Global Net Lease (GNL) Competitors

American Assets Trust (NYSE:AAT) and Global Net Lease (NYSE:GNL) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and earnings.

Is AAT or GNL a better dividend stock?

American Assets Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.7%. Global Net Lease pays an annual dividend of $0.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.8%. American Assets Trust pays out 107.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Global Net Lease pays out -51.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. American Assets Trust has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years. Global Net Lease is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do analysts prefer AAT or GNL?

American Assets Trust presently has a consensus target price of $21.00, indicating a potential upside of 3.91%. Global Net Lease has a consensus target price of $8.33, indicating a potential upside of 7.39%. Given Global Net Lease's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Global Net Lease 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
Global Net Lease	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, AAT or GNL?

American Assets Trust has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Global Net Lease. Global Net Lease is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than American Assets Trust, 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	$457.86M	2.70	$72.82M	$1.27	15.91
Global Net Lease	$805.01M	2.20	-$131.57M	-$1.48	-5.24

Does the media prefer AAT or GNL?

In the previous week, American Assets Trust and American Assets Trust both had 5 articles in the media. American Assets Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat Global Net Lease's score of 0.60 indicating that American Assets Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
American Assets Trust	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Global Net Lease	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of AAT or GNL?

90.4% of American Assets Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.2% of Global Net Lease shares are owned by institutional investors. 36.8% of American Assets Trust shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Global Net Lease shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk and volatility, AAT or GNL?

American Assets Trust has a beta of 1.15, indicating that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Global Net Lease has a beta of 1.19, indicating that its stock price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is AAT or GNL more profitable?

American Assets Trust has a net margin of 17.57% compared to Global Net Lease's net margin of -40.64%. American Assets Trust's return on equity of 7.02% beat Global Net Lease's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
American Assets Trust	17.57%	7.02%	2.54%
Global Net Lease	-40.64%	-9.23%	-2.93%

Summary

American Assets Trust beats Global Net Lease on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.