Safestay (SSTY) Competitors

Safestay (LON:SSTY) and Peel Hotels (LON:PHO) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations and risk.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer SSTY or PHO?

Safestay received 123 more outperform votes than Peel Hotels when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.72% of users gave Safestay an outperform vote while only 66.30% of users gave Peel Hotels an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Safestay	Outperform Votes 184 75.72%	Underperform Votes 59 24.28%
Peel Hotels	Outperform Votes 61 66.30%	Underperform Votes 31 33.70%

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of SSTY or PHO?

61.0% of Safestay shares are held by institutional investors. 29.7% of Safestay shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, SSTY or PHO?

Peel Hotels has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Safestay. Safestay is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Peel Hotels, 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
Safestay	£35.79M	0.38	-£623.38K	-£0.96	-21.88
Peel Hotels	£15.59M	0.00	N/A	£1.50	N/A

Is SSTY or PHO more profitable?

Peel Hotels has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Safestay's net margin of -1.74%. Peel Hotels' return on equity of 0.00% beat Safestay's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Safestay	-1.74%	-1.16%	2.22%
Peel Hotels	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the media refer more to SSTY or PHO?

In the previous week, Safestay's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Peel Hotels'average media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Safestay	Neutral
Peel Hotels	Neutral

Summary

Safestay beats Peel Hotels on 6 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.