JBG SMITH Properties (JBGS) Competitors

JBG SMITH Properties (NYSE:JBGS) and American Assets Trust (NYSE:AAT) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, dividends, earnings, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and institutional ownership.

Do analysts recommend JBGS or AAT?

JBG SMITH Properties currently has a consensus target price of $16.00, suggesting a potential downside of 6.27%. American Assets Trust has a consensus target price of $21.00, suggesting a potential upside of 3.91%. Given American Assets Trust's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe American Assets Trust is more favorable than JBG SMITH Properties.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
JBG SMITH Properties	2 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.00
American Assets Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Is JBGS or AAT a better dividend stock?

JBG SMITH Properties pays an annual dividend of $0.70 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. American Assets Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.7%. JBG SMITH Properties pays out -37.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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. American Assets Trust has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years. American Assets Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Is JBGS or AAT more profitable?

American Assets Trust has a net margin of 17.57% compared to JBG SMITH Properties' net margin of -30.02%. American Assets Trust's return on equity of 7.02% beat JBG SMITH Properties' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
JBG SMITH Properties	-30.02%	-8.59%	-3.10%
American Assets Trust	17.57%	7.02%	2.54%

Does the media favor JBGS or AAT?

In the previous week, American Assets Trust had 4 more articles in the media than JBG SMITH Properties. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for American Assets Trust and 1 mentions for JBG SMITH Properties. American Assets Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat JBG SMITH Properties' score of 0.00 indicating that American Assets Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
JBG SMITH Properties	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
American Assets Trust	4 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, JBGS or AAT?

American Assets Trust has lower revenue, but higher earnings than JBG SMITH Properties. JBG SMITH Properties 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
JBG SMITH Properties	$547.31M	2.28	-$143.53M	-$1.87	-9.13
American Assets Trust	$457.86M	2.70	$72.82M	$1.27	15.91

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of JBGS or AAT?

98.5% of JBG SMITH Properties shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.4% of American Assets Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.4% of JBG SMITH Properties shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 36.8% of American Assets Trust shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more risk & volatility, JBGS or AAT?

JBG SMITH Properties has a beta of 1.24, meaning that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, American Assets Trust has a beta of 1.15, meaning that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

American Assets Trust beats JBG SMITH Properties on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.