Diversified Healthcare Trust (DHC) Competitors $2.24 -0.02 (-0.88%) Closing price 05/1/2025 04:00 PM EasternExtended Trading$2.22 -0.02 (-0.89%) As of 05/1/2025 06:40 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock DHC vs. SHO, LTC, DRH, RLJ, PEB, UHT, INN, CLDT, SVC, and AHTShould you be buying Diversified Healthcare Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Diversified Healthcare Trust include Sunstone Hotel Investors (SHO), LTC Properties (LTC), DiamondRock Hospitality (DRH), RLJ Lodging Trust (RLJ), Pebblebrook Hotel Trust (PEB), Universal Health Realty Income Trust (UHT), Summit Hotel Properties (INN), Chatham Lodging Trust (CLDT), Service Properties Trust (SVC), and Ashford Hospitality Trust (AHT). These companies are all part of the "specialized reits" industry. Diversified Healthcare Trust vs. Sunstone Hotel Investors LTC Properties DiamondRock Hospitality RLJ Lodging Trust Pebblebrook Hotel Trust Universal Health Realty Income Trust Summit Hotel Properties Chatham Lodging Trust Service Properties Trust Ashford Hospitality Trust Diversified Healthcare Trust (NASDAQ:DHC) and Sunstone Hotel Investors (NYSE:SHO) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations and risk. Which has more risk and volatility, DHC or SHO? Diversified Healthcare Trust has a beta of 2.02, suggesting that its share price is 102% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sunstone Hotel Investors has a beta of 1.16, suggesting that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500. Do insiders & institutionals believe in DHC or SHO? 76.0% of Diversified Healthcare Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.4% of Sunstone Hotel Investors shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of Diversified Healthcare Trust shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Sunstone Hotel Investors shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term. Which has preferable earnings & valuation, DHC or SHO? Sunstone Hotel Investors has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Diversified Healthcare Trust. Diversified Healthcare Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sunstone Hotel Investors, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioDiversified Healthcare Trust$1.50B0.36-$293.57M-$1.54-1.45Sunstone Hotel Investors$905.81M1.88$206.71M$0.1460.54 Is DHC or SHO more profitable? Sunstone Hotel Investors has a net margin of 18.61% compared to Diversified Healthcare Trust's net margin of -26.09%. Sunstone Hotel Investors' return on equity of 9.04% beat Diversified Healthcare Trust's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Diversified Healthcare Trust-26.09% -17.55% -7.20% Sunstone Hotel Investors 18.61%9.04%5.40% Is DHC or SHO a better dividend stock? Diversified Healthcare Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Sunstone Hotel Investors pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Diversified Healthcare Trust pays out -2.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Sunstone Hotel Investors pays out 257.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Does the MarketBeat Community favor DHC or SHO? Sunstone Hotel Investors received 268 more outperform votes than Diversified Healthcare Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.96% of users gave Sunstone Hotel Investors an outperform vote while only 53.67% of users gave Diversified Healthcare Trust an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformDiversified Healthcare TrustOutperform Votes27853.67% Underperform Votes24046.33% Sunstone Hotel InvestorsOutperform Votes54658.96% Underperform Votes38041.04% Do analysts rate DHC or SHO? Diversified Healthcare Trust presently has a consensus target price of $3.75, suggesting a potential upside of 67.41%. Sunstone Hotel Investors has a consensus target price of $10.44, suggesting a potential upside of 23.24%. Given Diversified Healthcare Trust's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Diversified Healthcare Trust is more favorable than Sunstone Hotel Investors.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Diversified Healthcare Trust 1 Sell rating(s) 1 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 1 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.33Sunstone Hotel Investors 1 Sell rating(s) 5 Hold rating(s) 3 Buy rating(s) 1 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.40 Does the media favor DHC or SHO? In the previous week, Sunstone Hotel Investors had 8 more articles in the media than Diversified Healthcare Trust. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Sunstone Hotel Investors and 5 mentions for Diversified Healthcare Trust. Diversified Healthcare Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.76 beat Sunstone Hotel Investors' score of 0.93 indicating that Diversified Healthcare Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Diversified Healthcare Trust 4 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 0 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Very Positive Sunstone Hotel Investors 8 Very Positive mention(s) 1 Positive mention(s) 1 Neutral mention(s) 1 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive SummarySunstone Hotel Investors beats Diversified Healthcare Trust on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Diversified Healthcare Trust News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for DHC and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart DHC vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricDiversified Healthcare TrustReal estate investment trusts IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ ExchangeMarket Cap$540.37M$6.94B$11.11B$7.93BDividend Yield1.76%7.07%5.77%4.22%P/E Ratio-1.3959.3822.1018.54Price / Sales0.368.3826.31103.30Price / Cash302.8717.3217.6034.62Price / Book0.231.662.674.25Net Income-$293.57M$177.71M$1.03B$248.18M7 Day Performance-1.32%1.31%0.72%1.03%1 Month Performance-8.57%-5.62%-0.57%2.70%1 Year Performance-7.44%3.61%537.59%4.05% Diversified Healthcare Trust Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)DHCDiversified Healthcare Trust2.9627 of 5 stars$2.24-0.9%$3.75+67.4%-5.1%$540.37M$1.50B-1.39600Upcoming EarningsPositive NewsSHOSunstone Hotel Investors4.1771 of 5 stars$8.21-0.4%$11.00+34.0%-17.2%$1.65B$905.81M10.8040Upcoming EarningsAnalyst ForecastNews CoverageLTCLTC Properties1.7749 of 5 stars$35.58-0.5%$38.67+8.7%+6.7%$1.63B$209.85M15.2720Upcoming EarningsDRHDiamondRock Hospitality2.885 of 5 stars$6.95-0.3%$9.60+38.1%-16.2%$1.45B$1.13B24.8230Earnings ReportAnalyst ForecastNews CoverageRLJRLJ Lodging Trust4.3092 of 5 stars$6.88-1.1%$10.82+57.3%-34.9%$1.04B$1.37B23.7280Upcoming EarningsAnalyst DowngradeShort Interest ↑News CoveragePositive NewsPEBPebblebrook Hotel Trust4.3545 of 5 stars$8.71+0.1%$13.61+56.2%-36.1%$1.03B$1.45B-30.0360Earnings ReportAnalyst ForecastShort Interest ↓News CoveragePositive NewsUHTUniversal Health Realty Income Trust1.7109 of 5 stars$38.25-0.3%N/A+7.6%$529.80M$99.01M29.20N/AEarnings ReportNews CoverageINNSummit Hotel Properties3.2312 of 5 stars$3.87-1.3%N/A-31.6%$431.05M$731.78M387.0070Earnings ReportDividend AnnouncementAnalyst UpgradeNews CoverageGap UpCLDTChatham Lodging Trust3.8041 of 5 stars$6.86+0.7%$10.75+56.7%-23.7%$336.02M$317.21M-29.8220Upcoming EarningsNews CoveragePositive NewsSVCService Properties Trust4.4918 of 5 stars$1.83flat$6.00+227.9%-68.3%$304.95M$1.90B-1.24N/AUpcoming EarningsNews CoveragePositive NewsAHTAshford Hospitality Trust0.7337 of 5 stars$5.94-3.7%N/A-50.3%$34.30M$1.17B-0.46120Upcoming EarningsShort Interest ↑ Related Companies and Tools Related Companies SHO Alternatives LTC Alternatives DRH Alternatives RLJ Alternatives PEB Alternatives UHT Alternatives INN Alternatives CLDT Alternatives SVC Alternatives AHT Alternatives Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NASDAQ:DHC) was last updated on 5/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersHere’s How to Claim Your Stake in Elon’s Private Company, xAII predict this single breakthrough could make Elon the world’s first trillionaire — and mint more new milliona...Brownstone Research | SponsoredThe next market Nvidia is positioned to dominate …Robots — built by Nvidia. 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