Ares Acquisition Co. II (AACT) Competitors

Four Corners Property Trust (NYSE:FCPT) and Ares Acquisition Co. II (NYSE:AACT) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, dividends, media sentiment, valuation and earnings.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of FCPT or AACT?

98.7% of Four Corners Property Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.9% of Ares Acquisition Co. II shares are held by institutional investors. 1.2% of Four Corners Property Trust shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer FCPT or AACT?

In the previous week, Four Corners Property Trust had 14 more articles in the media than Ares Acquisition Co. II. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Four Corners Property Trust and 1 mentions for Ares Acquisition Co. II. Ares Acquisition Co. II's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Four Corners Property Trust's score of 0.89 indicating that Ares Acquisition Co. II is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Four Corners Property Trust	Positive
Ares Acquisition Co. II	Positive

Which has more risk & volatility, FCPT or AACT?

Four Corners Property Trust has a beta of 0.86, indicating that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ares Acquisition Co. II has a beta of 0.01, indicating that its share price is 99% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better valuation & earnings, FCPT or AACT?

Four Corners Property Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Ares Acquisition Co. II.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Four Corners Property Trust	$273.08M	10.17	$100.47M	$1.07	25.82
Ares Acquisition Co. II	N/A	N/A	$16.92M	N/A	N/A

Is FCPT or AACT more profitable?

Four Corners Property Trust has a net margin of 37.48% compared to Ares Acquisition Co. II's net margin of 0.00%. Four Corners Property Trust's return on equity of 7.54% beat Ares Acquisition Co. II's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Four Corners Property Trust	37.48%	7.54%	3.95%
Ares Acquisition Co. II	N/A	-128.65%	5.02%

Do analysts rate FCPT or AACT?

Four Corners Property Trust currently has a consensus target price of $29.40, indicating a potential upside of 6.41%. Given Four Corners Property Trust's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Four Corners Property Trust is more favorable than Ares Acquisition Co. II.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Four Corners Property Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Ares Acquisition Co. II	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the MarketBeat Community favor FCPT or AACT?

Four Corners Property Trust received 259 more outperform votes than Ares Acquisition Co. II when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Four Corners Property Trust	Outperform Votes 259 50.78%	Underperform Votes 251 49.22%
Ares Acquisition Co. II	N/A	N/A

Summary

Four Corners Property Trust beats Ares Acquisition Co. II on 12 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.