Ares Acquisition Co. II (AACT) Competitors

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

Do analysts prefer FCPT or AACT?

Four Corners Property Trust presently has a consensus price target of $30.60, indicating a potential upside of 12.05%. Given Four Corners Property Trust's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly 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
Four Corners Property Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Ares Acquisition Co. II	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in FCPT or AACT?

98.7% of Four Corners Property Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.9% of Ares Acquisition Co. II 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 endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media prefer FCPT or AACT?

In the previous week, Four Corners Property Trust had 6 more articles in the media than Ares Acquisition Co. II. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Four Corners Property Trust and 3 mentions for Ares Acquisition Co. II. Four Corners Property Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat Ares Acquisition Co. II's score of 0.52 indicating that Four Corners Property Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Four Corners Property Trust	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Ares Acquisition Co. II	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has better earnings and valuation, FCPT or AACT?

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
Four Corners Property Trust	$264.88M	9.97	$95.34M	$1.07	25.52
Ares Acquisition Co. II	N/A	N/A	$16.92M	N/A	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in FCPT or AACT?

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

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Four Corners Property Trust	Outperform Votes 256 50.69%	Underperform Votes 249 49.31%
Ares Acquisition Co. II	N/A	N/A

Is FCPT or AACT more profitable?

Four Corners Property Trust has a net margin of 37.27% compared to Ares Acquisition Co. II's net margin of 0.00%. Four Corners Property Trust's return on equity of 7.68% beat Ares Acquisition Co. II's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Four Corners Property Trust	37.27%	7.68%	3.96%
Ares Acquisition Co. II	N/A	-128.65%	5.02%

Summary

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