OLP vs. AAT, WSR, GOOD, GYRO, VNO, CUZ, LXP, AHR, AKR, and DRH
Should you be buying One Liberty Properties stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of One Liberty Properties include American Assets Trust (AAT), Whitestone REIT (WSR), Gladstone Commercial (GOOD), Gyrodyne (GYRO), Vornado Realty Trust (VNO), Cousins Properties (CUZ), LXP Industrial Trust (LXP), American Healthcare REIT (AHR), Acadia Realty Trust (AKR), and DiamondRock Hospitality (DRH). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
American Assets Trust (NYSE:AAT) and One Liberty Properties (NYSE:OLP) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, valuation, community ranking and profitability.
American Assets Trust has a beta of 1.28, indicating that its share price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, One Liberty Properties has a beta of 1.35, indicating that its share price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500.
American Assets Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.34 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.3%. One Liberty Properties pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.7%. American Assets Trust pays out 150.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. One Liberty Properties pays out 132.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. American Assets Trust has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years. One Liberty Properties is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
American Assets Trust has higher revenue and earnings than One Liberty Properties. One Liberty Properties is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than American Assets Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
American Assets Trust received 167 more outperform votes than One Liberty Properties when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.61% of users gave American Assets Trust an outperform vote while only 59.82% of users gave One Liberty Properties an outperform vote.
In the previous week, American Assets Trust had 7 more articles in the media than One Liberty Properties. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for American Assets Trust and 0 mentions for One Liberty Properties. One Liberty Properties' average media sentiment score of 1.82 beat American Assets Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that American Assets Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.
One Liberty Properties has a net margin of 32.51% compared to One Liberty Properties' net margin of 12.05%. American Assets Trust's return on equity of 9.56% beat One Liberty Properties' return on equity.
90.4% of American Assets Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.2% of One Liberty Properties shares are owned by institutional investors. 37.3% of American Assets Trust shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 25.4% of One Liberty Properties shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
American Assets Trust presently has a consensus price target of $22.00, indicating a potential upside of 2.76%. One Liberty Properties has a consensus price target of $25.00, indicating a potential upside of 6.47%. Given American Assets Trust's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe One Liberty Properties is more favorable than American Assets Trust.
Summary
One Liberty Properties beats American Assets Trust on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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