Medalist Diversified REIT (MDRR) Competitors

Ashford Hospitality Trust (NYSE:AHT) and Medalist Diversified REIT (NASDAQ:MDRR) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, dividends, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking and earnings.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in AHT or MDRR?

41.0% of Ashford Hospitality Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 17.4% of Medalist Diversified REIT shares are held by institutional investors. 1.2% of Ashford Hospitality Trust shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 16.9% of Medalist Diversified REIT shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts rate AHT or MDRR?

Ashford Hospitality Trust presently has a consensus target price of $2.50, suggesting a potential upside of 129.36%. Given Medalist Diversified REIT's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Ashford Hospitality Trust is more favorable than Medalist Diversified REIT.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ashford Hospitality Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Medalist Diversified REIT	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Does the media refer more to AHT or MDRR?

In the previous week, Ashford Hospitality Trust had 2 more articles in the media than Medalist Diversified REIT. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Ashford Hospitality Trust and 0 mentions for Medalist Diversified REIT. Medalist Diversified REIT's average media sentiment score of 0.65 beat Ashford Hospitality Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that Ashford Hospitality Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Ashford Hospitality Trust	Positive
Medalist Diversified REIT	Neutral

Is AHT or MDRR more profitable?

Ashford Hospitality Trust has a net margin of -3.51% compared to Ashford Hospitality Trust's net margin of -19.20%. Medalist Diversified REIT's return on equity of 0.00% beat Ashford Hospitality Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ashford Hospitality Trust	-3.51%	N/A	-1.30%
Medalist Diversified REIT	-19.20%	-21.37%	-4.03%

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, AHT or MDRR?

Medalist Diversified REIT has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Ashford Hospitality Trust. Medalist Diversified REIT is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ashford Hospitality Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Ashford Hospitality Trust	$1.37B	0.03	-$178.49M	-$3.17	-0.34
Medalist Diversified REIT	$10.27M	1.27	-$4.57M	-$0.92	-6.34

Which has more risk and volatility, AHT or MDRR?

Ashford Hospitality Trust has a beta of 2.21, suggesting that its stock price is 121% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Medalist Diversified REIT has a beta of 0.74, suggesting that its stock price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer AHT or MDRR?

Ashford Hospitality Trust received 412 more outperform votes than Medalist Diversified REIT when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.30% of users gave Medalist Diversified REIT an outperform vote while only 64.01% of users gave Ashford Hospitality Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Ashford Hospitality Trust	Outperform Votes 473 64.01%	Underperform Votes 266 35.99%
Medalist Diversified REIT	Outperform Votes 61 66.30%	Underperform Votes 31 33.70%

Summary

Ashford Hospitality Trust beats Medalist Diversified REIT on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.