Summit Hotel Properties (INN) Competitors

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

Is HST or INN more profitable?

Host Hotels & Resorts has a net margin of 11.12% compared to Summit Hotel Properties' net margin of 1.00%. Host Hotels & Resorts' return on equity of 9.90% beat Summit Hotel Properties' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Host Hotels & Resorts	11.12%	9.90%	5.07%
Summit Hotel Properties	1.00%	0.56%	0.25%

Do analysts prefer HST or INN?

Host Hotels & Resorts currently has a consensus target price of $17.77, indicating a potential upside of 2.32%. Summit Hotel Properties has a consensus target price of $5.75, indicating a potential upside of 1.41%. Given Host Hotels & Resorts' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Host Hotels & Resorts is more favorable than Summit Hotel Properties.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Host Hotels & Resorts	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.55
Summit Hotel Properties	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.50

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of HST or INN?

98.5% of Host Hotels & Resorts shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.5% of Summit Hotel Properties shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of Host Hotels & Resorts shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.8% of Summit Hotel Properties shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is HST or INN a better dividend stock?

Host Hotels & Resorts pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Summit Hotel Properties pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%. Host Hotels & Resorts pays out 85.1% 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 -355.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Host Hotels & Resorts has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years and Summit Hotel Properties has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Summit Hotel Properties is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has more risk and volatility, HST or INN?

Host Hotels & Resorts has a beta of 1.36, suggesting that its share price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Summit Hotel Properties has a beta of 1.72, suggesting that its share price is 72% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, HST or INN?

Host Hotels & Resorts has higher revenue and earnings than Summit Hotel Properties. Summit Hotel 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
Host Hotels & Resorts	$5.68B	2.10	$697M	$0.94	18.48
Summit Hotel Properties	$731.78M	0.84	$41.02M	-$0.09	-63.00

Does the media favor HST or INN?

In the previous week, Host Hotels & Resorts had 7 more articles in the media than Summit Hotel Properties. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Host Hotels & Resorts and 2 mentions for Summit Hotel Properties. Host Hotels & Resorts' average media sentiment score of 1.36 beat Summit Hotel Properties' score of 0.20 indicating that Host Hotels & Resorts is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Host Hotels & Resorts	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Summit Hotel Properties	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Host Hotels & Resorts beats Summit Hotel Properties on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.