City Office REIT (CIO) 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.

Do analysts prefer AAT or CIO?

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

Is AAT or CIO more profitable?

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 Trust	16.26%	6.47%	2.34%
City Office REIT	-71.27%	-20.26%	-8.45%

Is AAT or CIO a better dividend stock?

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.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in AAT or CIO?

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.

Which has more risk and volatility, AAT or CIO?

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.

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, AAT or CIO?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
American Assets Trust	$457.86M	2.69	$72.82M	$1.16	17.34
City Office REIT	$171.13M	1.64	-$17.68M	-$3.17	-2.19

Does the media favor AAT or CIO?

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.