APLE vs. JEF, HST, LINE, HLNE, FRHC, REXR, BRX, STEP, VIRT, and EPRT
Should you be buying Apple Hospitality REIT stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Apple Hospitality REIT include Jefferies Financial Group (JEF), Host Hotels & Resorts (HST), Lineage (LINE), Hamilton Lane (HLNE), Freedom (FRHC), Rexford Industrial Realty (REXR), Brixmor Property Group (BRX), StepStone Group (STEP), Virtu Financial (VIRT), and Essential Properties Realty Trust (EPRT). These companies are all part of the "trading" industry.
Apple Hospitality REIT vs.
Apple Hospitality REIT (NYSE:APLE) and Jefferies Financial Group (NYSE:JEF) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking and dividends.
Apple Hospitality REIT has a net margin of 14.53% compared to Jefferies Financial Group's net margin of 10.57%. Jefferies Financial Group's return on equity of 7.92% beat Apple Hospitality REIT's return on equity.
Jefferies Financial Group received 309 more outperform votes than Apple Hospitality REIT when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 56.88% of users gave Apple Hospitality REIT an outperform vote while only 53.58% of users gave Jefferies Financial Group an outperform vote.
89.7% of Apple Hospitality REIT shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 60.9% of Jefferies Financial Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.1% of Apple Hospitality REIT shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 19.8% of Jefferies Financial Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Apple Hospitality REIT has a beta of 1.07, indicating that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Jefferies Financial Group has a beta of 1.47, indicating that its stock price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Apple Hospitality REIT currently has a consensus target price of $16.80, indicating a potential upside of 45.62%. Jefferies Financial Group has a consensus target price of $62.75, indicating a potential upside of 25.20%. Given Apple Hospitality REIT's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Apple Hospitality REIT is more favorable than Jefferies Financial Group.
Jefferies Financial Group has higher revenue and earnings than Apple Hospitality REIT. Apple Hospitality REIT is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Jefferies Financial Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Apple Hospitality REIT pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.3%. Jefferies Financial Group pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Apple Hospitality REIT pays out 121.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Jefferies Financial Group pays out 55.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Jefferies Financial Group has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years.
In the previous week, Jefferies Financial Group had 41 more articles in the media than Apple Hospitality REIT. MarketBeat recorded 50 mentions for Jefferies Financial Group and 9 mentions for Apple Hospitality REIT. Apple Hospitality REIT's average media sentiment score of 1.19 beat Jefferies Financial Group's score of 0.72 indicating that Apple Hospitality REIT is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Jefferies Financial Group beats Apple Hospitality REIT on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:APLE) was last updated on 5/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
