INN vs. SHO, LTC, DRH, PEB, RLJ, DHC, UHT, SVC, CLDT, and AHT
Should you be buying Summit Hotel Properties stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Summit Hotel Properties include Sunstone Hotel Investors (SHO), LTC Properties (LTC), DiamondRock Hospitality (DRH), Pebblebrook Hotel Trust (PEB), RLJ Lodging Trust (RLJ), Diversified Healthcare Trust (DHC), Universal Health Realty Income Trust (UHT), Service Properties Trust (SVC), Chatham Lodging Trust (CLDT), and Ashford Hospitality Trust (AHT). These companies are all part of the "specialized reits" industry.
Summit Hotel Properties vs. Its Competitors
Sunstone Hotel Investors (NYSE:SHO) and Summit Hotel Properties (NYSE:INN) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, profitability and analyst recommendations.
Sunstone Hotel Investors has higher revenue and earnings than Summit Hotel Properties. Summit Hotel Properties is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sunstone Hotel Investors, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Sunstone Hotel Investors pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Summit Hotel Properties pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.9%. Sunstone Hotel Investors pays out 360.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Summit Hotel Properties pays out 200.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Sunstone Hotel Investors has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years and Summit Hotel Properties has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Summit Hotel Properties is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, Sunstone Hotel Investors had 6 more articles in the media than Summit Hotel Properties. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Sunstone Hotel Investors and 1 mentions for Summit Hotel Properties. Sunstone Hotel Investors' average media sentiment score of 0.09 beat Summit Hotel Properties' score of 0.00 indicating that Sunstone Hotel Investors is being referred to more favorably in the media.
99.4% of Sunstone Hotel Investors shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.5% of Summit Hotel Properties shares are held by institutional investors. 1.1% of Sunstone Hotel Investors shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.8% of Summit Hotel Properties shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summit Hotel Properties has a net margin of 5.46% compared to Sunstone Hotel Investors' net margin of 3.85%. Summit Hotel Properties' return on equity of 2.98% beat Sunstone Hotel Investors' return on equity.
Sunstone Hotel Investors presently has a consensus target price of $9.31, indicating a potential upside of 4.28%. Summit Hotel Properties has a consensus target price of $5.00, indicating a potential downside of 8.42%. Given Sunstone Hotel Investors' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Sunstone Hotel Investors is more favorable than Summit Hotel Properties.
Sunstone Hotel Investors has a beta of 1.25, meaning that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Summit Hotel Properties has a beta of 1.66, meaning that its share price is 66% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Sunstone Hotel Investors beats Summit Hotel Properties on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:INN) was last updated on 7/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
