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Apple Hospitality REIT (APLE) Competitors

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APLE vs. JEF, HST, LINE, REXR, FRHC, BRX, HLNE, VIRT, EPRT, and STEP

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), Rexford Industrial Realty (REXR), Freedom (FRHC), Brixmor Property Group (BRX), Hamilton Lane (HLNE), Virtu Financial (VIRT), Essential Properties Realty Trust (EPRT), and StepStone Group (STEP). These companies are all part of the "trading" industry.

Apple Hospitality REIT vs. Its Competitors

Apple Hospitality REIT (NYSE:APLE) and Jefferies Financial Group (NYSE:JEF) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, risk and analyst recommendations.

In the previous week, Jefferies Financial Group had 50 more articles in the media than Apple Hospitality REIT. MarketBeat recorded 57 mentions for Jefferies Financial Group and 7 mentions for Apple Hospitality REIT. Apple Hospitality REIT's average media sentiment score of 0.69 beat Jefferies Financial Group's score of 0.54 indicating that Apple Hospitality REIT is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Apple Hospitality REIT
3 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Jefferies Financial Group
20 Very Positive mention(s)
12 Positive mention(s)
20 Neutral mention(s)
4 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Apple Hospitality REIT$1.43B2.01$214.06M$0.7915.34
Jefferies Financial Group$7.03B1.67$743.38M$2.6521.47

Apple Hospitality REIT has a net margin of 13.38% compared to Jefferies Financial Group's net margin of 7.70%. Jefferies Financial Group's return on equity of 6.62% beat Apple Hospitality REIT's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Apple Hospitality REIT13.38% 5.84% 3.82%
Jefferies Financial Group 7.70%6.62%1.02%

Apple Hospitality REIT presently has a consensus price target of $15.75, suggesting a potential upside of 30.00%. Jefferies Financial Group has a consensus price target of $66.00, suggesting a potential upside of 15.99%. Given Apple Hospitality REIT's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Apple Hospitality REIT is more favorable than Jefferies Financial Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Apple Hospitality REIT
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
Jefferies Financial Group
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

Apple Hospitality REIT has a beta of 1.04, meaning that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Jefferies Financial Group has a beta of 1.46, meaning that its share price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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 will outperform the market over the long term.

Apple Hospitality REIT pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.9%. Jefferies Financial Group pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. 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 60.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Jefferies Financial Group has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years.

Summary

Jefferies Financial Group beats Apple Hospitality REIT on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding APLE and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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APLE vs. The Competition

MetricApple Hospitality REITREIT IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$2.88B$8.35B$12.04B$20.55B
Dividend Yield7.93%5.69%5.57%3.75%
P/E Ratio15.3441.2320.0728.05
Price / Sales2.014.9625.6146.08
Price / Cash7.1718.1021.5022.31
Price / Book0.891.672.284.59
Net Income$214.06M$128.99M$1.00B$985.44M
7 Day Performance2.63%1.44%2.31%2.91%
1 Month Performance4.13%3.38%4.37%5.47%
1 Year Performance-14.74%1.05%541.13%14.61%

Apple Hospitality REIT Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
APLE
Apple Hospitality REIT
4.7269 of 5 stars
$12.12
+0.1%
$15.75
+30.0%
-15.3%$2.88B$1.43B15.3460Ex-Dividend
JEF
Jefferies Financial Group
4.5737 of 5 stars
$53.96
+2.1%
$66.25
+22.8%
+11.5%$11.13B$7.03B18.677,822Trending News
Dividend Announcement
HST
Host Hotels & Resorts
4.7554 of 5 stars
$15.77
+0.6%
$18.12
+14.9%
-8.4%$10.94B$5.68B16.43160News Coverage
Positive News
Ex-Dividend
Analyst Forecast
Options Volume
LINE
Lineage
4.4425 of 5 stars
$45.57
+1.8%
$62.10
+36.3%
N/A$10.42B$5.34B-14.1526,000Trending News
Ex-Dividend
Analyst Downgrade
Analyst Revision
REXR
Rexford Industrial Realty
4.0904 of 5 stars
$36.99
+1.2%
$40.00
+8.1%
-17.5%$8.75B$936.41M29.83220Ex-Dividend
FRHC
Freedom
0.5688 of 5 stars
$141.54
+2.4%
N/A+87.4%$8.30B$2.03B101.838,764News Coverage
Positive News
BRX
Brixmor Property Group
4.0966 of 5 stars
$26.19
+0.7%
$30.30
+15.7%
+13.5%$8.02B$1.29B24.94500Positive News
HLNE
Hamilton Lane
4.3697 of 5 stars
$138.84
+1.6%
$164.29
+18.3%
+14.1%$7.43B$712.96M25.76530Positive News
VIRT
Virtu Financial
4.5997 of 5 stars
$42.40
-0.3%
$37.25
-12.2%
+100.7%$6.54B$3.07B12.26990
EPRT
Essential Properties Realty Trust
3.0991 of 5 stars
$32.98
+1.9%
$34.91
+5.9%
+15.1%$6.51B$449.61M28.6840Positive News
Ex-Dividend
STEP
StepStone Group
1.1742 of 5 stars
$53.20
+0.3%
$62.57
+17.6%
+22.9%$6.19B$1.17B-22.261,130

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