PEB vs. DRH, RLJ, CXW, LTC, SVC, NHI, MPW, INN, EPR, and DHC
Should you be buying Pebblebrook Hotel Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Pebblebrook Hotel Trust include DiamondRock Hospitality (DRH), RLJ Lodging Trust (RLJ), CoreCivic (CXW), LTC Properties (LTC), Service Properties Trust (SVC), National Health Investors (NHI), Medical Properties Trust (MPW), Summit Hotel Properties (INN), EPR Properties (EPR), and Diversified Healthcare Trust (DHC). These companies are all part of the "specialized reits" industry.
Pebblebrook Hotel Trust (NYSE:PEB) and DiamondRock Hospitality (NYSE:DRH) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation and dividends.
DiamondRock Hospitality received 37 more outperform votes than Pebblebrook Hotel Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 56.44% of users gave Pebblebrook Hotel Trust an outperform vote while only 56.17% of users gave DiamondRock Hospitality an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Pebblebrook Hotel Trust had 15 more articles in the media than DiamondRock Hospitality. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Pebblebrook Hotel Trust and 6 mentions for DiamondRock Hospitality. Pebblebrook Hotel Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.53 beat DiamondRock Hospitality's score of 0.49 indicating that Pebblebrook Hotel Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Pebblebrook Hotel Trust has a beta of 1.86, suggesting that its share price is 86% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DiamondRock Hospitality has a beta of 1.6, suggesting that its share price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Pebblebrook Hotel Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. DiamondRock Hospitality pays an annual dividend of $0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Pebblebrook Hotel Trust pays out -3.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. DiamondRock Hospitality pays out 33.3% 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.
Pebblebrook Hotel Trust currently has a consensus price target of $14.69, suggesting a potential downside of 1.82%. DiamondRock Hospitality has a consensus price target of $10.30, suggesting a potential upside of 13.81%. Given DiamondRock Hospitality's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe DiamondRock Hospitality is more favorable than Pebblebrook Hotel Trust.
DiamondRock Hospitality has a net margin of 8.03% compared to Pebblebrook Hotel Trust's net margin of -5.84%. DiamondRock Hospitality's return on equity of 5.29% beat Pebblebrook Hotel Trust's return on equity.
DiamondRock Hospitality has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Pebblebrook Hotel Trust. Pebblebrook Hotel Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than DiamondRock Hospitality, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
DiamondRock Hospitality beats Pebblebrook Hotel Trust on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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