AAT vs. SPHR, TWO, DEA, RLJ, ROIC, VNO, CUZ, LXP, WSR, and GOOD
Should you be buying American Assets Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of American Assets Trust include Sphere Entertainment (SPHR), Two Harbors Investment (TWO), Easterly Government Properties (DEA), RLJ Lodging Trust (RLJ), Retail Opportunity Investments (ROIC), Vornado Realty Trust (VNO), Cousins Properties (CUZ), LXP Industrial Trust (LXP), Whitestone REIT (WSR), and Gladstone Commercial (GOOD).
American Assets Trust (NYSE:AAT) and Sphere Entertainment (NYSE:SPHR) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, earnings, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership and dividends.
American Assets Trust has a beta of 1.28, suggesting that its share price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sphere Entertainment has a beta of 1.43, suggesting that its share price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Sphere Entertainment has a net margin of 43.36% compared to American Assets Trust's net margin of 12.05%. Sphere Entertainment's return on equity of 8.11% beat American Assets Trust's return on equity.
American Assets Trust received 367 more outperform votes than Sphere Entertainment when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.61% of users gave American Assets Trust an outperform vote while only 22.22% of users gave Sphere Entertainment an outperform vote.
American Assets Trust currently has a consensus price target of $22.00, suggesting a potential upside of 2.76%. Sphere Entertainment has a consensus price target of $35.60, suggesting a potential downside of 3.05%. Given American Assets Trust's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe American Assets Trust is more favorable than Sphere Entertainment.
Sphere Entertainment has higher revenue and earnings than American Assets Trust. Sphere Entertainment 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.
In the previous week, American Assets Trust had 3 more articles in the media than Sphere Entertainment. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for American Assets Trust and 3 mentions for Sphere Entertainment. American Assets Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.82 beat Sphere Entertainment's score of 1.56 indicating that American Assets Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.
90.4% of American Assets Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.0% of Sphere Entertainment shares are owned by institutional investors. 37.3% of American Assets Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 24.5% of Sphere Entertainment shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Sphere Entertainment beats American Assets Trust on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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