past, got good returns -on the tangible resources it controls-. This metric is usually related to the industry in which operates and combines profitability versus reinvestment needs. It's encouraging in relation to comparable enterprises.
Usage of Funds score: 5.9
- BDN usually uses a significant portion of genuine funds generated to buy or replace property, plant, or equipment. The need for reinvestments is abundant. It stands encouraging in relation to rival firms.
- The company is usually replacing the property, plant, and equipment that gets old, keeping its operating capabilities up to date, which is great when measured against industry peers.
- In the past twelve months it paid outstanding dividends, considering the current stock price. It came better than most competitors.
- In recent years, has cut back dividend payments. It could be traversing challenging times. The company has behaved in a weak position compared to similar firms.
- The company pays more dividends than genuine funds is usually able to generate, therefore borrowing more funds. Future payments may be at risk, especially if a downturn in business occurs. Sustainability looks worse than most comparable companies.
- The company usually neither enlarges nor reduces the pool of investors, resulting in approximately the same mouths feeding on the pie of profits. It remains a slight improvement compared to peer enterprises.
- Repurchase effectiveness metric is very complex. Run again in analytical mode if you're interested in a technical explanation. It stands a slight improvement compared to rivals.
- We do not have sufficient data to comment on buybacks and their sustainability. It still looks dubious against competitors.
Balance Sheet score: 5.6
- Brandywine Realty Trust intangible assets (like brands and goodwill) represent a very small portion of resources controlled, according to accounting books, which is mostly safe. It happens to be below average when measured against peer companies.
- The company has roughly double short-term resources than short-term obligations. Liquidity concerns are normally not an issue. It turns to be a slight improvement compared to similar firms.
- A substantial part of resources controlled were provided for with financial debt. Creditors have as many claims on the company as shareholders. The situation is somewhat risky. It remains mediocre against rival firms.
- Controlled resources take time to be turned into cash and equivalents, which is somewhat risky. It looks more than average in relation to rivals.
- For every dollar of short-term obligations, the company has more than enough dollars in cash and short-term receivables. It's a slight improvement compared to peer firms.
- For every dollar of short-term obligations, the company has almost another of cash and equivalents, which is slightly better than similar enterprises.
- Usually, sales are on somewhat more than three months credit. It still ranks substantially worse when measured against peers.
- Normally has no inventories. It comes up as impressive in relation to competitors.
- On average, it takes higher than five months from the purchase to charging customers. It happens to be worse than most peers.
- On average pays suppliers many months after the purchase. It ranks more than average in relation to industry peers.
- The company charges its customers before it must pay its suppliers, so the more it sales, the more free funds it gets. It's a slight improvement compared to similar companies.
- Usual business earnings are mostly consumed by net interest expenses. Creditors may be earning money by assuming risks, but stockholders not so much. Profitability must increase, lest the firm risks only working for creditors' benefit. It stands somewhat worse than rival firms.
- Business earnings have usually been low when measured against loans taken. Even cutting back reinvesting in the business, it could take more than seven years to repay the obligations with current profitability. It ranks more than average in relation to comparable enterprises.
- Revenues are huge in relation to property, plant, and equipment required to operate. This metric is likely dependent on the industry the company operates in. Low property, plant, and equipment requirements, allows the company to keep more money to reward stockholders in the long run. It looks a slight improvement compared to similar firms.
- Resource exploitation is very low when yearly sales are considered, business volume must be greatly increased. This metric is normally tied to the industry where the firm belongs. It's still somewhat better than peer companies.
Valuation score: 6.4
- Brandywine Realty Trust looks heavily expensive in relation to profits and financial position. It happens to be weak when measured against competitors.
- Price-to-Tangible-Book-Value is a fairly complex metric. Run again in analytical mode if you're interested in a technical explanation. It remains a slight improvement compared to peers.
- In the past twelve months, the company neither generated nor consumed funds. Whatever funds it could generate, it reinvested in the business, which stands worse than most similar companies.
- In the past years the company barely generated enough genuine funds to cover up for its business needs. Business prospects should improve to be in a better position to reward investors. It's still substantially worse when measured against industry firms.
- In the past twelve months, the company has rewarded investors, considering both dividends and share on the pie of earnings. It came up close to average when compared to peer ventures.
- The company is drowned in loans. It almost belongs more to the creditors than the stockholders. The situation may be dire. It looks worse than most similar enterprises.
- Considering the past twelve months, traditional Price-to-Earnings relation might be more or less reasonable, but hardly cheap. It ranks encouraging in relation to peer companies.
- Comparing the current stock price with the past twelve-months revenues gives a more than one-to-one relationship. This is an important metric to check its evolution through time, and to compare to industry peers. It looks in good shape compared to rival firms.
- The stock price is significantly below the accounting book value. Unless profitability is extremely low, the stock may be selling at a large discount. Pay attention to the other key indicators for hints. The company remains somewhat better than peer firms.
- In the past twelve months, the operating business earned little money when compared to the current stock price and financial position. It happens to be great when measured against industry peers.
- In an alternate metric of bang for the buck, the company has usually shown a very good earnings power ability when measured against the current stock price and financial position. It's still in good shape compared to peer companies.
Total score: 7.0

Company at a glance: Brandywine Realty Trust (BDN)
Sector, industry: Real Estate, REIT—Office
Market Cap: 0.64 billions
Revenues TTM: 0.51 billions
Brandywine Realty Trust (NYSE: BDN) is one of the largest, publicly traded, full-service, integrated real estate companies in the United States with a core focus in the Philadelphia, Austin and Washington, D.C. markets. Organized as a real estate investment trust (REIT), we own, develop, lease and manage an urban, town center and transit-oriented portfolio comprising 175 properties and 24.7 million square feet as of December 31, 2020 which excludes assets held for sale. Our purpose is to shape, connect and inspire the world around us through our expertise, the relationships we foster, the communities in which we live and work, and the history we build together.
Awarener score: 6.3
Conclusion
The higher the Awarener score, the more bang you get for the buck. It measures how much genuine funds the company generates for the stock price paid (Average), the business stability (Excellent) and growth (Very poor), and the company's inclination to return cash to the stockholders (Excellent).