Braemar Hotels & Resorts (BHR) Competitors

Braemar Hotels & Resorts (NYSE:BHR) and Universal Health Realty Income Trust (NYSE:UHT) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership and earnings.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, BHR or UHT?

Universal Health Realty Income Trust has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Braemar Hotels & Resorts. Braemar Hotels & Resorts is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Universal Health Realty Income Trust, 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
Braemar Hotels & Resorts	$725.15M	0.18	-$27.02M	-$0.86	-2.32
Universal Health Realty Income Trust	$98.42M	5.34	$15.40M	$1.35	28.09

Which has more risk and volatility, BHR or UHT?

Braemar Hotels & Resorts has a beta of 1.06, meaning that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Universal Health Realty Income Trust has a beta of 0.88, meaning that its stock price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor BHR or UHT?

In the previous week, Universal Health Realty Income Trust had 3 more articles in the media than Braemar Hotels & Resorts. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Universal Health Realty Income Trust and 0 mentions for Braemar Hotels & Resorts. Universal Health Realty Income Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.45 beat Braemar Hotels & Resorts' score of 0.00 indicating that Universal Health Realty Income Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Braemar Hotels & Resorts	Neutral
Universal Health Realty Income Trust	Positive

Is BHR or UHT more profitable?

Universal Health Realty Income Trust has a net margin of 18.41% compared to Braemar Hotels & Resorts' net margin of -0.30%. Universal Health Realty Income Trust's return on equity of 9.44% beat Braemar Hotels & Resorts' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Braemar Hotels & Resorts	-0.30%	-0.78%	-0.10%
Universal Health Realty Income Trust	18.41%	9.44%	3.07%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer BHR or UHT?

Universal Health Realty Income Trust received 92 more outperform votes than Braemar Hotels & Resorts when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.94% of users gave Universal Health Realty Income Trust an outperform vote while only 50.86% of users gave Braemar Hotels & Resorts an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Braemar Hotels & Resorts	Outperform Votes 89 50.86%	Underperform Votes 86 49.14%
Universal Health Realty Income Trust	Outperform Votes 181 60.94%	Underperform Votes 116 39.06%

Do institutionals & insiders believe in BHR or UHT?

64.8% of Braemar Hotels & Resorts shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.7% of Universal Health Realty Income Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.8% of Braemar Hotels & Resorts shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of Universal Health Realty Income Trust shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is BHR or UHT a better dividend stock?

Braemar Hotels & Resorts pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.0%. Universal Health Realty Income Trust pays an annual dividend of $2.94 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.8%. Braemar Hotels & Resorts pays out -23.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Universal Health Realty Income Trust pays out 217.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Universal Health Realty Income Trust has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Braemar Hotels & Resorts is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

Universal Health Realty Income Trust beats Braemar Hotels & Resorts on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.