Universal Health Realty Income Trust (UHT) Competitors

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

Which has better valuation & earnings, UHT or AAT?

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
Universal Health Realty Income Trust	$99.01M	5.79	$19.23M	$1.29	32.04
American Assets Trust	$457.86M	2.75	$72.82M	$1.16	17.75

Do analysts rate UHT or AAT?

American Assets Trust has a consensus price target of $20.50, suggesting a potential downside of 0.46%. Given American Assets Trust's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly 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
Universal Health Realty Income Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
American Assets Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Is UHT or AAT a better dividend stock?

Universal Health Realty Income Trust pays an annual dividend of $2.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.2%. American Assets Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.6%. 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 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 has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years and American Assets Trust has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years.

Does the media favor UHT or AAT?

In the previous week, Universal Health Realty Income Trust had 2 more articles in the media than American Assets Trust. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Universal Health Realty Income Trust and 3 mentions for American Assets Trust. American Assets Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.71 beat Universal Health Realty Income Trust's score of 0.95 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
Universal Health Realty Income Trust	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
American Assets Trust	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Which has more volatility and risk, UHT or AAT?

Universal Health Realty Income Trust has a beta of 1.02, indicating that its stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, American Assets Trust has a beta of 1.24, indicating that its stock price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is UHT or AAT 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
Universal Health Realty Income Trust	18.19%	10.27%	3.10%
American Assets Trust	16.26%	6.47%	2.34%

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in UHT or AAT?

64.7% of Universal Health Realty Income Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.4% of American Assets Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 2.2% of Universal Health Realty Income Trust shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 36.8% of American Assets Trust shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

American Assets Trust beats Universal Health Realty Income Trust on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.