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City Office REIT (CIO) Competitors

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$6.94 -0.03 (-0.36%)
Closing price 10/22/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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CIO vs. AAT, BDN, BXP, CUZ, DEI, HIW, KRC, PDM, VNO, and SAFE

Should you be buying City Office REIT stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of City Office REIT include American Assets Trust (AAT), Brandywine Realty Trust (BDN), BXP (BXP), Cousins Properties (CUZ), Douglas Emmett (DEI), Highwoods Properties (HIW), Kilroy Realty (KRC), Piedmont Realty Trust (PDM), Vornado Realty Trust (VNO), and Safehold (SAFE). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

City Office REIT vs. Its Competitors

American Assets Trust (NYSE:AAT) and City Office REIT (NYSE:CIO) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, risk, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

American Assets Trust presently has a consensus price target of $20.50, indicating a potential upside of 1.92%. Given American Assets Trust's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe American Assets Trust is more favorable than City Office REIT.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
American Assets Trust
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
City Office REIT
1 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.50

American Assets Trust has a net margin of 16.26% compared to City Office REIT's net margin of -71.27%. American Assets Trust's return on equity of 6.47% beat City Office REIT's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
American Assets Trust16.26% 6.47% 2.34%
City Office REIT -71.27%-20.26%-8.45%

American Assets Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.8%. City Office REIT pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.8%. American Assets Trust pays out 117.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. City Office REIT pays out -12.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. American Assets Trust has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years and City Office REIT has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. American Assets Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

90.4% of American Assets Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.5% of City Office REIT shares are owned by institutional investors. 36.8% of American Assets Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.3% of City Office REIT shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

American Assets Trust has a beta of 1.23, meaning that its share price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, City Office REIT has a beta of 1.82, meaning that its share price is 82% more volatile than the S&P 500.

American Assets Trust has higher revenue and earnings than City Office REIT. City Office REIT 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
American Assets Trust$457.86M2.69$72.82M$1.1617.34
City Office REIT$171.13M1.64-$17.68M-$3.17-2.19

In the previous week, City Office REIT had 4 more articles in the media than American Assets Trust. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for City Office REIT and 3 mentions for American Assets Trust. American Assets Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.86 beat City Office REIT's score of -0.04 indicating that American Assets Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
American Assets Trust
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
City Office REIT
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Summary

American Assets Trust beats City Office REIT on 15 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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CIO vs. The Competition

MetricCity Office REITREIT IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$280.93M$8.64B$12.60B$21.97B
Dividend Yield5.75%5.47%5.57%3.62%
P/E Ratio-2.19151.6621.1832.44
Price / Sales1.645.1330.1279.67
Price / Cash6.5117.8222.3724.33
Price / Book0.451.662.234.60
Net Income-$17.68M$128.86M$1.02B$1.02B
7 Day Performance-0.50%1.21%0.84%0.53%
1 Month Performance-0.29%-2.33%-1.21%-0.49%
1 Year Performance20.19%-10.31%535.56%11.60%

City Office REIT Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CIO
City Office REIT
1.7723 of 5 stars
$6.94
-0.4%
N/A+24.8%$280.93M$171.13M-2.1920Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↑
AAT
American Assets Trust
3.9215 of 5 stars
$19.13
+0.4%
$20.50
+7.2%
-26.6%$1.17B$457.86M16.49220Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
BDN
Brandywine Realty Trust
4.301 of 5 stars
$3.68
+1.5%
$4.50
+22.4%
-38.5%$628.79M$505.52M-1.95330News Coverage
Earnings Report
BXP
BXP
3.5119 of 5 stars
$70.11
+0.9%
$78.95
+12.6%
-15.7%$11.01B$3.41B2,337.78780Upcoming Earnings
CUZ
Cousins Properties
4.7041 of 5 stars
$26.26
-1.4%
$32.18
+22.6%
-14.5%$4.47B$856.76M70.97290Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
DEI
Douglas Emmett
4.5467 of 5 stars
$13.83
+0.4%
$18.25
+32.0%
-26.5%$2.31B$986.48M62.87750News Coverage
Positive News
HIW
Highwoods Properties
3.8588 of 5 stars
$29.75
-1.8%
$32.29
+8.5%
-16.8%$3.27B$825.86M25.00340Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
KRC
Kilroy Realty
3.6448 of 5 stars
$40.36
+2.0%
$40.83
+1.2%
-2.5%$4.68B$1.14B21.93260Upcoming Earnings
PDM
Piedmont Realty Trust
1.4636 of 5 stars
$8.02
+0.4%
$8.67
+8.1%
-21.0%$994.79M$570.32M-14.58150News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
VNO
Vornado Realty Trust
4.5275 of 5 stars
$38.94
+2.6%
$39.42
+1.2%
-8.2%$7.29B$1.79B9.642,996Positive News
SAFE
Safehold
4.2892 of 5 stars
$14.95
+1.2%
$19.89
+33.0%
-33.0%$1.06B$365.68M10.45120News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings

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This page (NYSE:CIO) was last updated on 10/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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