One Liberty Properties (OLP) Competitors

One Liberty Properties (NYSE:OLP) and American Assets Trust (NYSE:AAT) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, risk, earnings, community ranking and profitability.

Which has more volatility and risk, OLP or AAT?

One Liberty Properties has a beta of 1.37, meaning that its share price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, American Assets Trust has a beta of 1.29, meaning that its share price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is OLP or AAT a better dividend stock?

One Liberty Properties pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.7%. American Assets Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.34 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. One Liberty Properties pays out 132.4% 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 pays out 150.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. One Liberty Properties is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do analysts rate OLP or AAT?

One Liberty Properties currently has a consensus price target of $25.00, indicating a potential downside of 6.77%. American Assets Trust has a consensus price target of $22.00, indicating a potential downside of 12.77%. Given One Liberty Properties' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe One Liberty Properties is more favorable than American Assets Trust.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
One Liberty Properties	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
American Assets Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Is OLP or AAT more profitable?

One Liberty Properties has a net margin of 32.51% compared to American Assets Trust's net margin of 12.05%. One Liberty Properties' return on equity of 9.56% beat American Assets Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
One Liberty Properties	32.51%	9.56%	3.85%
American Assets Trust	12.05%	4.60%	1.78%

Does the media prefer OLP or AAT?

In the previous week, American Assets Trust had 4 more articles in the media than One Liberty Properties. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for American Assets Trust and 2 mentions for One Liberty Properties. American Assets Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat One Liberty Properties' score of 0.76 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
One Liberty Properties	2 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	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

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

36.2% of One Liberty Properties shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.4% of American Assets Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 25.4% of One Liberty Properties shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 37.3% of American Assets Trust shares are owned 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer OLP or AAT?

American Assets Trust received 167 more outperform votes than One Liberty Properties when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.61% of users gave American Assets Trust an outperform vote while only 59.82% of users gave One Liberty Properties an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
One Liberty Properties	Outperform Votes 204 59.82%	Underperform Votes 137 40.18%
American Assets Trust	Outperform Votes 371 66.61%	Underperform Votes 186 33.39%

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, OLP or AAT?

American Assets Trust has higher revenue and earnings than One Liberty Properties. One Liberty 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
One Liberty Properties	$90.65M	6.23	$29.61M	$1.36	19.72
American Assets Trust	$441.16M	3.48	$64.69M	$0.89	28.34

Summary

One Liberty Properties beats American Assets Trust on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.