American Assets Trust, Inc. (AAT) Stock

American Assets Trust, Inc. (AAT) is a Real Estate stock trading at $22.82 (as of 2026-08-21), with a market capitalization of $1.40B and a trailing P/E of 19.0. Figures are sourced from first-party U.S. SEC EDGAR filings and market data.

American Assets Trust, Inc. is a full service, vertically integrated and self-administered real estate investment trust, or REIT, headquartered in San Diego, California. The company has over 50 years of experience in acquiring, improving, developing and managing premier office, retail, and residential properties throughout the United States in some of the nation's most dynamic, high-barrier-to-entry markets primarily in Southern California, Northern California, Oregon, Washington, Texas and Hawaii. The company's office portfolio comprises approximately 3.4 million rentable square feet, and its retail portfolio comprises approximately 3.1 million square feet. In addition, the company owns one mixed-use property (including approximately 97,000 rentable square feet of retail space and a 369-room all-suite hotel) and 2,112 multifamily units. In 2011, the company was formed to succeed to the real estate business of American Assets, Inc., a privately held corporation founded in 1967 and, as such, has significant experience, long-standing relationships and extensive knowledge of its core markets, submarkets and asset classes.

Understand American Assets Trust, Inc.: how it makes money

American Assets Trust is a vertically integrated, self-administered REIT that acquires, develops, improves, and manages office, retail, and residential properties, earning money primarily from operating those owned properties through leasing and related property activity.

Because it is a self-administered REIT that owns, develops, improves, and directly manages its office, retail, and residential assets, its operating results are structurally driven by how well the properties it controls generate rental and property-level operating performance over time.

Business quality (Mixed): Clear business model as a self-administered, vertically integrated REIT, but the provided dataset does not include reportable operating segments, limiting segment-level visibility.

Valuation: At 81× earnings, AAT trades 143% above the Trading average (34×). Note: one-time items can distort reported P/E.

Bull case

  • Vertically integrated, self-administered REIT: It acquires, improves, develops, and manages properties itself, which can align ownership and day-to-day operating decisions.
  • Long operating track record in targeted markets: It has over 50 years of experience and focuses on high-barrier-to-entry markets, primarily in Southern California, Northern California, Oregon, Washington, Texas, and Hawaii.
  • Evidence of operating profitability in the latest period: For the period ended 2026-03-31, it reported gross margin of 60.5% and operating margin of 23.4%.

Bear case

  • Sensitivity to property operating conditions: As a property operator and REIT, performance can be sensitive to changes in tenant demand, rent levels, and overall real estate conditions.
  • Dependence on the performance of managed assets: If owned properties underperform, the companys operating results can be pressured because it relies on operating income from those assets.
Valuation — source: SEC EDGAR (first-party)
Price$22.82
Market Cap$1.40B
P/E Ratio19.0
EV / EBITDA4.6
Price / Book1.31
Price / Sales3.21
DCF Value (model)$51.05
DCF Upside vs Price123.7%
Profitability & Growth — source: SEC EDGAR
Revenue (TTM)$436.20M
Net Margin16.4%
Revenue Growth (YoY)-4.7%
EPS Growth (YoY)-2.1%
Valuation vs Sector & Industry
Stock P/E19.0
Sector P/E (Real Estate)27.2
Industry P/E (Trading)35.3
vs Sector-30.2%
vs Industry-46.3%
Smart-Money Activity — SEC Form 4 / 13F / Congressional disclosures
Top Institutional HolderBlackRock, Inc. ($174.02M)
Institutional Holders Tracked10
Congressional Trades (recent)1
Company
SectorReal Estate
IndustryTrading
CEOAdam Wyll
Employees238
CountryUS
IPO Date2011-03-30

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Data as of 2026-08-21.

Figures sourced from U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC EDGAR) filings and market data. Not personalized investment advice.