Universal Health Realty Income Trust (UHT) Competitors

American Assets Trust (NYSE:AAT) and Universal Health Realty Income Trust (NYSE:UHT) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk and valuation.

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of AAT or UHT?

90.4% of American Assets Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.7% of Universal Health Realty Income Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 36.8% of American Assets Trust shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of Universal Health Realty Income Trust shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk and volatility, AAT or UHT?

American Assets Trust has a beta of 1.23, indicating that its share price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Universal Health Realty Income Trust has a beta of 0.98, indicating that its share price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer AAT or UHT?

In the previous week, American Assets Trust had 1 more articles in the media than Universal Health Realty Income Trust. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for American Assets Trust and 0 mentions for Universal Health Realty Income Trust. American Assets Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.79 beat Universal Health Realty Income Trust's score of 0.49 indicating that American Assets Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
American Assets Trust	Very Positive
Universal Health Realty Income Trust	Neutral

Do analysts rate AAT or UHT?

American Assets Trust presently has a consensus target price of $20.50, indicating a potential upside of 4.59%. Given American Assets Trust's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe American Assets Trust is more favorable than Universal Health Realty Income Trust.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
American Assets Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Universal Health Realty Income Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Is AAT or UHT a better dividend stock?

American Assets Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.9%. Universal Health Realty Income Trust pays an annual dividend of $2.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.1%. 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. Universal Health Realty Income Trust pays out 229.5% 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 and Universal Health Realty Income Trust has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years.

Is AAT or UHT more profitable?

Universal Health Realty Income Trust has a net margin of 18.19% compared to American Assets Trust's net margin of 16.26%. Universal Health Realty Income Trust's return on equity of 10.27% beat American Assets Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
American Assets Trust	16.26%	6.47%	2.34%
Universal Health Realty Income Trust	18.19%	10.27%	3.10%

Which has higher valuation & earnings, AAT or UHT?

American Assets Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Universal Health Realty Income Trust. American Assets Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Universal Health Realty Income 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	2.62	$72.82M	$1.16	16.90
Universal Health Realty Income Trust	$99.01M	5.10	$19.23M	$1.29	28.23

Summary

American Assets Trust beats Universal Health Realty Income Trust on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.