Service Properties Trust (SVC) Competitors

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

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in SVC or LTC?

77.6% of Service Properties Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.3% of LTC Properties shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of Service Properties Trust shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of LTC Properties shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts recommend SVC or LTC?

Service Properties Trust currently has a consensus target price of $7.92, indicating a potential upside of 27.28%. LTC Properties has a consensus target price of $33.86, indicating a potential upside of 5.21%. Given Service Properties Trust's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Service Properties Trust is more favorable than LTC Properties.

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
LTC Properties	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, SVC or LTC?

LTC Properties has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Service Properties Trust. Service Properties Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than LTC Properties, 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	0.56	-$32.78M	-$0.20	-31.70
LTC Properties	$197.24M	7.15	$89.74M	$2.16	15.03

Does the MarketBeat Community favor SVC or LTC?

LTC Properties received 41 more outperform votes than Service Properties Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 56.35% of users gave LTC Properties an outperform vote while only 50.96% of users gave Service Properties Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Service Properties Trust	Outperform Votes 292 50.96%	Underperform Votes 281 49.04%
LTC Properties	Outperform Votes 333 56.35%	Underperform Votes 258 43.65%

Does the media favor SVC or LTC?

In the previous week, Service Properties Trust had 6 more articles in the media than LTC Properties. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Service Properties Trust and 3 mentions for LTC Properties. Service Properties Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.68 beat LTC Properties' score of 0.51 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	3 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
LTC Properties	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is SVC or LTC more profitable?

LTC Properties has a net margin of 45.49% compared to Service Properties Trust's net margin of -1.75%. LTC Properties' return on equity of 10.25% beat Service Properties Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Service Properties Trust	-1.75%	-2.50%	-0.44%
LTC Properties	45.49%	10.25%	4.86%

Which has more volatility and risk, SVC or LTC?

Service Properties Trust has a beta of 2.18, meaning that its stock price is 118% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, LTC Properties has a beta of 0.87, meaning that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is SVC or LTC a better dividend stock?

Service Properties Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.6%. LTC Properties pays an annual dividend of $2.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.0%. Service Properties Trust pays out -400.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. LTC Properties pays out 105.6% 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

LTC Properties beats Service Properties Trust on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.