BRAEMAR HOTELS & RESORTS (BHR) Competitors

Host Hotels & Resorts (NASDAQ:HST) and BRAEMAR HOTELS & RESORTS (NYSE:BHR) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Do analysts recommend HST or BHR?

Host Hotels & Resorts presently has a consensus price target of $17.77, indicating a potential upside of 0.64%. Given Host Hotels & Resorts' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Host Hotels & Resorts is more favorable than BRAEMAR HOTELS & RESORTS.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Host Hotels & Resorts	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.55
BRAEMAR HOTELS & RESORTS	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Is HST or BHR more profitable?

Host Hotels & Resorts has a net margin of 11.12% compared to BRAEMAR HOTELS & RESORTS's net margin of -0.07%. Host Hotels & Resorts' return on equity of 9.90% beat BRAEMAR HOTELS & RESORTS's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Host Hotels & Resorts	11.12%	9.90%	5.07%
BRAEMAR HOTELS & RESORTS	-0.07%	-0.22%	-0.02%

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, HST or BHR?

Host Hotels & Resorts has higher revenue and earnings than BRAEMAR HOTELS & RESORTS. BRAEMAR HOTELS & RESORTS is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Host Hotels & Resorts, 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
Host Hotels & Resorts	$5.68B	2.14	$697M	$0.94	18.79
BRAEMAR HOTELS & RESORTS	$728.40M	0.28	-$1.69M	-$0.77	-3.86

Is HST or BHR a better dividend stock?

Host Hotels & Resorts pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. BRAEMAR HOTELS & RESORTS pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.7%. Host Hotels & Resorts pays out 85.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. BRAEMAR HOTELS & RESORTS pays out -26.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Host Hotels & Resorts has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years. BRAEMAR HOTELS & RESORTS is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the media prefer HST or BHR?

In the previous week, Host Hotels & Resorts had 23 more articles in the media than BRAEMAR HOTELS & RESORTS. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Host Hotels & Resorts and 0 mentions for BRAEMAR HOTELS & RESORTS. Host Hotels & Resorts' average media sentiment score of 1.42 beat BRAEMAR HOTELS & RESORTS's score of 0.00 indicating that Host Hotels & Resorts is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Host Hotels & Resorts	Positive
BRAEMAR HOTELS & RESORTS	Neutral

Which has more risk and volatility, HST or BHR?

Host Hotels & Resorts has a beta of 1.36, suggesting that its stock price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BRAEMAR HOTELS & RESORTS has a beta of 1.25, suggesting that its stock price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in HST or BHR?

98.5% of Host Hotels & Resorts shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.8% of BRAEMAR HOTELS & RESORTS shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of Host Hotels & Resorts shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of BRAEMAR HOTELS & RESORTS shares are held 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.

Summary

Host Hotels & Resorts beats BRAEMAR HOTELS & RESORTS on 16 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.