Retail Opportunity Investments (ROIC) Competitors

American Assets Trust (NYSE:AAT) and Retail Opportunity Investments (NASDAQ:ROIC) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, dividends, community ranking, media sentiment, risk, profitability and institutional ownership.

Is AAT or ROIC more profitable?

Retail Opportunity Investments has a net margin of 17.38% compared to American Assets Trust's net margin of 12.76%. American Assets Trust's return on equity of 5.08% beat Retail Opportunity Investments' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
American Assets Trust	12.76%	5.08%	1.89%
Retail Opportunity Investments	17.38%	4.32%	1.96%

Is AAT or ROIC a better dividend stock?

American Assets Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.34 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. Retail Opportunity Investments pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. American Assets Trust pays out 147.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Retail Opportunity Investments pays out 130.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in AAT or ROIC?

90.4% of American Assets Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.2% of Retail Opportunity Investments shares are held by institutional investors. 37.3% of American Assets Trust shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.0% of Retail Opportunity Investments shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk and volatility, AAT or ROIC?

American Assets Trust has a beta of 1.29, suggesting that its stock price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Retail Opportunity Investments has a beta of 1.44, suggesting that its stock price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor AAT or ROIC?

American Assets Trust received 44 more outperform votes than Retail Opportunity Investments when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.37% of users gave American Assets Trust an outperform vote while only 54.23% of users gave Retail Opportunity Investments an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
American Assets Trust	Outperform Votes 371 66.37%	Underperform Votes 188 33.63%
Retail Opportunity Investments	Outperform Votes 327 54.23%	Underperform Votes 276 45.77%

Which has better earnings and valuation, AAT or ROIC?

American Assets Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Retail Opportunity Investments. American Assets Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Retail Opportunity Investments, 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	3.88	$64.69M	$0.91	30.86
Retail Opportunity Investments	$327.73M	6.82	$34.53M	$0.46	37.76

Does the media favor AAT or ROIC?

In the previous week, Retail Opportunity Investments had 3 more articles in the media than American Assets Trust. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Retail Opportunity Investments and 2 mentions for American Assets Trust. Retail Opportunity Investments' average media sentiment score of 1.55 beat American Assets Trust's score of 1.18 indicating that Retail Opportunity Investments is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
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)	Positive
Retail Opportunity Investments	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Do analysts rate AAT or ROIC?

American Assets Trust currently has a consensus price target of $25.00, suggesting a potential downside of 10.97%. Retail Opportunity Investments has a consensus price target of $16.17, suggesting a potential downside of 6.93%. Given Retail Opportunity Investments' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Retail Opportunity Investments 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)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Retail Opportunity Investments	1 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.86

Summary

Retail Opportunity Investments beats American Assets Trust on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.