Ares Acquisition Co. II (AACT) Competitors

National Storage Affiliates Trust (NYSE:NSA) and Ares Acquisition Co. II (NYSE:AACT) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, institutional ownership, community ranking, earnings, profitability, dividends, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.

Do analysts prefer NSA or AACT?

National Storage Affiliates Trust currently has a consensus target price of $40.83, indicating a potential upside of 18.83%. Given National Storage Affiliates Trust's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe National Storage Affiliates Trust is more favorable than Ares Acquisition Co. II.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
National Storage Affiliates Trust	2 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.90
Ares Acquisition Co. II	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Is NSA or AACT more profitable?

National Storage Affiliates Trust has a net margin of 20.59% compared to Ares Acquisition Co. II's net margin of 0.00%. National Storage Affiliates Trust's return on equity of 10.35% beat Ares Acquisition Co. II's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
National Storage Affiliates Trust	20.59%	10.35%	2.98%
Ares Acquisition Co. II	N/A	-128.65%	5.02%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor NSA or AACT?

National Storage Affiliates Trust received 272 more outperform votes than Ares Acquisition Co. II when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
National Storage Affiliates Trust	Outperform Votes 272 54.18%	Underperform Votes 230 45.82%
Ares Acquisition Co. II	N/A	N/A

Does the media favor NSA or AACT?

In the previous week, National Storage Affiliates Trust had 10 more articles in the media than Ares Acquisition Co. II. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for National Storage Affiliates Trust and 2 mentions for Ares Acquisition Co. II. Ares Acquisition Co. II's average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat National Storage Affiliates Trust's score of 1.16 indicating that Ares Acquisition Co. II is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
National Storage Affiliates Trust	8 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Ares Acquisition Co. II	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has better valuation & earnings, NSA or AACT?

National Storage Affiliates 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
National Storage Affiliates Trust	$762.54M	3.45	$156.67M	$0.59	58.24
Ares Acquisition Co. II	N/A	N/A	$16.92M	N/A	N/A

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

100.0% of National Storage Affiliates Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.9% of Ares Acquisition Co. II shares are owned by institutional investors. 13.7% of National Storage Affiliates Trust shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more risk and volatility, NSA or AACT?

National Storage Affiliates Trust has a beta of 1.2, suggesting that its stock price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ares Acquisition Co. II has a beta of -0.01, suggesting that its stock price is 101% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

National Storage Affiliates Trust beats Ares Acquisition Co. II on 12 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.