American Assets Trust

AAT

Market cap $1.19B

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American Assets Trust is paying out a 7% dividend yield, but FAD coverage was tight during the third quarter at 98.7%. The REIT trades at 9.8x the midpoint of its 2025 FFO guidance, with office properties comprising 53% of NOI. AAT is facing no debt maturing next year, with its liquidity ending the third quarter at $539 million.

American Assets Trust (AAT) has been upgraded to a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy), reflecting growing optimism about the company's earnings prospects. This might drive the stock higher in the near term.

Here at Zacks, our focus is on the proven Zacks Rank system, which emphasizes earnings estimates and estimate revisions to find great stocks. Nevertheless, we are always paying attention to the latest value, growth, and momentum trends to underscore strong picks.

American Assets Trust, Inc. ( AAT ) Q3 2025 Earnings Call October 29, 2025 11:00 AM EDT Company Participants Meleana Leaverton Adam Wyll - CEO, President & Secretary Robert Barton - Executive VP, Treasurer & CFO Steve Center - Senior Vice President of Office Properties Abigail Rex Conference Call Participants Reynolds Pire Presentation Operator Good morning, everyone, and welcome to the American Assets Trust, Inc.'s Third Quarter 2025 Earnings Call. [Operator Instructions] I would now like to turn the floor over to Meleana Leaverton, Associate General Counsel of American Assets Trust.

American Assets Trust (AAT) came out with quarterly funds from operations (FFO) of $0.49 per share, in line with the Zacks Consensus Estimate . This compares to FFO of $0.71 per share a year ago.

Net income available to common stockholders of  $4.5 million and $52.5 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025 , respectively, or $0.07 and $0.87 per diluted share, respectively.

U.S. equity markets climbed to fresh record-highs this past week, while interest rates hovered around multi-year lows, after cool inflation data cleared the path for additional Federal Reserve rate cuts. The Consumer Price Index report for September was released this past week - one week delayed - showing cooler-than-expected consumer price pressures across both the headline and core metrics. Combined with a relatively strong start to corporate earnings season and a planned meeting between President Trump and Chinese President Xi, market volatility metrics eased to one-month lows.

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