AHT vs. WELL, AMT, PSA, VTR, EXR, WY, OHI, CUBE, RHP, and HR
Should you be buying Ashford Hospitality Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ashford Hospitality Trust include Welltower (WELL), American Tower (AMT), Public Storage (PSA), Ventas (VTR), Extra Space Storage (EXR), Weyerhaeuser (WY), Omega Healthcare Investors (OHI), CubeSmart (CUBE), Ryman Hospitality Properties (RHP), and Healthcare Realty Trust (HR). These companies are all part of the "specialized reits" industry.
Ashford Hospitality Trust vs. Its Competitors
Welltower (NYSE:WELL) and Ashford Hospitality Trust (NYSE:AHT) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings and dividends.
94.8% of Welltower shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.0% of Ashford Hospitality Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Welltower shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Ashford Hospitality Trust shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Welltower has a net margin of 12.18% compared to Ashford Hospitality Trust's net margin of -20.55%. Welltower's return on equity of 3.38% beat Ashford Hospitality Trust's return on equity.
In the previous week, Welltower had 26 more articles in the media than Ashford Hospitality Trust. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Welltower and 0 mentions for Ashford Hospitality Trust. Welltower's average media sentiment score of 1.35 beat Ashford Hospitality Trust's score of -0.76 indicating that Welltower is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Welltower has a beta of 0.93, indicating that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ashford Hospitality Trust has a beta of 2.57, indicating that its stock price is 157% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
Welltower presently has a consensus target price of $175.00, indicating a potential upside of 3.19%. Given Welltower's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Welltower is more favorable than Ashford Hospitality Trust.
Summary
Welltower beats Ashford Hospitality Trust on 15 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:AHT) was last updated on 9/9/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
