Host Hotels & Resorts (HST) Competitors

VICI Properties (NYSE:VICI) and Host Hotels & Resorts (NASDAQ:HST) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment, risk, valuation, community ranking and earnings.

Which has better valuation and earnings, VICI or HST?

VICI Properties has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Host Hotels & Resorts. VICI Properties is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Host Hotels & Resorts, 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
VICI Properties	$3.88B	8.50	$2.51B	$2.50	12.49
Host Hotels & Resorts	$5.81B	1.88	$740M	$0.96	16.37

Which has more risk and volatility, VICI or HST?

VICI Properties has a beta of 0.74, suggesting that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Host Hotels & Resorts has a beta of 1.29, suggesting that its share price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate VICI or HST?

VICI Properties currently has a consensus target price of $35.07, suggesting a potential upside of 12.30%. Host Hotels & Resorts has a consensus target price of $18.90, suggesting a potential upside of 20.24%. Given Host Hotels & Resorts' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Host Hotels & Resorts is more favorable than VICI Properties.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
VICI Properties	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75
Host Hotels & Resorts	1 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.47

Does the media prefer VICI or HST?

In the previous week, Host Hotels & Resorts had 3 more articles in the media than VICI Properties. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for Host Hotels & Resorts and 25 mentions for VICI Properties. VICI Properties' average media sentiment score of 1.47 beat Host Hotels & Resorts' score of 1.02 indicating that VICI Properties is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
VICI Properties	21 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Host Hotels & Resorts	16 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals & insiders believe in VICI or HST?

97.7% of VICI Properties shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.5% of Host Hotels & Resorts shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of VICI Properties shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Host Hotels & Resorts shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is VICI or HST more profitable?

VICI Properties has a net margin of 69.59% compared to Host Hotels & Resorts' net margin of 12.26%. Host Hotels & Resorts' return on equity of 10.37% beat VICI Properties' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
VICI Properties	69.59%	10.24%	6.02%
Host Hotels & Resorts	12.26%	10.37%	5.47%

Is VICI or HST a better dividend stock?

VICI Properties pays an annual dividend of $1.73 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.5%. Host Hotels & Resorts pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. VICI Properties pays out 69.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Host Hotels & Resorts pays out 83.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. VICI Properties has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years and Host Hotels & Resorts has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years. VICI Properties is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in VICI or HST?

VICI Properties received 254 more outperform votes than Host Hotels & Resorts when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.09% of users gave VICI Properties an outperform vote while only 47.27% of users gave Host Hotels & Resorts an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
VICI Properties	Outperform Votes 306 66.09%	Underperform Votes 157 33.91%
Host Hotels & Resorts	Outperform Votes 52 47.27%	Underperform Votes 58 52.73%

Summary

VICI Properties beats Host Hotels & Resorts on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.