Cross Timbers Royalty Trust (CRT) Competitors

BRAEMAR HOTELS & RESORTS (NYSE:BHR) and Cross Timbers Royalty Trust (NYSE:CRT) are both small-cap trading companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings and valuation.

Which has more volatility & risk, BHR or CRT?

BRAEMAR HOTELS & RESORTS has a beta of 1.25, indicating that its stock price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cross Timbers Royalty Trust has a beta of 0.17, indicating that its stock price is 83% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals & insiders believe in BHR or CRT?

64.8% of BRAEMAR HOTELS & RESORTS shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 9.7% of Cross Timbers Royalty Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 1.8% of BRAEMAR HOTELS & RESORTS shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.4% of Cross Timbers Royalty Trust shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, BHR or CRT?

Cross Timbers Royalty Trust has lower revenue, but higher earnings than BRAEMAR HOTELS & RESORTS. BRAEMAR HOTELS & RESORTS is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cross Timbers Royalty 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	$716.64M	0.28	-$1.69M	-$0.77	-3.77
Cross Timbers Royalty Trust	$6.62M	6.93	$6.54M	$0.92	8.32

Does the media favor BHR or CRT?

In the previous week, Cross Timbers Royalty Trust had 1 more articles in the media than BRAEMAR HOTELS & RESORTS. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Cross Timbers Royalty Trust and 2 mentions for BRAEMAR HOTELS & RESORTS. Cross Timbers Royalty Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.71 beat BRAEMAR HOTELS & RESORTS's score of 0.00 indicating that Cross Timbers Royalty Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
BRAEMAR HOTELS & RESORTS	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Cross Timbers Royalty Trust	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is BHR or CRT more profitable?

Cross Timbers Royalty Trust has a net margin of 84.24% compared to BRAEMAR HOTELS & RESORTS's net margin of -0.07%. Cross Timbers Royalty Trust's return on equity of 231.09% beat BRAEMAR HOTELS & RESORTS's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
BRAEMAR HOTELS & RESORTS	-0.07%	-0.22%	-0.02%
Cross Timbers Royalty Trust	84.24%	231.09%	139.29%

Is BHR or CRT a better dividend stock?

BRAEMAR HOTELS & RESORTS pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.9%. Cross Timbers Royalty Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. BRAEMAR HOTELS & RESORTS pays out -26.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Cross Timbers Royalty Trust pays out 17.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. BRAEMAR HOTELS & RESORTS is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

Cross Timbers Royalty Trust beats BRAEMAR HOTELS & RESORTS on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.