GEO vs. RHP, HR, RYN, PCH, SBRA, EPR, MPW, NHI, SHO, and DRH
Should you be buying The GEO Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of The GEO Group include Ryman Hospitality Properties (RHP), Healthcare Realty Trust (HR), Rayonier (RYN), PotlatchDeltic (PCH), Sabra Health Care REIT (SBRA), EPR Properties (EPR), Medical Properties Trust (MPW), National Health Investors (NHI), Sunstone Hotel Investors (SHO), and DiamondRock Hospitality (DRH). These companies are all part of the "specialized reits" industry.
The GEO Group (NYSE:GEO) and Ryman Hospitality Properties (NYSE:RHP) are both business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, dividends, community ranking and profitability.
The GEO Group presently has a consensus target price of $17.00, suggesting a potential upside of 22.39%. Ryman Hospitality Properties has a consensus target price of $119.00, suggesting a potential upside of 13.07%. Given The GEO Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe The GEO Group is more favorable than Ryman Hospitality Properties.
Ryman Hospitality Properties has lower revenue, but higher earnings than The GEO Group. The GEO Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ryman Hospitality Properties, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, The GEO Group had 1 more articles in the media than Ryman Hospitality Properties. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for The GEO Group and 5 mentions for Ryman Hospitality Properties. Ryman Hospitality Properties' average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat The GEO Group's score of 0.50 indicating that Ryman Hospitality Properties is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
76.1% of The GEO Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.5% of Ryman Hospitality Properties shares are held by institutional investors. 5.0% of The GEO Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.0% of Ryman Hospitality Properties shares are held by company 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.
The GEO Group received 170 more outperform votes than Ryman Hospitality Properties when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.71% of users gave The GEO Group an outperform vote while only 57.45% of users gave Ryman Hospitality Properties an outperform vote.
The GEO Group has a beta of 0.59, meaning that its share price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ryman Hospitality Properties has a beta of 1.59, meaning that its share price is 59% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Ryman Hospitality Properties has a net margin of 13.35% compared to The GEO Group's net margin of 4.51%. Ryman Hospitality Properties' return on equity of 56.37% beat The GEO Group's return on equity.
Summary
Ryman Hospitality Properties beats The GEO Group on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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