Ashford Hospitality Trust (AHT) Competitors

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

Do analysts rate AHT or WELL?

Welltower has a consensus price target of $169.82, indicating a potential upside of 4.25%. 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)	8 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.82

Does the media prefer AHT or WELL?

In the previous week, Welltower had 34 more articles in the media than Ashford Hospitality Trust. MarketBeat recorded 34 mentions for Welltower and 0 mentions for Ashford Hospitality Trust. Welltower's average media sentiment score of 1.37 beat Ashford Hospitality Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that Welltower is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Ashford Hospitality Trust	Neutral
Welltower	Positive

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	$1.13B	0.03	-$60.30M	-$48.01	-0.13
Welltower	$7.99B	13.63	$951.68M	$1.77	92.03

Is AHT or WELL more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ashford Hospitality Trust	-20.55%	N/A	-7.33%
Welltower	12.18%	3.38%	2.16%

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in 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, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

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 3.8%. Welltower pays an annual dividend of $2.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Ashford Hospitality Trust pays out -0.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Welltower pays out 167.2% 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 more volatility and risk, AHT or WELL?

Ashford Hospitality Trust has a beta of 2.42, meaning that its share price is 142% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Welltower has a beta of 0.93, meaning that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Welltower beats Ashford Hospitality Trust on 16 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.