City Office REIT (CIO) Competitors

Associated Capital Group (NYSE:AC) and City Office REIT (NYSE:CIO) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, risk, community ranking, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and profitability.

Does the media favor AC or CIO?

In the previous week, Associated Capital Group had 1 more articles in the media than City Office REIT. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Associated Capital Group and 0 mentions for City Office REIT. City Office REIT's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Associated Capital Group's score of 0.32 indicating that City Office REIT is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Associated Capital Group	Neutral
City Office REIT	Positive

Is AC or CIO more profitable?

Associated Capital Group has a net margin of 336.45% compared to City Office REIT's net margin of -10.33%. Associated Capital Group's return on equity of 4.88% beat City Office REIT's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Associated Capital Group	336.45%	4.88%	4.62%
City Office REIT	-10.33%	-2.74%	-1.19%

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, AC or CIO?

Associated Capital Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than City Office REIT. City Office REIT is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Associated Capital Group, 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
Associated Capital Group	$13.18M	55.23	$44.33M	$2.07	16.62
City Office REIT	$171.13M	1.14	-$2.68M	-$0.62	-7.81

Is AC or CIO a better dividend stock?

Associated Capital Group pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. City Office REIT pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.3%. Associated Capital Group pays out 9.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. City Office REIT pays out -64.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. City Office REIT is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has more risk & volatility, AC or CIO?

Associated Capital Group has a beta of 0.74, meaning that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, City Office REIT has a beta of 1.84, meaning that its share price is 84% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals & insiders believe in AC or CIO?

8.1% of Associated Capital Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.5% of City Office REIT shares are owned by institutional investors. 87.6% of Associated Capital Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.3% of City Office REIT shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in AC or CIO?

City Office REIT received 159 more outperform votes than Associated Capital Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.30% of users gave City Office REIT an outperform vote while only 52.24% of users gave Associated Capital Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Associated Capital Group	Outperform Votes 128 52.24%	Underperform Votes 117 47.76%
City Office REIT	Outperform Votes 287 59.30%	Underperform Votes 197 40.70%

Summary

Associated Capital Group beats City Office REIT on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.