DiamondRock Hospitality (DRH) Competitors

DiamondRock Hospitality (NYSE:DRH) and Ryman Hospitality Properties (NYSE:RHP) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, dividends and institutional ownership.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of DRH or RHP?

94.5% of Ryman Hospitality Properties shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of DiamondRock Hospitality shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.0% of Ryman Hospitality Properties shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is DRH or RHP more profitable?

Ryman Hospitality Properties has a net margin of 12.16% compared to DiamondRock Hospitality's net margin of 4.57%. Ryman Hospitality Properties' return on equity of 51.95% beat DiamondRock Hospitality's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
DiamondRock Hospitality	4.57%	3.18%	1.62%
Ryman Hospitality Properties	12.16%	51.95%	5.61%

Which has more risk & volatility, DRH or RHP?

DiamondRock Hospitality has a beta of 1.34, indicating that its share price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ryman Hospitality Properties has a beta of 1.58, indicating that its share price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is DRH or RHP a better dividend stock?

DiamondRock Hospitality pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Ryman Hospitality Properties pays an annual dividend of $4.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. DiamondRock Hospitality pays out 177.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Ryman Hospitality Properties pays out 97.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. DiamondRock Hospitality has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Ryman Hospitality Properties has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Ryman Hospitality Properties is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Do analysts recommend DRH or RHP?

DiamondRock Hospitality currently has a consensus target price of $8.71, indicating a potential upside of 10.73%. Ryman Hospitality Properties has a consensus target price of $114.43, indicating a potential upside of 12.72%. Given Ryman Hospitality Properties' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Ryman Hospitality Properties is more favorable than DiamondRock Hospitality.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
DiamondRock Hospitality	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.29
Ryman Hospitality Properties	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has better valuation & earnings, DRH or RHP?

Ryman Hospitality Properties has higher revenue and earnings than DiamondRock Hospitality. Ryman Hospitality Properties is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than DiamondRock Hospitality, 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
DiamondRock Hospitality	$1.13B	1.44	$48.05M	$0.18	43.72
Ryman Hospitality Properties	$2.34B	2.60	$271.64M	$4.72	21.51

Does the media refer more to DRH or RHP?

In the previous week, Ryman Hospitality Properties had 5 more articles in the media than DiamondRock Hospitality. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Ryman Hospitality Properties and 3 mentions for DiamondRock Hospitality. Ryman Hospitality Properties' average media sentiment score of 0.81 beat DiamondRock Hospitality's score of 0.53 indicating that Ryman Hospitality Properties is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
DiamondRock Hospitality	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Ryman Hospitality Properties	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Ryman Hospitality Properties beats DiamondRock Hospitality on 18 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.