Service Properties Trust (SVC) Competitors

Pebblebrook Hotel Trust (NYSE:PEB) and Service Properties Trust (NASDAQ:SVC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, earnings, dividends and media sentiment.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in PEB or SVC?

77.6% of Service Properties Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 3.1% of Pebblebrook Hotel Trust shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Service Properties Trust shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is PEB or SVC a better dividend stock?

Pebblebrook Hotel Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Service Properties Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Pebblebrook Hotel Trust pays out -9.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Service Properties Trust pays out -2.4% 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in PEB or SVC?

Pebblebrook Hotel Trust received 76 more outperform votes than Service Properties Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 54.40% of users gave Pebblebrook Hotel Trust an outperform vote while only 50.69% of users gave Service Properties Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Pebblebrook Hotel Trust	Outperform Votes 371 54.40%	Underperform Votes 311 45.60%
Service Properties Trust	Outperform Votes 295 50.69%	Underperform Votes 287 49.31%

Which has higher valuation & earnings, PEB or SVC?

Service Properties Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Pebblebrook Hotel Trust. Pebblebrook Hotel Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Service Properties Trust, 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
Pebblebrook Hotel Trust	$1.45B	0.76	-$78.02M	-$0.43	-21.57
Service Properties Trust	$1.90B	0.17	-$32.78M	-$1.67	-1.14

Which has more volatility and risk, PEB or SVC?

Pebblebrook Hotel Trust has a beta of 1.69, indicating that its stock price is 69% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Service Properties Trust has a beta of 1.8, indicating that its stock price is 80% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is PEB or SVC more profitable?

Pebblebrook Hotel Trust has a net margin of 0.25% compared to Service Properties Trust's net margin of -12.87%. Pebblebrook Hotel Trust's return on equity of 0.13% beat Service Properties Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Pebblebrook Hotel Trust	0.25%	0.13%	0.06%
Service Properties Trust	-12.87%	-22.67%	-3.37%

Does the media refer more to PEB or SVC?

In the previous week, Pebblebrook Hotel Trust had 2 more articles in the media than Service Properties Trust. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Pebblebrook Hotel Trust and 10 mentions for Service Properties Trust. Service Properties Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.63 beat Pebblebrook Hotel Trust's score of 1.42 indicating that Service Properties Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Pebblebrook Hotel Trust	9 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Service Properties Trust	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Do analysts rate PEB or SVC?

Pebblebrook Hotel Trust currently has a consensus target price of $13.28, indicating a potential upside of 43.19%. Service Properties Trust has a consensus target price of $3.00, indicating a potential upside of 57.48%. Given Service Properties Trust's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Service Properties Trust is more favorable than Pebblebrook Hotel Trust.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Pebblebrook Hotel Trust	1 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Service Properties Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Summary

Pebblebrook Hotel Trust beats Service Properties Trust on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.