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City Office REIT (CIO) Competitors

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$5.69 +0.05 (+0.89%)
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$5.68 -0.02 (-0.26%)
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CIO vs. AAT, BDN, BXP, CUZ, DEI, HIW, KRC, PDM, SLG, and VNO

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), SL Green Realty (SLG), and Vornado Realty Trust (VNO). 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 better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment and valuation.

American Assets Trust presently has a consensus price target of $21.00, suggesting a potential upside of 0.14%. Given American Assets Trust's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly 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)
2 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
City Office REIT
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

American Assets Trust has a beta of 1.15, suggesting that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, City Office REIT has a beta of 1.65, suggesting that its stock price is 65% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, American Assets Trust had 1 more articles in the media than City Office REIT. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for American Assets Trust and 1 mentions for City Office REIT. American Assets Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat City Office REIT's score of 0.58 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
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
City Office REIT
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

American Assets Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.5%. City Office REIT pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.0%. American Assets Trust pays out 107.1% 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 -61.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. American Assets Trust has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years and City Office REIT has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. City Office REIT is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

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

American Assets Trust has a net margin of 17.57% compared to City Office REIT's net margin of -11.11%. American Assets Trust's return on equity of 7.02% beat City Office REIT's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
American Assets Trust17.57% 7.02% 2.54%
City Office REIT -11.11%-2.98%-1.28%

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$457.86M2.80$72.82M$1.2716.51
City Office REIT$171.13M1.34-$17.68M-$0.65-8.75

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

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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CIO vs. The Competition

MetricCity Office REITREIT IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$227.62M$8.33B$11.97B$20.59B
Dividend Yield7.09%5.78%5.54%3.73%
P/E Ratio-8.7541.2620.0728.00
Price / Sales1.344.9325.3643.15
Price / Cash5.2818.1121.4822.41
Price / Book0.371.672.294.61
Net Income-$17.68M$128.99M$990.08M$982.91M
7 Day Performance1.61%0.61%0.18%3.26%
1 Month Performance7.06%1.01%3.09%4.37%
1 Year Performance15.65%0.33%540.36%14.95%

City Office REIT Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CIO
City Office REIT
3.3551 of 5 stars
$5.69
+0.9%
N/A+12.2%$227.62M$171.13M-8.7520Gap Down
AAT
American Assets Trust
3.7027 of 5 stars
$19.95
-1.3%
$21.00
+5.3%
-6.8%$1.24B$457.86M15.71220Positive News
BDN
Brandywine Realty Trust
4.3857 of 5 stars
$4.07
-1.9%
$5.00
+22.9%
-3.0%$717.74M$505.52M-3.39330News Coverage
BXP
BXP
3.7259 of 5 stars
$67.34
-2.2%
$79.54
+18.1%
+12.8%$10.90B$3.41B-3,365.32780
CUZ
Cousins Properties
3.9926 of 5 stars
$29.08
-2.2%
$32.40
+11.4%
+26.1%$4.99B$856.76M88.12290Positive News
Ex-Dividend
DEI
Douglas Emmett
2.2856 of 5 stars
$15.32
-2.4%
$18.13
+18.3%
+17.2%$2.63B$986.48M47.88750
HIW
Highwoods Properties
3.2704 of 5 stars
$30.75
-1.9%
$31.83
+3.5%
+16.3%$3.38B$825.86M19.10340Positive News
KRC
Kilroy Realty
2.9464 of 5 stars
$34.60
-2.0%
$38.90
+12.4%
+10.8%$4.17B$1.14B20.60260
PDM
Piedmont Realty Trust
3.7256 of 5 stars
$7.40
-1.9%
$8.67
+17.1%
+0.4%$938.04M$570.32M-15.10150News Coverage
Positive News
SLG
SL Green Realty
1.4461 of 5 stars
$60.91
-1.6%
$66.33
+8.9%
+9.6%$4.41B$886.27M-145.021,221News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
VNO
Vornado Realty Trust
3.6894 of 5 stars
$37.38
-1.0%
$37.91
+1.4%
+42.8%$7.25B$1.79B71.892,996Positive News

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This page (NYSE:CIO) was last updated on 7/10/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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