BRT Apartments (BRT) Competitors

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

Does the media prefer AAT or BRT?

In the previous week, BRT Apartments had 2 more articles in the media than American Assets Trust. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for BRT Apartments and 1 mentions for American Assets Trust. BRT Apartments' average media sentiment score of 0.45 beat American Assets Trust's score of -0.20 indicating that American Assets Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
American Assets Trust	Neutral
BRT Apartments	Neutral

Do analysts prefer AAT or BRT?

American Assets Trust currently has a consensus target price of $22.00, suggesting a potential upside of 1.22%. BRT Apartments has a consensus target price of $22.25, suggesting a potential upside of 27.14%. Given American Assets Trust's 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
American Assets Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
BRT Apartments	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has more volatility & risk, AAT or BRT?

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

Is AAT or BRT a better dividend stock?

American Assets Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.34 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.2%. BRT Apartments pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.7%. 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. 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 has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years and BRT Apartments has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years. American Assets Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Is AAT or BRT more profitable?

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

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

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in AAT or BRT?

90.4% of American Assets Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 29.1% of BRT Apartments shares are owned by institutional investors. 37.3% of American Assets Trust shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 40.2% of BRT Apartments shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, AAT or BRT?

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
American Assets Trust	$441.16M	3.00	$64.69M	$0.89	24.42
BRT Apartments	$93.62M	3.48	$3.87M	$0.22	79.55

Does the MarketBeat Community favor AAT or BRT?

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

Summary

American Assets Trust beats BRT Apartments on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.