Peakstone Realty Trust (PKST) Competitors

Peakstone Realty Trust (NYSE:PKST) and Acadian Asset Management (NYSE:AAMI) 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, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, earnings, profitability and media sentiment.

Is PKST or AAMI a better dividend stock?

Peakstone Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.90 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.6%. Acadian Asset Management pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Peakstone Realty Trust pays out -10.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Acadian Asset Management pays out 1.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Peakstone Realty Trust has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Peakstone Realty Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Which has more volatility and risk, PKST or AAMI?

Peakstone Realty Trust has a beta of 1.76, suggesting that its share price is 76% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Acadian Asset Management has a beta of 1.42, suggesting that its share price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of PKST or AAMI?

39.0% of Peakstone Realty Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.7% of Acadian Asset Management shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of Peakstone Realty Trust shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 26.0% of Acadian Asset Management shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts prefer PKST or AAMI?

Peakstone Realty Trust presently has a consensus target price of $17.50, indicating a potential upside of 29.26%. Acadian Asset Management has a consensus target price of $31.67, indicating a potential downside of 25.51%. Given Peakstone Realty Trust's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Peakstone Realty Trust is more favorable than Acadian Asset Management.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Peakstone Realty Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Acadian Asset Management	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Is PKST or AAMI more profitable?

Acadian Asset Management has a net margin of 16.65% compared to Peakstone Realty Trust's net margin of -145.77%. Acadian Asset Management's return on equity of 174.31% beat Peakstone Realty Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Peakstone Realty Trust	-145.77%	-31.54%	-13.18%
Acadian Asset Management	16.65%	174.31%	17.56%

Does the media refer more to PKST or AAMI?

In the previous week, Peakstone Realty Trust had 6 more articles in the media than Acadian Asset Management. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Peakstone Realty Trust and 1 mentions for Acadian Asset Management. Peakstone Realty Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.58 beat Acadian Asset Management's score of 0.40 indicating that Peakstone Realty Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Peakstone Realty Trust	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Acadian Asset Management	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has higher earnings and valuation, PKST or AAMI?

Acadian Asset Management has higher revenue and earnings than Peakstone Realty Trust. Peakstone Realty Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Acadian Asset Management, 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
Peakstone Realty Trust	$228.07M	2.18	-$10.43M	-$8.89	-1.52
Acadian Asset Management	$505.60M	3.01	$85M	$2.40	17.71

Summary

Acadian Asset Management beats Peakstone Realty Trust on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.