One Liberty Properties (OLP) Competitors

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

Do analysts rate OLP or AAT?

One Liberty Properties currently has a consensus price target of $28.00, suggesting a potential upside of 7.43%. American Assets Trust has a consensus price target of $23.00, suggesting a potential upside of 12.91%. 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
One Liberty Properties	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
American Assets Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in OLP or AAT?

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

Which has more risk & volatility, OLP or AAT?

One Liberty Properties has a beta of 1.38, meaning that its share price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, American Assets Trust has a beta of 1.33, meaning that its share price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is OLP or AAT a better dividend stock?

One Liberty Properties pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.9%. American Assets Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.7%. One Liberty Properties pays out 128.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. 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. One Liberty Properties is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Is OLP or AAT 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
One Liberty Properties	38.96%	11.35%	4.58%
American Assets Trust	12.40%	4.98%	1.80%

Does the media favor OLP or AAT?

In the previous week, American Assets Trust had 1 more articles in the media than One Liberty Properties. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for American Assets Trust and 1 mentions for One Liberty Properties. American Assets Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.92 beat One Liberty Properties' score of 1.88 indicating that American Assets Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
One Liberty Properties	1 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	2 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 better earnings and valuation, OLP or AAT?

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
One Liberty Properties	$90.56M	6.21	$29.61M	$1.40	18.62
American Assets Trust	$457.85M	2.72	$72.82M	$0.89	22.89

Does the MarketBeat Community favor OLP or AAT?

American Assets Trust received 161 more outperform votes than One Liberty Properties when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.13% of users gave American Assets Trust an outperform vote while only 60.17% of users gave One Liberty Properties an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
One Liberty Properties	Outperform Votes 210 60.17%	Underperform Votes 139 39.83%
American Assets Trust	Outperform Votes 371 66.13%	Underperform Votes 190 33.87%

Summary

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