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 better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, valuation, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.
Two Harbors Investment pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 14.1%. American Assets Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.34 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.3%. 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 large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Two Harbors Investment has a beta of 1.85, indicating that its share price is 85% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, American Assets Trust has a beta of 1.25, indicating that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
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 currently has a consensus target price of $14.57, suggesting a potential upside of 14.33%. American Assets Trust has a consensus target price of $22.00, suggesting a potential upside of 4.17%. Given American Assets Trust's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Two Harbors Investment is more favorable than American Assets Trust.
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.
In the previous week, Two Harbors Investment had 1 more articles in the media than American Assets Trust. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Two Harbors Investment and 2 mentions for American Assets Trust. American Assets Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.87 beat Two Harbors Investment's score of 0.45 indicating that Two Harbors Investment is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Two Harbors Investment beats American Assets Trust on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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