Service Properties Trust (SVC) Competitors

Brandywine Realty Trust (NYSE:BDN) and Service Properties Trust (NASDAQ:SVC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, valuation, community ranking and profitability.

Which has higher valuation & earnings, BDN or SVC?

Service Properties Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Brandywine Realty Trust. Service Properties Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Brandywine Realty 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
Brandywine Realty Trust	$514.65M	1.52	-$196.79M	-$1.22	-3.72
Service Properties Trust	$1.88B	0.44	-$32.78M	-$0.84	-5.96

Which has more volatility and risk, BDN or SVC?

Brandywine Realty Trust has a beta of 1.29, indicating that its share price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Service Properties Trust has a beta of 2.18, indicating that its share price is 118% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend BDN or SVC?

Brandywine Realty Trust presently has a consensus price target of $5.63, indicating a potential upside of 23.90%. Service Properties Trust has a consensus price target of $7.58, indicating a potential upside of 51.36%. Given Brandywine Realty Trust's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Service Properties Trust is more favorable than Brandywine Realty Trust.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Brandywine Realty Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Service Properties Trust	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Does the media prefer BDN or SVC?

In the previous week, Service Properties Trust had 2 more articles in the media than Brandywine Realty Trust. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Service Properties Trust and 3 mentions for Brandywine Realty Trust. Service Properties Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.76 beat Brandywine Realty Trust's score of 0.86 indicating that Brandywine Realty Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Brandywine Realty Trust	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Service Properties Trust	2 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do insiders & institutionals believe in BDN or SVC?

87.3% of Brandywine Realty Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.6% of Service Properties Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.6% of Brandywine Realty Trust shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Service Properties Trust shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is BDN or SVC more profitable?

Service Properties Trust has a net margin of -7.29% compared to Service Properties Trust's net margin of -40.61%. Brandywine Realty Trust's return on equity of -11.01% beat Service Properties Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Brandywine Realty Trust	-40.61%	-14.62%	-5.42%
Service Properties Trust	-7.29%	-11.01%	-1.84%

Is BDN or SVC a better dividend stock?

Brandywine Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.2%. Service Properties Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 16.0%. Brandywine Realty Trust pays out -49.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Service Properties Trust pays out -95.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Service Properties Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer BDN or SVC?

Brandywine Realty Trust received 80 more outperform votes than Service Properties Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 54.61% of users gave Brandywine Realty Trust an outperform vote while only 51.05% of users gave Service Properties Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Brandywine Realty Trust	Outperform Votes 373 54.61%	Underperform Votes 310 45.39%
Service Properties Trust	Outperform Votes 293 51.05%	Underperform Votes 281 48.95%

Summary

Service Properties Trust beats Brandywine Realty Trust on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.