DiamondRock Hospitality (DRH) Competitors

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

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

94.5% of Ryman Hospitality Properties shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.0% of Ryman Hospitality Properties shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of DiamondRock Hospitality shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk and volatility, RHP or DRH?

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

Do analysts rate RHP or DRH?

Ryman Hospitality Properties currently has a consensus price target of $112.00, suggesting a potential upside of 11.79%. DiamondRock Hospitality has a consensus price target of $8.89, suggesting a potential upside of 12.78%. Given DiamondRock Hospitality's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe DiamondRock Hospitality is more favorable than Ryman Hospitality Properties.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ryman Hospitality Properties	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.71
DiamondRock Hospitality	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.29

Does the MarketBeat Community favor RHP or DRH?

DiamondRock Hospitality received 47 more outperform votes than Ryman Hospitality Properties when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 57.51% of users gave Ryman Hospitality Properties an outperform vote while only 55.07% of users gave DiamondRock Hospitality an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Ryman Hospitality Properties	Outperform Votes 360 57.51%	Underperform Votes 266 42.49%
DiamondRock Hospitality	Outperform Votes 407 55.07%	Underperform Votes 332 44.93%

Is RHP or DRH a better dividend stock?

Ryman Hospitality Properties pays an annual dividend of $4.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. DiamondRock Hospitality pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. 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 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 has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years and DiamondRock Hospitality has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Ryman Hospitality Properties is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Does the media favor RHP or DRH?

In the previous week, Ryman Hospitality Properties had 7 more articles in the media than DiamondRock Hospitality. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Ryman Hospitality Properties and 3 mentions for DiamondRock Hospitality. Ryman Hospitality Properties' average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat DiamondRock Hospitality's score of 0.59 indicating that Ryman Hospitality Properties is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Ryman Hospitality Properties	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
DiamondRock Hospitality	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is RHP or DRH more profitable?

Ryman Hospitality Properties has a net margin of 11.61% compared to DiamondRock Hospitality's net margin of 6.30%. Ryman Hospitality Properties' return on equity of 49.23% beat DiamondRock Hospitality's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ryman Hospitality Properties	11.61%	49.23%	5.28%
DiamondRock Hospitality	6.30%	4.25%	2.18%

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, RHP or DRH?

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
Ryman Hospitality Properties	$2.40B	2.51	$311.22M	$4.72	21.23
DiamondRock Hospitality	$1.13B	1.44	$86.34M	$0.18	43.81

Summary

Ryman Hospitality Properties beats DiamondRock Hospitality on 18 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.