PPHE Hotel Group (PPH) Competitors

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

Is PPH or DAL a better dividend stock?

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

Is PPH or DAL 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
PPHE Hotel Group	5.15%	7.10%	2.74%
Dalata Hotel Group	13.44%	5.96%	3.89%

Do analysts recommend PPH or DAL?

Dalata Hotel Group has a consensus price target of GBX 480, suggesting a potential downside of 14.29%. Given Dalata Hotel Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Dalata Hotel Group is more favorable than PPHE Hotel Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
PPHE Hotel Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Dalata Hotel Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the media refer more to PPH or DAL?

In the previous week, PPHE Hotel Group had 6 more articles in the media than Dalata Hotel Group. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for PPHE Hotel Group and 1 mentions for Dalata Hotel Group. PPHE Hotel Group's average media sentiment score of 0.99 beat Dalata Hotel Group's score of 0.75 indicating that PPHE Hotel Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
PPHE Hotel Group	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Dalata Hotel Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

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

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

Which has more risk & volatility, PPH or DAL?

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

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, PPH or DAL?

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
PPHE Hotel Group	£451.71M	1.25	£21.81M	£0.51	2,650.98
Dalata Hotel Group	£607.70M	1.95	£94.71M	£0.40	1,403.51

Summary

Dalata Hotel Group beats PPHE Hotel Group on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.