BHR vs. BRSP, DX, UNIT, DHC, TRTX, WSR, INN, KREF, CHCT, and GMRE
Should you be buying Braemar Hotels & Resorts stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Braemar Hotels & Resorts include BrightSpire Capital (BRSP), Dynex Capital (DX), Uniti Group (UNIT), Diversified Healthcare Trust (DHC), TPG RE Finance Trust (TRTX), Whitestone REIT (WSR), Summit Hotel Properties (INN), KKR Real Estate Finance Trust (KREF), Community Healthcare Trust (CHCT), and Global Medical REIT (GMRE). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
BrightSpire Capital (NYSE:BRSP) and Braemar Hotels & Resorts (NYSE:BHR) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, dividends, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability and earnings.
BrightSpire Capital has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Braemar Hotels & Resorts. BrightSpire Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Braemar Hotels & Resorts, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
BrightSpire Capital pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.8%. Braemar Hotels & Resorts pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.0%. BrightSpire Capital pays out -145.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Braemar Hotels & Resorts pays out -17.9% 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. BrightSpire Capital has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years and Braemar Hotels & Resorts has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. BrightSpire Capital is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Braemar Hotels & Resorts received 77 more outperform votes than BrightSpire Capital when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 54.27% of users gave Braemar Hotels & Resorts an outperform vote while only 44.44% of users gave BrightSpire Capital an outperform vote.
In the previous week, BrightSpire Capital had 1 more articles in the media than Braemar Hotels & Resorts. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for BrightSpire Capital and 1 mentions for Braemar Hotels & Resorts. Braemar Hotels & Resorts' average media sentiment score of 1.89 beat BrightSpire Capital's score of 1.44 indicating that BrightSpire Capital is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Braemar Hotels & Resorts has a net margin of -3.65% compared to Braemar Hotels & Resorts' net margin of -33.20%. Braemar Hotels & Resorts' return on equity of 9.36% beat BrightSpire Capital's return on equity.
BrightSpire Capital currently has a consensus target price of $7.33, suggesting a potential upside of 26.22%. Braemar Hotels & Resorts has a consensus target price of $2.50, suggesting a potential downside of 11.97%. Given Braemar Hotels & Resorts' higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe BrightSpire Capital is more favorable than Braemar Hotels & Resorts.
56.6% of BrightSpire Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.8% of Braemar Hotels & Resorts shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.9% of BrightSpire Capital shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Braemar Hotels & Resorts shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
BrightSpire Capital has a beta of 1.9, meaning that its share price is 90% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Braemar Hotels & Resorts has a beta of 1.96, meaning that its share price is 96% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
BrightSpire Capital beats Braemar Hotels & Resorts on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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