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American Assets Trust leases office space to businesses, shopping-center space to retailers and apartments to residents. Office properties supply the largest share of revenue, followed by shopping centers. Tenants pay rent and reimburse certain property expenses. The company also earns income from guests at Waikiki Beach Walk-Embassy Suites in Hawaii, where its mixed-use property combines a hotel with retail space.
Its properties are concentrated in California, Washington, Oregon and Hawaii, so rental income depends on demand in those markets, keeping space occupied and the rents secured when leases are signed or renewed. No single tenant dominates company-wide revenue, but Google, LPL Holdings and Autodesk together account for a substantial part of office rent.
The company acquires, develops and redevelops properties as well as operating them. As a real estate investment trust, or REIT, it must distribute most of its taxable income to retain that tax status. This limits the earnings it can keep to fund property investment and makes access to outside debt and equity capital important.
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AAT chiefly depends on West Coast office leasing and rents across its property types; also watch LPL Holdings, an important tenant supplying 10.5% of office annualized base rent.
Kilroy Realty competes with AAT for rent-paying office tenants in San Diego, the San Francisco Bay Area and greater Seattle.
Douglas Emmett and AAT compete for office and apartment tenants in coastal markets where new supply is constrained, with direct overlap in Honolulu.
BXP competes with AAT for corporate tenants paying for high-quality offices in San Francisco and greater Seattle. Its leasing of modern, amenity-rich workplaces is worth watching for demand in the office market AAT serves.
Federal Realty competes with AAT for retailers renting shopping-center and mixed-use space in affluent markets with limited new supply, including overlapping California markets.
Creative Media & Community Trust Corporation shares AAT's exposure to office and apartment tenants and hotel guests through its office, multifamily and hotel properties. Watch its office and apartment occupancy and rents for a view of the leasing conditions that also matter to AAT.
Cousins Properties shares AAT's exposure to corporate office rents and the economics of office redevelopment, though it focuses on Sun Belt markets rather than AAT's core regions. Watch renewals in its modern, amenity-rich offices for clues to what corporate tenants will keep paying for.
Highwoods Properties offers a gauge of corporate office demand for AAT, whose office segment supplied 47.2% of total revenue in 2025, though their regional focus differs. Highwoods owns, leases and develops offices in major business districts; watch its leasing activity and occupancy rather than treating it as a local-market match.
Piedmont Realty Trust's office leasing offers clues to demand in AAT's largest segment, but its portfolio is concentrated in different, mainly Sun Belt markets. Piedmont collects rent from corporate and government tenants in Class A offices; watch occupancy and renewal rents for the sector signal.
Alphabet's Google pays AAT rent at The Landmark at One Market and supplied 13.7% of AAT's office annualized base rent as of December 31, 2025. Google earns primarily from advertisers through Google Services; its decisions to retain or change this office space matter directly to AAT's rental income.
Kite Realty Group Trust and AAT both rely on shopping-center tenants paying rent and reimbursing property expenses. Kite owns open-air, grocery-anchored centers; watch tenants' ability to meet lease payments for a signal about the retail income AAT also depends on.
Acadia Realty Trust and AAT both collect retailer rents in trade areas where limited new supply and tenant sales support occupancy and rents. Acadia's street and open-air retail leasing offers a view of demand for scarce, well-located shopping space.
Urban Edge Properties shares AAT's reliance on retailer sales and re-leasing terms to grow shopping-center rents in markets with high barriers to new supply. It collects fixed and variable rents, mainly in the Washington, D.C.-to-Boston corridor; watch the gap between existing and market rents for its room to raise rental income.
Saul Centers shares several of AAT's rent drivers by leasing shopping centers and mixed-use properties to office, retail and apartment tenants. Watch the rents and renovation costs it agrees on renewals and re-lettings: those terms show how much filling space actually adds to rental cash flow.
Autodesk pays AAT for office space and accounted for 6.8% of its office annualized base rent as of December 31, 2025. The company sells professional design and engineering software and services; its office renewal or space decisions directly affect a meaningful part of AAT's office rent.
Kilroy Realty Corp. earningsKRC
Kilroy Realty competes with American Assets Trust for office tenants in overlapping markets, and its leasing and renewals will show how hard both landlords must compete for corporate renters.
Look at Kilroy's occupancy and rents on renewals. If both hold up, corporate tenants are still taking and renewing office space in these shared markets, so pressure on American Assets Trust to compete may not be increasing; if both weaken, landlords may have to work harder to fill space. The portfolios are not identical, so Kilroy's results cannot replace American Assets Trust's own leasing figures.
Piedmont Realty Trust, Inc. earningsPDM
Piedmont Realty Trust leases Class A offices to corporate and government tenants, and its occupancy and renewal rents offer a broad office-demand signal for American Assets Trust's largest business.
Read Piedmont's occupancy and renewal rents together. If both hold or improve, corporate and government tenants are still leasing and renewing in other markets, a steadier signal for office demand; if both weaken, filling vacancies and holding rents may be harder. Piedmont is concentrated mainly in Sun Belt markets, so its results do not establish demand in American Assets Trust's regions.
AMERICAN ASSETS TRUST, INC. earningsThis company
American Assets Trust collects rent from its properties, and this report will show whether its office business, which supplied nearly half of 2025 revenue, can steady rents and property operating income.
Read office leasing and rental revenue alongside office property operating income, which reflects property costs but not company-level items such as interest and depreciation. Stable leasing and rents with steadier property operating income would show the largest business can cover its property costs; further declines in both would leave the other businesses carrying more of the burden of supporting debt service and distributions.
Alphabet Inc. earningsGOOG
Google is a significant office tenant of American Assets Trust, and any disclosure by Alphabet about Google's San Francisco space would show whether that rent may change.
Look for any disclosure that Google is keeping, expanding or reducing its San Francisco office space. Keeping or expanding it would support continuity in this significant rent stream for American Assets Trust; a reduction or exit could bring vacancy, re-leasing costs and uncertainty. If Alphabet says nothing about space, its earnings alone do not show whether Google will renew.
Fed Interest Rate Decision
American Assets Trust earns rent from its properties, while the Operating Partnership’s borrowing costs depend in part on interest rates, so the Fed’s rate decision can change how much cash remains for property needs and dividends.
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If it comes in above expectations
If the Fed’s rate is higher than expected, variable-rate debt and future refinancing may cost more, leaving the Operating Partnership less cash for property needs and distributions that fund American Assets Trust’s dividends.
If it comes in below expectations
If the Fed’s rate is lower than expected, variable-rate debt and future refinancing may cost less, potentially leaving the Operating Partnership more cash for property needs and distributions that fund American Assets Trust’s dividends.
Federal Realty Investment Trust earningsFRT
Federal Realty competes with American Assets Trust for retail tenants in some California markets, and its leasing and rents will show how hard landlords must compete for shopping-center and mixed-use renters.
Look at Federal Realty's leasing and renewal rents. If both hold or improve, retailers are still taking space in overlapping California markets, which may ease competition for American Assets Trust's shopping-center and mixed-use properties; if both weaken, keeping or replacing tenants may become harder. The properties and tenant mix differ, so American Assets Trust's own leasing results remain decisive.
Kite Realty Group Trust earningsKRG
Kite Realty Group Trust collects rent and property-cost reimbursements from shopping-center tenants, as American Assets Trust does, so its report offers a signal about the resilience of retail income.
Look for whether Kite's tenants keep paying rent and property costs. Steady collections would show its shopping-center tenants are meeting lease obligations, a supportive sector signal for American Assets Trust's retail rents and cost recoveries; signs of strain could point to greater risk of unpaid rent, vacancies or lower recoveries for landlords. The tenants differ, so Kite's results do not establish how American Assets Trust's tenants are faring.
Douglas Emmett, Inc. earningsDEI
Douglas Emmett and American Assets Trust both operate properties in Honolulu, and Douglas Emmett's apartment leasing and rents offer a local competition signal for American Assets Trust's apartment business.
Read Douglas Emmett's apartment leasing and rents together. If both hold or improve, residential tenants are still taking space and rents are supported in the shared Honolulu market, a constructive competition signal for American Assets Trust's apartment business; if both weaken, demand may be softer or landlords may be competing harder. The properties differ, so Douglas Emmett's results are not American Assets Trust's own performance.
