BRT Apartments (BRT) Competitors

BRT Apartments (NYSE:BRT) and American Assets Trust (NYSE:AAT) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking, dividends, risk, earnings, media sentiment and valuation.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, BRT or AAT?

American Assets Trust has higher revenue and earnings than BRT Apartments. American Assets Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BRT Apartments, 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
BRT Apartments	$93.62M	3.48	$3.87M	$0.22	79.55
American Assets Trust	$444.11M	2.98	$64.69M	$0.89	24.44

Is BRT or AAT more profitable?

American Assets Trust has a net margin of 12.05% compared to BRT Apartments' net margin of 5.10%. American Assets Trust's return on equity of 4.60% beat BRT Apartments' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
BRT Apartments	5.10%	2.06%	0.67%
American Assets Trust	12.05%	4.60%	1.78%

Does the media prefer BRT or AAT?

In the previous week, BRT Apartments had 1 more articles in the media than American Assets Trust. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for BRT Apartments and 1 mentions for American Assets Trust. BRT Apartments' average media sentiment score of -0.26 beat American Assets Trust's score of -1.00 indicating that BRT Apartments is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
BRT Apartments	Neutral
American Assets Trust	Negative

Which has more risk & volatility, BRT or AAT?

BRT Apartments has a beta of 1.11, suggesting that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, American Assets Trust has a beta of 1.25, suggesting that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer BRT or AAT?

American Assets Trust received 89 more outperform votes than BRT Apartments when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.61% of users gave American Assets Trust an outperform vote while only 60.78% of users gave BRT Apartments an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
BRT Apartments	Outperform Votes 282 60.78%	Underperform Votes 182 39.22%
American Assets Trust	Outperform Votes 371 66.61%	Underperform Votes 186 33.39%

Is BRT or AAT a better dividend stock?

BRT Apartments pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.7%. American Assets Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.34 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.2%. BRT Apartments pays out 454.6% 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 150.6% 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do analysts rate BRT or AAT?

BRT Apartments presently has a consensus price target of $22.25, indicating a potential upside of 27.14%. American Assets Trust has a consensus price target of $22.00, indicating a potential upside of 1.15%. Given BRT Apartments' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe BRT Apartments is more favorable than American Assets Trust.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
BRT Apartments	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
American Assets Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Do insiders and institutionals believe in BRT or AAT?

29.1% of BRT Apartments shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.4% of American Assets Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 40.2% of BRT Apartments shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 37.3% of American Assets Trust shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

American Assets Trust beats BRT Apartments on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.