Gladstone Commercial (GOOD) Competitors

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

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, GOOD or AAT?

American Assets Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Gladstone Commercial. American Assets Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Gladstone Commercial, 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
Gladstone Commercial	$149.39M	4.23	$24M	$0.29	47.07
American Assets Trust	$457.86M	2.69	$72.82M	$1.27	15.87

Which has more risk and volatility, GOOD or AAT?

Gladstone Commercial has a beta of 1.15, indicating that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, American Assets Trust has a beta of 1.15, indicating that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is GOOD or AAT more profitable?

American Assets Trust has a net margin of 17.57% compared to Gladstone Commercial's net margin of 16.97%. Gladstone Commercial's return on equity of 15.32% beat American Assets Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Gladstone Commercial	16.97%	15.32%	2.30%
American Assets Trust	17.57%	7.02%	2.54%

Does the media favor GOOD or AAT?

In the previous week, Gladstone Commercial had 2 more articles in the media than American Assets Trust. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Gladstone Commercial and 2 mentions for American Assets Trust. American Assets Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.56 beat Gladstone Commercial's score of 0.94 indicating that American Assets Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Gladstone Commercial	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
American Assets Trust	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Is GOOD or AAT a better dividend stock?

Gladstone Commercial pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.8%. American Assets Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.7%. Gladstone Commercial pays out 413.8% 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 107.1% 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 has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years.

Do analysts prefer GOOD or AAT?

Gladstone Commercial currently has a consensus target price of $15.00, suggesting a potential upside of 9.89%. American Assets Trust has a consensus target price of $21.00, suggesting a potential upside of 4.22%. Given Gladstone Commercial's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Gladstone Commercial is more favorable than American Assets Trust.

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

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of GOOD or AAT?

45.5% of Gladstone Commercial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.4% of American Assets Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of Gladstone Commercial shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 36.8% of American Assets Trust 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.

Summary

American Assets Trust beats Gladstone Commercial on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.