CXW vs. RLJ, PEB, DRH, LTC, SVC, MPW, NHI, INN, DHC, and CLDT
Should you be buying CoreCivic stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CoreCivic include RLJ Lodging Trust (RLJ), Pebblebrook Hotel Trust (PEB), DiamondRock Hospitality (DRH), LTC Properties (LTC), Service Properties Trust (SVC), Medical Properties Trust (MPW), National Health Investors (NHI), Summit Hotel Properties (INN), Diversified Healthcare Trust (DHC), and Chatham Lodging Trust (CLDT). These companies are all part of the "specialized reits" industry.
CoreCivic (NYSE:CXW) and RLJ Lodging Trust (NYSE:RLJ) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, community ranking, earnings, profitability and media sentiment.
CoreCivic has a beta of 0.81, suggesting that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, RLJ Lodging Trust has a beta of 1.71, suggesting that its share price is 71% more volatile than the S&P 500.
RLJ Lodging Trust has a net margin of 5.76% compared to CoreCivic's net margin of 3.56%. CoreCivic's return on equity of 4.70% beat RLJ Lodging Trust's return on equity.
In the previous week, CoreCivic had 3 more articles in the media than RLJ Lodging Trust. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for CoreCivic and 2 mentions for RLJ Lodging Trust. RLJ Lodging Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.92 beat CoreCivic's score of 0.62 indicating that RLJ Lodging Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
RLJ Lodging Trust has lower revenue, but higher earnings than CoreCivic. CoreCivic is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than RLJ Lodging Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
RLJ Lodging Trust received 29 more outperform votes than CoreCivic when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.15% of users gave CoreCivic an outperform vote while only 59.86% of users gave RLJ Lodging Trust an outperform vote.
85.1% of CoreCivic shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.4% of RLJ Lodging Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 1.9% of CoreCivic shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of RLJ Lodging Trust shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
CoreCivic presently has a consensus price target of $19.00, indicating a potential upside of 29.25%. RLJ Lodging Trust has a consensus price target of $13.90, indicating a potential upside of 27.41%. Given CoreCivic's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe CoreCivic is more favorable than RLJ Lodging Trust.
Summary
RLJ Lodging Trust beats CoreCivic on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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