One Liberty Properties (OLP) Competitors

American Assets Trust (NYSE:AAT) and One Liberty Properties (NYSE:OLP) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, profitability, institutional ownership and earnings.

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of AAT or OLP?

90.4% of American Assets Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.2% of One Liberty Properties shares are held by institutional investors. 37.3% of American Assets Trust shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 25.4% of One Liberty Properties shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is AAT or OLP more profitable?

One Liberty Properties has a net margin of 38.96% compared to American Assets Trust's net margin of 12.40%. One Liberty Properties' return on equity of 11.35% beat American Assets Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
American Assets Trust	12.40%	4.98%	1.80%
One Liberty Properties	38.96%	11.35%	4.58%

Is AAT or OLP a better dividend stock?

American Assets Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.34 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.1%. One Liberty Properties pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.0%. American Assets Trust pays out 150.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. One Liberty Properties pays out 111.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. One Liberty Properties is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, AAT or OLP?

American Assets Trust has higher revenue and earnings than One Liberty Properties. One Liberty Properties 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	2.92	$72.82M	$0.89	24.54
One Liberty Properties	$90.65M	6.04	$29.61M	$1.62	15.80

Which has more volatility and risk, AAT or OLP?

American Assets Trust has a beta of 1.3, meaning that its stock price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, One Liberty Properties has a beta of 1.39, meaning that its stock price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate AAT or OLP?

American Assets Trust presently has a consensus price target of $26.00, suggesting a potential upside of 19.06%. One Liberty Properties has a consensus price target of $28.00, suggesting a potential upside of 9.38%. Given American Assets Trust's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe American Assets Trust is more favorable than One Liberty Properties.

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
One Liberty Properties	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the media favor AAT or OLP?

In the previous week, One Liberty Properties had 1 more articles in the media than American Assets Trust. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for One Liberty Properties and 1 mentions for American Assets Trust. One Liberty Properties' average media sentiment score of 1.50 beat American Assets Trust's score of 1.31 indicating that One Liberty Properties is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
American Assets Trust	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
One Liberty Properties	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in AAT or OLP?

American Assets Trust received 162 more outperform votes than One Liberty Properties when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.25% of users gave American Assets Trust an outperform vote while only 60.23% of users gave One Liberty Properties an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
American Assets Trust	Outperform Votes 371 66.25%	Underperform Votes 189 33.75%
One Liberty Properties	Outperform Votes 209 60.23%	Underperform Votes 138 39.77%

Summary

One Liberty Properties beats American Assets Trust on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.