One Liberty Properties (OLP) Competitors

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

Do institutionals and insiders believe in AAT or OLP?

90.4% of American Assets Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.2% of One Liberty Properties shares are held by institutional investors. 37.3% of American Assets Trust shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 25.4% of One Liberty Properties shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is AAT or OLP more profitable?

One Liberty Properties has a net margin of 32.51% compared to One Liberty Properties' net margin of 12.05%. American Assets Trust's return on equity of 9.56% beat One Liberty Properties' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
American Assets Trust	12.05%	4.60%	1.78%
One Liberty Properties	32.51%	9.56%	3.85%

Does the media favor AAT or OLP?

In the previous week, American Assets Trust and American Assets Trust both had 1 articles in the media. American Assets Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.25 beat One Liberty Properties' score of -1.00 indicating that One Liberty Properties is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
American Assets Trust	Negative
One Liberty Properties	Positive

Which has higher earnings and valuation, AAT or OLP?

American Assets Trust has higher revenue and earnings than One Liberty Properties. One Liberty Properties 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
American Assets Trust	$444.11M	2.98	$64.69M	$0.89	24.44
One Liberty Properties	$90.39M	5.47	$29.61M	$1.36	17.26

Is AAT or OLP a better dividend stock?

American Assets Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.34 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.2%. One Liberty Properties pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.7%. 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. One Liberty Properties pays out 132.4% 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 3 consecutive years. One Liberty Properties is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has more volatility and risk, AAT or OLP?

American Assets Trust has a beta of 1.25, indicating that its stock price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, One Liberty Properties has a beta of 1.31, indicating that its stock price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer AAT or OLP?

American Assets Trust received 167 more outperform votes than One Liberty Properties when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.61% of users gave American Assets Trust an outperform vote while only 59.82% of users gave One Liberty Properties an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
American Assets Trust	Outperform Votes 371 66.61%	Underperform Votes 186 33.39%
One Liberty Properties	Outperform Votes 204 59.82%	Underperform Votes 137 40.18%

Do analysts prefer AAT or OLP?

American Assets Trust currently has a consensus price target of $22.00, suggesting a potential upside of 1.15%. One Liberty Properties has a consensus price target of $25.00, suggesting a potential upside of 6.52%. Given American Assets Trust's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe One Liberty Properties is more favorable than American Assets Trust.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
American Assets Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
One Liberty Properties	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Summary

One Liberty Properties beats American Assets Trust on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.