JBG SMITH Properties (JBGS) Competitors

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

Do analysts prefer AAT or JBGS?

American Assets Trust presently has a consensus price target of $21.00, suggesting a potential upside of 12.33%. JBG SMITH Properties has a consensus price target of $16.00, suggesting a potential downside of 23.47%. Given American Assets Trust's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe American Assets Trust is more favorable than JBG SMITH Properties.

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
JBG SMITH Properties	2 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.00

Which has more risk & volatility, AAT or JBGS?

American Assets Trust has a beta of 1.17, meaning that its share price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, JBG SMITH Properties has a beta of 1.28, meaning that its share price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, AAT or JBGS?

American Assets Trust has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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
American Assets Trust	$457.86M	2.50	$72.82M	$1.16	16.12
JBG SMITH Properties	$547.31M	2.36	-$143.53M	-$1.89	-11.06

Is AAT or JBGS a better dividend stock?

American Assets Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.3%. JBG SMITH Properties pays an annual dividend of $0.70 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. 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. JBG SMITH Properties pays out -37.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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 AAT or JBGS more profitable?

American Assets Trust has a net margin of 16.26% compared to JBG SMITH Properties' net margin of -29.54%. American Assets Trust's return on equity of 6.47% beat JBG SMITH Properties' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
American Assets Trust	16.26%	6.47%	2.34%
JBG SMITH Properties	-29.54%	-9.20%	-3.12%

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

90.4% of American Assets Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.5% of JBG SMITH Properties shares are held by institutional investors. 36.8% of American Assets Trust shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.4% of JBG SMITH Properties shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media refer more to AAT or JBGS?

In the previous week, American Assets Trust had 1 more articles in the media than JBG SMITH Properties. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for American Assets Trust and 17 mentions for JBG SMITH Properties. American Assets Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.52 beat JBG SMITH Properties' 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	13 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
JBG SMITH Properties	6 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

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