Xenia Hotels & Resorts (XHR) Competitors

Xenia Hotels & Resorts (NYSE:XHR) and Boyd Gaming (NYSE:BYD) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, dividends and institutional ownership.

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of XHR or BYD?

92.4% of Xenia Hotels & Resorts shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.8% of Boyd Gaming shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.8% of Xenia Hotels & Resorts shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 27.9% of Boyd Gaming 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 XHR or BYD more profitable?

Boyd Gaming has a net margin of 13.32% compared to Xenia Hotels & Resorts' net margin of 2.24%. Boyd Gaming's return on equity of 34.29% beat Xenia Hotels & Resorts' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Xenia Hotels & Resorts	2.24%	1.72%	0.79%
Boyd Gaming	13.32%	34.29%	9.55%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in XHR or BYD?

Boyd Gaming received 283 more outperform votes than Xenia Hotels & Resorts when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.80% of users gave Boyd Gaming an outperform vote while only 57.33% of users gave Xenia Hotels & Resorts an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Xenia Hotels & Resorts	Outperform Votes 309 57.33%	Underperform Votes 230 42.67%
Boyd Gaming	Outperform Votes 592 59.80%	Underperform Votes 398 40.20%

Which has more volatility & risk, XHR or BYD?

Xenia Hotels & Resorts has a beta of 1.51, meaning that its share price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Boyd Gaming has a beta of 1.57, meaning that its share price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is XHR or BYD a better dividend stock?

Xenia Hotels & Resorts pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Boyd Gaming pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Xenia Hotels & Resorts pays out 252.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Boyd Gaming pays out 12.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Do analysts rate XHR or BYD?

Xenia Hotels & Resorts presently has a consensus price target of $15.30, indicating a potential upside of 0.39%. Boyd Gaming has a consensus price target of $89.31, indicating a potential upside of 39.72%. Given Boyd Gaming's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Boyd Gaming is more favorable than Xenia Hotels & Resorts.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Xenia Hotels & Resorts	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
Boyd Gaming	0 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, XHR or BYD?

Boyd Gaming has higher revenue and earnings than Xenia Hotels & Resorts. Boyd Gaming is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Xenia Hotels & Resorts, 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
Xenia Hotels & Resorts	$1.03B	1.51	$19.14M	$0.19	80.16
Boyd Gaming	$3.79B	1.61	$620.02M	$5.57	11.51

Does the media prefer XHR or BYD?

In the previous week, Boyd Gaming had 6 more articles in the media than Xenia Hotels & Resorts. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Boyd Gaming and 7 mentions for Xenia Hotels & Resorts. Boyd Gaming's average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat Xenia Hotels & Resorts' score of 0.64 indicating that Boyd Gaming is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Xenia Hotels & Resorts	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Boyd Gaming	8 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Boyd Gaming beats Xenia Hotels & Resorts on 17 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.