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 business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, profitability, media sentiment and institutional ownership.

Do analysts recommend OLP or AAT?

One Liberty Properties presently has a consensus price target of $25.00, suggesting a potential upside of 9.03%. American Assets Trust has a consensus price target of $22.00, suggesting a potential upside of 6.49%. Given One Liberty Properties' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe One Liberty Properties is more favorable than American Assets Trust.

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)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Does the MarketBeat Community favor OLP or AAT?

American Assets Trust received 167 more outperform votes than One Liberty Properties when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.61% of users gave American Assets Trust an outperform vote while only 59.82% of users gave One Liberty Properties an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
One Liberty Properties	Outperform Votes 204 59.82%	Underperform Votes 137 40.18%
American Assets Trust	Outperform Votes 371 66.61%	Underperform Votes 186 33.39%

Which has more volatility and risk, OLP or AAT?

One Liberty Properties has a beta of 1.31, indicating that its stock price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, American Assets Trust has a beta of 1.25, indicating that its stock price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor OLP or AAT?

In the previous week, One Liberty Properties had 2 more articles in the media than American Assets Trust. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for One Liberty Properties and 2 mentions for American Assets Trust. American Assets Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat One Liberty Properties' score of 0.85 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	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
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

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 7.8%. American Assets Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.34 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.5%. One Liberty Properties pays out 132.4% 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 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

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	$90.65M	5.33	$29.61M	$1.36	16.86
American Assets Trust	$441.16M	2.84	$64.69M	$0.89	23.16

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

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

Is OLP or AAT more profitable?

One Liberty Properties has a net margin of 32.51% compared to American Assets Trust's net margin of 12.05%. One Liberty Properties' return on equity of 9.56% beat American Assets Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
One Liberty Properties	32.51%	9.56%	3.85%
American Assets Trust	12.05%	4.60%	1.78%

Summary

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