Host Hotels & Resorts (HST) Competitors

Host Hotels & Resorts (NASDAQ:HST) and DiamondRock Hospitality (NYSE:DRH) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, media sentiment, dividends, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of HST or DRH?

98.5% of Host Hotels & Resorts shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of Host Hotels & Resorts shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of DiamondRock Hospitality shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts prefer HST or DRH?

Host Hotels & Resorts currently has a consensus target price of $17.88, suggesting a potential upside of 16.83%. DiamondRock Hospitality has a consensus target price of $8.50, suggesting a potential upside of 12.06%. Given Host Hotels & Resorts' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Host Hotels & Resorts is more favorable than DiamondRock Hospitality.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Host Hotels & Resorts	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.58
DiamondRock Hospitality	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.17

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, HST or DRH?

Host Hotels & Resorts has higher revenue and earnings than DiamondRock Hospitality. Host Hotels & Resorts is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than DiamondRock Hospitality, 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
Host Hotels & Resorts	$5.68B	1.85	$697M	$0.94	16.28
DiamondRock Hospitality	$1.13B	1.38	$48.05M	$0.18	42.14

Is HST or DRH a better dividend stock?

Host Hotels & Resorts pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. DiamondRock Hospitality pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Host Hotels & Resorts pays out 85.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. DiamondRock Hospitality pays out 177.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Host Hotels & Resorts has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years and DiamondRock Hospitality has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Host Hotels & Resorts is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Is HST or DRH more profitable?

Host Hotels & Resorts has a net margin of 11.12% compared to DiamondRock Hospitality's net margin of 4.57%. Host Hotels & Resorts' return on equity of 9.90% beat DiamondRock Hospitality's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Host Hotels & Resorts	11.12%	9.90%	5.07%
DiamondRock Hospitality	4.57%	3.18%	1.62%

Which has more risk and volatility, HST or DRH?

Host Hotels & Resorts has a beta of 1.34, indicating that its share price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DiamondRock Hospitality has a beta of 1.41, indicating that its share price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor HST or DRH?

In the previous week, Host Hotels & Resorts had 14 more articles in the media than DiamondRock Hospitality. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Host Hotels & Resorts and 7 mentions for DiamondRock Hospitality. Host Hotels & Resorts' average media sentiment score of 0.79 beat DiamondRock Hospitality's score of 0.69 indicating that Host Hotels & Resorts is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Host Hotels & Resorts	10 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	10 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
DiamondRock Hospitality	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Host Hotels & Resorts beats DiamondRock Hospitality on 16 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.