Summit Hotel Properties (INN) Competitors

Sunstone Hotel Investors (NYSE:SHO) and Summit Hotel Properties (NYSE:INN) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, profitability, valuation and earnings.

Is SHO or INN more profitable?

Sunstone Hotel Investors has a net margin of 18.61% compared to Summit Hotel Properties' net margin of 3.41%. Sunstone Hotel Investors' return on equity of 9.04% beat Summit Hotel Properties' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Sunstone Hotel Investors	18.61%	9.04%	5.40%
Summit Hotel Properties	3.41%	1.87%	0.86%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer SHO or INN?

Sunstone Hotel Investors received 142 more outperform votes than Summit Hotel Properties when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.82% of users gave Summit Hotel Properties an outperform vote while only 58.96% of users gave Sunstone Hotel Investors an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Sunstone Hotel Investors	Outperform Votes 546 58.96%	Underperform Votes 380 41.04%
Summit Hotel Properties	Outperform Votes 404 68.82%	Underperform Votes 183 31.18%

Do analysts rate SHO or INN?

Sunstone Hotel Investors presently has a consensus target price of $10.44, indicating a potential upside of 19.84%. Summit Hotel Properties has a consensus target price of $5.00, indicating a potential upside of 14.81%. Given Sunstone Hotel Investors' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Sunstone Hotel Investors is more favorable than Summit Hotel Properties.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Sunstone Hotel Investors	1 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40
Summit Hotel Properties	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Is SHO or INN a better dividend stock?

Sunstone Hotel Investors pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Summit Hotel Properties pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.3%. Sunstone Hotel Investors pays out 257.1% 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 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. Sunstone Hotel Investors 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.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, SHO or INN?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Sunstone Hotel Investors	$905.81M	1.94	$206.71M	$0.14	62.25
Summit Hotel Properties	$731.78M	0.66	-$12.11M	$0.18	24.19

Does the media favor SHO or INN?

In the previous week, Sunstone Hotel Investors had 3 more articles in the media than Summit Hotel Properties. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Sunstone Hotel Investors and 13 mentions for Summit Hotel Properties. Sunstone Hotel Investors' average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat Summit Hotel Properties' score of 0.86 indicating that Sunstone Hotel Investors is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Sunstone Hotel Investors	9 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Summit Hotel Properties	3 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk and volatility, SHO or INN?

Sunstone Hotel Investors has a beta of 1.16, meaning that its stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Summit Hotel Properties has a beta of 1.78, meaning that its stock price is 78% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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

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 large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Sunstone Hotel Investors beats Summit Hotel Properties on 15 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.