JBG SMITH Properties (JBGS) Competitors

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

Is JBGS or AAT a better dividend stock?

JBG SMITH Properties pays an annual dividend of $0.70 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. American Assets Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.34 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.8%. JBG SMITH Properties pays out -50.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer JBGS or AAT?

American Assets Trust received 93 more outperform votes than JBG SMITH Properties when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.61% of users gave American Assets Trust an outperform vote while only 61.64% of users gave JBG SMITH Properties an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
JBG SMITH Properties	Outperform Votes 278 61.64%	Underperform Votes 173 38.36%
American Assets Trust	Outperform Votes 371 66.61%	Underperform Votes 186 33.39%

Do analysts prefer JBGS or AAT?

JBG SMITH Properties currently has a consensus target price of $14.50, suggesting a potential downside of 2.03%. American Assets Trust has a consensus target price of $22.00, suggesting a potential downside of 4.14%. Given JBG SMITH Properties' higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe JBG SMITH Properties is more favorable than American Assets Trust.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
JBG SMITH Properties	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.00
American Assets Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Is JBGS or AAT more profitable?

American Assets Trust has a net margin of 12.05% compared to JBG SMITH Properties' net margin of -22.37%. American Assets Trust's return on equity of 4.60% beat JBG SMITH Properties' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
JBG SMITH Properties	-22.37%	-5.66%	-2.39%
American Assets Trust	12.05%	4.60%	1.78%

Which has better valuation & earnings, JBGS or AAT?

American Assets Trust has lower revenue, but higher earnings than JBG SMITH Properties. JBG SMITH 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
JBG SMITH Properties	$604.20M	2.25	-$79.98M	-$1.39	-10.65
American Assets Trust	$444.11M	3.15	$64.69M	$0.89	25.79

Does the media prefer JBGS or AAT?

In the previous week, JBG SMITH Properties had 3 more articles in the media than American Assets Trust. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for JBG SMITH Properties and 0 mentions for American Assets Trust. JBG SMITH Properties' average media sentiment score of 1.18 beat American Assets Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that JBG SMITH Properties is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
JBG SMITH Properties	Positive
American Assets Trust	Neutral

Which has more risk and volatility, JBGS or AAT?

JBG SMITH Properties has a beta of 1.07, meaning that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, American Assets Trust has a beta of 1.25, meaning that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in JBGS or AAT?

98.5% of JBG SMITH Properties shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.4% of American Assets Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.7% of JBG SMITH Properties shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 37.3% of American Assets Trust shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

American Assets Trust beats JBG SMITH Properties on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.