PPHE Hotel Group (PPH) Competitors

Dalata Hotel Group (LON:DAL) and PPHE Hotel Group (LON:PPH) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, risk and analyst recommendations.

Do analysts prefer DAL or PPH?

Dalata Hotel Group presently has a consensus target price of GBX 480, suggesting a potential downside of 14.37%. PPHE Hotel Group has a consensus target price of GBX 1,500, suggesting a potential upside of 12.78%. Given PPHE Hotel Group's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe PPHE Hotel Group is more favorable than Dalata Hotel Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Dalata Hotel Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
PPHE Hotel Group	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Is DAL or PPH more profitable?

Dalata Hotel Group has a net margin of 13.44% compared to PPHE Hotel Group's net margin of 5.15%. PPHE Hotel Group's return on equity of 7.10% beat Dalata Hotel Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Dalata Hotel Group	13.44%	5.96%	3.89%
PPHE Hotel Group	5.15%	7.10%	2.74%

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in DAL or PPH?

74.4% of Dalata Hotel Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 9.1% of PPHE Hotel Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of Dalata Hotel Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 44.6% of PPHE Hotel Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer DAL or PPH?

In the previous week, PPHE Hotel Group had 1 more articles in the media than Dalata Hotel Group. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for PPHE Hotel Group and 1 mentions for Dalata Hotel Group. Dalata Hotel Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat PPHE Hotel Group's score of -0.40 indicating that Dalata Hotel Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Dalata Hotel Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
PPHE Hotel Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is DAL or PPH a better dividend stock?

Dalata Hotel Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. PPHE Hotel Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.38 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Dalata Hotel Group pays out 10.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. PPHE Hotel Group pays out 74.5% 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.

Which has more risk & volatility, DAL or PPH?

Dalata Hotel Group has a beta of 1.65, indicating that its share price is 65% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PPHE Hotel Group has a beta of 1.11, indicating that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better valuation and earnings, DAL or PPH?

Dalata Hotel Group has higher revenue and earnings than PPHE Hotel Group. Dalata Hotel Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than PPHE Hotel Group, 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
Dalata Hotel Group	£607.70M	1.95	£94.71M	£0.40	1,404.94
PPHE Hotel Group	£451.71M	1.23	£21.81M	£0.51	2,607.84

Summary

Dalata Hotel Group beats PPHE Hotel Group on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.