RLJ vs. CXW, PEB, DRH, LTC, SVC, NHI, MPW, INN, DHC, and UHT
Should you be buying RLJ Lodging Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of RLJ Lodging Trust include CoreCivic (CXW), Pebblebrook Hotel Trust (PEB), DiamondRock Hospitality (DRH), LTC Properties (LTC), Service Properties Trust (SVC), National Health Investors (NHI), Medical Properties Trust (MPW), Summit Hotel Properties (INN), Diversified Healthcare Trust (DHC), and Universal Health Realty Income Trust (UHT). These companies are all part of the "specialized reits" industry.
RLJ Lodging Trust (NYSE:RLJ) and CoreCivic (NYSE:CXW) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, community ranking, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, valuation and earnings.
In the previous week, RLJ Lodging Trust had 11 more articles in the media than CoreCivic. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for RLJ Lodging Trust and 5 mentions for CoreCivic. RLJ Lodging Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat CoreCivic's score of 0.41 indicating that RLJ Lodging Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.
RLJ Lodging Trust has higher earnings, but lower revenue than CoreCivic. CoreCivic is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than RLJ Lodging Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
RLJ Lodging Trust has a net margin of 5.29% compared to CoreCivic's net margin of 3.56%. CoreCivic's return on equity of 4.70% beat RLJ Lodging Trust's return on equity.
RLJ Lodging Trust has a beta of 1.7, meaning that its stock price is 70% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CoreCivic has a beta of 0.81, meaning that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.
92.4% of RLJ Lodging Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.1% of CoreCivic shares are held by institutional investors. 2.6% of RLJ Lodging Trust shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of CoreCivic shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
RLJ Lodging Trust received 29 more outperform votes than CoreCivic when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.04% of users gave CoreCivic an outperform vote while only 59.77% of users gave RLJ Lodging Trust an outperform vote.
RLJ Lodging Trust currently has a consensus price target of $13.90, indicating a potential upside of 29.54%. CoreCivic has a consensus price target of $19.00, indicating a potential upside of 24.51%. Given RLJ Lodging Trust's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe RLJ Lodging Trust is more favorable than CoreCivic.
Summary
RLJ Lodging Trust beats CoreCivic on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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