HST vs. DOC, AMH, SUI, KIM, UDR, WPC, LAMR, GLPI, MAA, and ELS
Should you be buying Host Hotels & Resorts stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Host Hotels & Resorts include Healthpeak Properties (DOC), American Homes 4 Rent (AMH), Sun Communities (SUI), Kimco Realty (KIM), UDR (UDR), W. P. Carey (WPC), Lamar Advertising (LAMR), Gaming and Leisure Properties (GLPI), Mid-America Apartment Communities (MAA), and Equity LifeStyle Properties (ELS). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
Healthpeak Properties (NYSE:DOC) and Host Hotels & Resorts (NASDAQ:HST) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, community ranking, analyst recommendations, profitability and dividends.
93.6% of Healthpeak Properties shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.5% of Host Hotels & Resorts shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Healthpeak Properties shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Host Hotels & Resorts shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Host Hotels & Resorts has higher revenue and earnings than Healthpeak Properties. Host Hotels & Resorts is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Healthpeak Properties, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Healthpeak Properties currently has a consensus target price of $18.36, indicating a potential downside of 2.73%. Host Hotels & Resorts has a consensus target price of $21.33, indicating a potential upside of 13.23%. Given Healthpeak Properties' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Host Hotels & Resorts is more favorable than Healthpeak Properties.
Healthpeak Properties has a beta of 1.02, meaning that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Host Hotels & Resorts has a beta of 1.31, meaning that its share price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Healthpeak Properties had 4 more articles in the media than Host Hotels & Resorts. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Healthpeak Properties and 19 mentions for Host Hotels & Resorts. Host Hotels & Resorts' average media sentiment score of 0.81 beat Healthpeak Properties' score of 0.54 indicating that Healthpeak Properties is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Host Hotels & Resorts has a net margin of 13.93% compared to Host Hotels & Resorts' net margin of 8.56%. Healthpeak Properties' return on equity of 10.82% beat Host Hotels & Resorts' return on equity.
Healthpeak Properties received 456 more outperform votes than Host Hotels & Resorts when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.85% of users gave Healthpeak Properties an outperform vote while only 46.34% of users gave Host Hotels & Resorts an outperform vote.
Healthpeak Properties pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.4%. Host Hotels & Resorts pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Healthpeak Properties pays out 342.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Host Hotels & Resorts pays out 76.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Summary
Host Hotels & Resorts beats Healthpeak Properties on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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