AAT vs. TWO, SPHR, DEA, ROIC, RLJ, 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 Two Harbors Investment (TWO), Sphere Entertainment (SPHR), Easterly Government Properties (DEA), Retail Opportunity Investments (ROIC), RLJ Lodging Trust (RLJ), Vornado Realty Trust (VNO), Cousins Properties (CUZ), LXP Industrial Trust (LXP), Whitestone REIT (WSR), and Gladstone Commercial (GOOD).
Two Harbors Investment (NYSE:TWO) and American Assets Trust (NYSE:AAT) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, profitability, earnings and institutional ownership.
Two Harbors Investment currently has a consensus price target of $14.57, indicating a potential upside of 15.92%. American Assets Trust has a consensus price target of $22.00, indicating a potential upside of 5.21%. Given American Assets Trust's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Two Harbors Investment is more favorable than American Assets Trust.
In the previous week, Two Harbors Investment had 5 more articles in the media than American Assets Trust. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Two Harbors Investment and 3 mentions for American Assets Trust. Two Harbors Investment's average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat American Assets Trust's score of 0.38 indicating that American Assets Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Two Harbors Investment has a net margin of 56.90% compared to Two Harbors Investment's net margin of 12.05%. Two Harbors Investment's return on equity of 4.60% beat American Assets Trust's return on equity.
Two Harbors Investment has a beta of 1.85, suggesting that its stock price is 85% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, American Assets Trust has a beta of 1.25, suggesting that its stock price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Two Harbors Investment received 143 more outperform votes than American Assets Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.90% of users gave Two Harbors Investment an outperform vote while only 66.61% of users gave American Assets Trust an outperform vote.
American Assets Trust has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Two Harbors Investment. Two Harbors Investment 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.
Two Harbors Investment pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 14.3%. American Assets Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.34 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.4%. Two Harbors Investment pays out 101.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. 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 has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years. Two Harbors Investment is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
64.2% of Two Harbors Investment shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.4% of American Assets Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Two Harbors Investment shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 37.3% of American Assets Trust shares are held by 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
Two Harbors Investment beats American Assets Trust on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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