Service Properties Trust (SVC) Competitors

RLJ Lodging Trust (NYSE:RLJ) and Service Properties Trust (NASDAQ:SVC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, risk, media sentiment, earnings and community ranking.

Do analysts prefer RLJ or SVC?

RLJ Lodging Trust presently has a consensus target price of $9.96, indicating a potential upside of 33.94%. Service Properties Trust has a consensus target price of $3.00, indicating a potential upside of 20.97%. Given RLJ Lodging Trust's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe RLJ Lodging Trust is more favorable than Service Properties Trust.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
RLJ Lodging Trust	2 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	2 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

Which has higher valuation and earnings, RLJ or SVC?

RLJ Lodging Trust has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Service Properties Trust. Service Properties Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than RLJ Lodging 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
RLJ Lodging Trust	$1.37B	0.82	$76.40M	$0.26	28.60
Service Properties Trust	$1.90B	0.22	-$32.78M	-$1.89	-1.31

Does the media prefer RLJ or SVC?

In the previous week, RLJ Lodging Trust had 2 more articles in the media than Service Properties Trust. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for RLJ Lodging Trust and 5 mentions for Service Properties Trust. Service Properties Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.71 beat RLJ Lodging Trust's score of 0.62 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
RLJ Lodging Trust	2 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Service Properties 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

Is RLJ or SVC a better dividend stock?

RLJ Lodging Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.1%. Service Properties Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. RLJ Lodging Trust pays out 230.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Service Properties Trust pays out -2.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. RLJ Lodging Trust has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years. RLJ Lodging Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Which has more risk and volatility, RLJ or SVC?

RLJ Lodging Trust has a beta of 1.48, meaning that its stock price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Service Properties Trust has a beta of 1.87, meaning that its stock price is 87% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor RLJ or SVC?

RLJ Lodging Trust received 126 more outperform votes than Service Properties Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.67% of users gave RLJ Lodging Trust an outperform vote while only 50.69% of users gave Service Properties Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
RLJ Lodging Trust	Outperform Votes 421 57.67%	Underperform Votes 309 42.33%
Service Properties Trust	Outperform Votes 295 50.69%	Underperform Votes 287 49.31%

Is RLJ or SVC more profitable?

RLJ Lodging Trust has a net margin of 5.19% compared to Service Properties Trust's net margin of -12.87%. RLJ Lodging Trust's return on equity of 3.58% beat Service Properties Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
RLJ Lodging Trust	5.19%	3.58%	1.44%
Service Properties Trust	-12.87%	-22.67%	-3.37%

Do insiders and institutionals believe in RLJ or SVC?

92.3% of RLJ Lodging Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.6% of Service Properties Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.9% of RLJ Lodging Trust shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Service Properties Trust shares are owned 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.

Summary

RLJ Lodging Trust beats Service Properties Trust on 16 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.