Ares Acquisition Co. II (AACT) Competitors

Ares Acquisition Co. II (NYSE:AACT) and Four Corners Property Trust (NYSE:FCPT) are both unclassified companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, valuation, community ranking, dividends, profitability and media sentiment.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in AACT or FCPT?

Four Corners Property Trust received 256 more outperform votes than Ares Acquisition Co. II when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Ares Acquisition Co. II	N/A	N/A
Four Corners Property Trust	Outperform Votes 256 50.49%	Underperform Votes 251 49.51%

Do analysts prefer AACT or FCPT?

Four Corners Property Trust has a consensus target price of $30.40, suggesting a potential upside of 9.81%. Given Four Corners Property Trust's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Four Corners Property Trust is more favorable than Ares Acquisition Co. II.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ares Acquisition Co. II	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Four Corners Property Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, AACT or FCPT?

Four Corners Property Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Ares Acquisition Co. II.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Ares Acquisition Co. II	N/A	N/A	$16.92M	N/A	N/A
Four Corners Property Trust	$268.07M	10.32	$100.47M	$1.07	25.87

Is AACT or FCPT more profitable?

Four Corners Property Trust has a net margin of 37.48% compared to Ares Acquisition Co. II's net margin of 0.00%. Four Corners Property Trust's return on equity of 7.54% beat Ares Acquisition Co. II's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ares Acquisition Co. II	N/A	-128.65%	5.02%
Four Corners Property Trust	37.48%	7.54%	3.95%

Do insiders & institutionals believe in AACT or FCPT?

73.0% of Ares Acquisition Co. II shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.7% of Four Corners Property Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 1.2% of Four Corners Property Trust shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media refer more to AACT or FCPT?

In the previous week, Four Corners Property Trust had 5 more articles in the media than Ares Acquisition Co. II. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Four Corners Property Trust and 2 mentions for Ares Acquisition Co. II. Four Corners Property Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.36 beat Ares Acquisition Co. II's score of 1.34 indicating that Four Corners Property Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Ares Acquisition Co. II	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Four Corners Property Trust	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Four Corners Property Trust beats Ares Acquisition Co. II on 12 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.