American Assets Trust (AAT) Competitors

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

Do analysts prefer CUZ or AAT?

Cousins Properties currently has a consensus target price of $32.70, indicating a potential upside of 21.91%. American Assets Trust has a consensus target price of $23.00, indicating a potential upside of 20.98%. Given Cousins Properties' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Cousins Properties is more favorable than American Assets Trust.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Cousins Properties	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.70
American Assets Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Does the media favor CUZ or AAT?

In the previous week, Cousins Properties had 6 more articles in the media than American Assets Trust. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Cousins Properties and 8 mentions for American Assets Trust. Cousins Properties' average media sentiment score of 1.70 beat American Assets Trust's score of 1.63 indicating that Cousins Properties is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Cousins Properties	14 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
American Assets Trust	7 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, CUZ or AAT?

American Assets Trust has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Cousins Properties. American Assets Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cousins Properties, 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
Cousins Properties	$856.76M	5.26	$45.96M	$0.30	89.41
American Assets Trust	$457.85M	2.54	$72.82M	$0.89	21.36

Is CUZ or AAT a better dividend stock?

Cousins Properties pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. American Assets Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.2%. Cousins Properties pays out 426.7% 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 152.8% 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has more risk and volatility, CUZ or AAT?

Cousins Properties has a beta of 1.24, indicating that its stock price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, American Assets Trust has a beta of 1.12, indicating that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is CUZ or AAT more profitable?

American Assets Trust has a net margin of 12.40% compared to Cousins Properties' net margin of 5.36%. American Assets Trust's return on equity of 4.98% beat Cousins Properties' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cousins Properties	5.36%	1.00%	0.58%
American Assets Trust	12.40%	4.98%	1.80%

Do insiders and institutionals believe in CUZ or AAT?

94.4% of Cousins Properties shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.4% of American Assets Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 1.5% of Cousins Properties shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 37.3% of American Assets Trust shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CUZ or AAT?

American Assets Trust received 86 more outperform votes than Cousins Properties when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.13% of users gave American Assets Trust an outperform vote while only 56.89% of users gave Cousins Properties an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Cousins Properties	Outperform Votes 285 56.89%	Underperform Votes 216 43.11%
American Assets Trust	Outperform Votes 371 66.13%	Underperform Votes 190 33.87%

Summary

Cousins Properties and American Assets Trust tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.