American Assets Trust Inc (AAT) is undervalued and CTO Realty Growth Inc (CTO) is undervalued.
Against our estimates of intrinsic value, CTO trades at the wider discount: a margin of safety of +64%, against +49% for AAT.
Values as of the 22 Sept 2026 close.
Discounting its cash flows at 7.4% (average of 3 methods) values the shares at $43.11; the price of $22.01 is 49% below that value, and 82% of that value comes from beyond year five.
Leak Score 66/100 on 8 of 12 signals
Discounting its cash flows at 7.2% (average of 3 methods) values the shares at $57.09; the price of $20.38 is 64% below that value, and 83% of that value comes from beyond year five.
Leak Score 57/100 on 9 of 12 signals
| Metric | AAT | CTO |
|---|---|---|
| Verdict | Undervalued | Undervalued |
| Price | $22.01 | $20.38 |
| Intrinsic value | $43.11 | $57.09 |
| Margin of safety | +49% | +64% |
| Leak Score | 66/100 (8/12) | 57/100 (9/12) |
| Market cap | $1.4B | $764M |
| Revenue growth, 5 years | 6.9% | 21.5% |
| Operating margin | 22.8% | 24.6% |
| Net margin | 4.1% | 28.0% |
| Return on equity | 1.6% | 8.5% |
| Debt to equity | 1.53 | 1.04 |
| P/E | 74.3x | 14.9x |
| Forward P/E | 59.5x | 22.6x |
| P/B | 1.2x | 1.1x |
| Dividend yield | 6.2% | 7.5% |