[April 28, 2013] Shares of Brookfield Asset Management Rank the Highest in Terms of Earnings Yield in the Diversified Real Estate Activities Industry (BAM, OBAS, TRC, JOE, CTO) Tweet Apr 28, 2013 (SmarTrend(R) News Watch via COMTEX) -- Below are the three companies in the Diversified Real Estate Activities industry with the highest earnings yields. Earnings yield is useful to compare the relative benefit of owning a stock vs. owning other yield assets such as bonds. If the earnings yield is higher, stocks may be considered undervalued.Brookfield Asset Management ranks highest with a an earnings yield of 5.3%. Optibase is next with a an earnings yield of 3.6%. Tejon Ranch ranks third highest with a an earnings yield of 1.7%. St. Joe follows with a an earnings yield of 0.5%, and Consolidated-Tomoka Land rounds out the top five with a an earnings yield of 0.4%. SmarTrend recommended that its subscribers protect gains by selling shares of St. Joe on February 26th, 2013 by issuing a Downtrend alert when the shares were trading at $21.83. Since that call, shares of St. Joe have fallen 11.1%. We are now looking for when a new Uptrend will commence and will alert SmarTrend subscribers in real time. Write to Chip Brian at [email protected] --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SmarTrend analyzes over 5,000 securities simultaneously throughout the trading day and provides its subscribers with trend change alerts in real time. To get a free trial of our trading calls and maximize your trading results, please visit http://www.MySmarTrend.com Get exclusive, actionable insight into how the market is expected to trend prior to market open with our free morning newsletter. Sign up at: http://www.MySmarTrend.com/signup [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]