CLDT vs. UHT, DHC, INN, SVC, LTC, CXW, RLJ, PEB, LAND, and ORC
Should you be buying Chatham Lodging Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Chatham Lodging Trust include Universal Health Realty Income Trust (UHT), Diversified Healthcare Trust (DHC), Summit Hotel Properties (INN), Service Properties Trust (SVC), LTC Properties (LTC), CoreCivic (CXW), RLJ Lodging Trust (RLJ), Pebblebrook Hotel Trust (PEB), Gladstone Land (LAND), and Orchid Island Capital (ORC). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
Universal Health Realty Income Trust (NYSE:UHT) and Chatham Lodging Trust (NYSE:CLDT) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk and profitability.
64.7% of Universal Health Realty Income Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.4% of Chatham Lodging Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.1% of Universal Health Realty Income Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.5% of Chatham Lodging Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Chatham Lodging Trust had 11 more articles in the media than Universal Health Realty Income Trust. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Chatham Lodging Trust and 0 mentions for Universal Health Realty Income Trust. Universal Health Realty Income Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.68 beat Chatham Lodging Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that Chatham Lodging Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Universal Health Realty Income Trust has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Chatham Lodging Trust. Chatham Lodging Trust 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.
Universal Health Realty Income Trust has a net margin of 16.66% compared to Universal Health Realty Income Trust's net margin of 0.85%. Chatham Lodging Trust's return on equity of 7.88% beat Universal Health Realty Income Trust's return on equity.
Chatham Lodging Trust has a consensus target price of $13.33, suggesting a potential upside of 47.00%. Given Universal Health Realty Income Trust's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Chatham Lodging Trust is more favorable than Universal Health Realty Income Trust.
Universal Health Realty Income Trust has a beta of 0.76, meaning that its share price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Chatham Lodging Trust has a beta of 1.74, meaning that its share price is 74% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Chatham Lodging Trust received 207 more outperform votes than Universal Health Realty Income Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.43% of users gave Chatham Lodging Trust an outperform vote while only 61.02% of users gave Universal Health Realty Income Trust an outperform vote.
Universal Health Realty Income Trust pays an annual dividend of $2.90 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.9%. Chatham Lodging Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Universal Health Realty Income Trust pays out 247.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Chatham Lodging Trust pays out -254.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Universal Health Realty Income Trust has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Universal Health Realty Income Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Summary
Chatham Lodging Trust beats Universal Health Realty Income Trust on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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