WSR vs. AAT, GOOD, OLP, GYRO, VNO, CUZ, LXP, DEI, CXW, and ROIC
Should you be buying Whitestone REIT stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Whitestone REIT include American Assets Trust (AAT), Gladstone Commercial (GOOD), One Liberty Properties (OLP), Gyrodyne (GYRO), Vornado Realty Trust (VNO), Cousins Properties (CUZ), LXP Industrial Trust (LXP), Douglas Emmett (DEI), CoreCivic (CXW), and Retail Opportunity Investments (ROIC). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Whitestone REIT vs. Its Competitors
American Assets Trust (NYSE:AAT) and Whitestone REIT (NYSE:WSR) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment and dividends.
American Assets Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Whitestone REIT. American Assets Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Whitestone REIT, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
American Assets Trust currently has a consensus target price of $21.00, indicating a potential upside of 2.64%. Whitestone REIT has a consensus target price of $15.00, indicating a potential upside of 20.77%. Given Whitestone REIT's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Whitestone REIT is more favorable than American Assets Trust.
American Assets Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.6%. Whitestone REIT pays an annual dividend of $0.54 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. American Assets Trust pays out 107.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Whitestone REIT pays out 90.0% 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 Whitestone REIT has increased its dividend for 5 consecutive years.
Whitestone REIT has a net margin of 13.97% compared to American Assets Trust's net margin of 12.40%.
American Assets Trust received 49 more outperform votes than Whitestone REIT when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.07% of users gave American Assets Trust an outperform vote while only 60.94% of users gave Whitestone REIT an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Whitestone REIT had 7 more articles in the media than American Assets Trust. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Whitestone REIT and 1 mentions for American Assets Trust. Whitestone REIT's average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat American Assets Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that Whitestone REIT is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
American Assets Trust has a beta of 1.16, suggesting that its stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Whitestone REIT has a beta of 0.92, suggesting that its stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500.
90.4% of American Assets Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.5% of Whitestone REIT shares are held by institutional investors. 36.8% of American Assets Trust shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.2% of Whitestone REIT shares are held 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.
Summary
Whitestone REIT beats American Assets Trust on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:WSR) was last updated on 6/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
