Host Hotels & Resorts (HST) Competitors

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

Is DRH or HST a better dividend stock?

DiamondRock Hospitality pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Host Hotels & Resorts pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. DiamondRock Hospitality pays out 123.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. 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 has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Host Hotels & Resorts has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Host Hotels & Resorts is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Is DRH or HST more profitable?

Host Hotels & Resorts has a net margin of 11.12% compared to DiamondRock Hospitality's net margin of 6.04%. 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
DiamondRock Hospitality	6.04%	4.23%	2.17%
Host Hotels & Resorts	11.12%	9.90%	5.07%

Do analysts recommend DRH or HST?

DiamondRock Hospitality presently has a consensus price target of $8.63, indicating a potential upside of 11.72%. Host Hotels & Resorts has a consensus price target of $17.88, indicating a potential upside of 10.00%. Given DiamondRock Hospitality's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe DiamondRock Hospitality is more favorable than Host Hotels & Resorts.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
DiamondRock Hospitality	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.14
Host Hotels & Resorts	0 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.54

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

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

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, DRH or HST?

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
DiamondRock Hospitality	$1.13B	1.40	$48.05M	$0.26	29.69
Host Hotels & Resorts	$5.68B	1.97	$697M	$0.94	17.29

Which has more volatility & risk, DRH or HST?

DiamondRock Hospitality has a beta of 1.38, meaning that its share price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Host Hotels & Resorts has a beta of 1.36, meaning that its share price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor DRH or HST?

In the previous week, Host Hotels & Resorts had 11 more articles in the media than DiamondRock Hospitality. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Host Hotels & Resorts and 1 mentions for DiamondRock Hospitality. Host Hotels & Resorts' average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat DiamondRock Hospitality's score of 1.00 indicating that Host Hotels & Resorts is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
DiamondRock Hospitality	Positive
Host Hotels & Resorts	Positive

Summary

Host Hotels & Resorts beats DiamondRock Hospitality on 16 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.