Ashford Hospitality Trust (AHT) Competitors

Ashford Hospitality Trust (NYSE:AHT) and Welltower (NYSE:WELL) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, profitability, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and dividends.

Does the media favor AHT or WELL?

In the previous week, Welltower had 13 more articles in the media than Ashford Hospitality Trust. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Welltower and 0 mentions for Ashford Hospitality Trust. Welltower's average media sentiment score of 1.27 beat Ashford Hospitality Trust's score of 1.00 indicating that Welltower is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Ashford Hospitality Trust	Positive
Welltower	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer AHT or WELL?

Welltower received 269 more outperform votes than Ashford Hospitality Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.66% of users gave Ashford Hospitality Trust an outperform vote while only 60.33% of users gave Welltower an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Ashford Hospitality Trust	Outperform Votes 473 63.66%	Underperform Votes 270 36.34%
Welltower	Outperform Votes 742 60.33%	Underperform Votes 488 39.67%

Is AHT or WELL a better dividend stock?

Ashford Hospitality Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Welltower pays an annual dividend of $2.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Ashford Hospitality Trust pays out -0.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Welltower pays out 154.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Welltower has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Ashford Hospitality Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, AHT or WELL?

Welltower has higher revenue and earnings than Ashford Hospitality Trust. Ashford Hospitality Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Welltower, 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
Ashford Hospitality Trust	$1.15B	0.03	-$178.49M	-$38.63	-0.16
Welltower	$8.41B	11.79	$951.68M	$1.74	87.18

Do analysts prefer AHT or WELL?

Welltower has a consensus target price of $163.25, suggesting a potential upside of 7.62%. Given Welltower's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Welltower is more favorable than Ashford Hospitality Trust.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ashford Hospitality Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Welltower	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.92

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of AHT or WELL?

41.0% of Ashford Hospitality Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.8% of Welltower shares are held by institutional investors. 2.2% of Ashford Hospitality Trust shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Welltower 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.

Which has more volatility and risk, AHT or WELL?

Ashford Hospitality Trust has a beta of 2.24, indicating that its share price is 124% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Welltower has a beta of 0.94, indicating that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is AHT or WELL more profitable?

Welltower has a net margin of 11.91% compared to Ashford Hospitality Trust's net margin of 2.84%. Welltower's return on equity of 3.15% beat Ashford Hospitality Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ashford Hospitality Trust	2.84%	-12.89%	1.01%
Welltower	11.91%	3.15%	2.00%

Summary

Welltower beats Ashford Hospitality Trust on 17 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.