Service Properties Trust (SVC) Competitors

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

Which has higher earnings and valuation, SVC or BDN?

Service Properties Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Brandywine Realty Trust. Service Properties Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Brandywine Realty 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
Service Properties Trust	$1.87B	0.51	-$32.78M	-$0.84	-6.90
Brandywine Realty Trust	$514.65M	1.70	-$196.79M	-$1.22	-4.16

Do analysts recommend SVC or BDN?

Service Properties Trust presently has a consensus price target of $7.58, suggesting a potential upside of 30.75%. Brandywine Realty Trust has a consensus price target of $5.63, suggesting a potential upside of 10.84%. Given Service Properties Trust's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Service Properties Trust is more favorable than Brandywine Realty Trust.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Service Properties Trust	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Brandywine Realty Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Is SVC or BDN more profitable?

Service Properties Trust has a net margin of -7.29% compared to Brandywine Realty Trust's net margin of -32.27%. Service Properties Trust's return on equity of -11.01% beat Brandywine Realty Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Service Properties Trust	-7.29%	-11.01%	-1.84%
Brandywine Realty Trust	-32.27%	-12.16%	-4.36%

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of SVC or BDN?

77.6% of Service Properties Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.3% of Brandywine Realty Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of Service Properties Trust shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of Brandywine Realty Trust shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more risk and volatility, SVC or BDN?

Service Properties Trust has a beta of 2.21, indicating that its stock price is 121% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brandywine Realty Trust has a beta of 1.33, indicating that its stock price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is SVC or BDN a better dividend stock?

Service Properties Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.8%. Brandywine Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.8%. Service Properties Trust pays out -95.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Brandywine Realty Trust pays out -49.2% 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. Service Properties Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the media favor SVC or BDN?

In the previous week, Brandywine Realty Trust had 8 more articles in the media than Service Properties Trust. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Brandywine Realty Trust and 11 mentions for Service Properties Trust. Service Properties Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat Brandywine Realty Trust's score of 0.57 indicating that Service Properties Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Service Properties Trust	5 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Brandywine Realty Trust	8 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer SVC or BDN?

Brandywine Realty Trust received 80 more outperform votes than Service Properties Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 54.53% of users gave Brandywine Realty Trust an outperform vote while only 51.05% of users gave Service Properties Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Service Properties Trust	Outperform Votes 293 51.05%	Underperform Votes 281 48.95%
Brandywine Realty Trust	Outperform Votes 373 54.53%	Underperform Votes 311 45.47%

Summary

Service Properties Trust beats Brandywine Realty Trust on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.