INN vs. UHT, DHC, CLDT, HT, SVC, LTC, PEB, RLJ, CXW, and DRH
Should you be buying Summit Hotel Properties stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Summit Hotel Properties include Universal Health Realty Income Trust (UHT), Diversified Healthcare Trust (DHC), Chatham Lodging Trust (CLDT), Hersha Hospitality Trust (HT), Service Properties Trust (SVC), LTC Properties (LTC), Pebblebrook Hotel Trust (PEB), RLJ Lodging Trust (RLJ), CoreCivic (CXW), and DiamondRock Hospitality (DRH). These companies are all part of the "specialized reits" industry.
Universal Health Realty Income Trust (NYSE:UHT) and Summit Hotel Properties (NYSE:INN) are both small-cap real estate companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.
Universal Health Realty Income Trust pays an annual dividend of $2.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.8%. Summit Hotel Properties pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Universal Health Realty Income Trust pays out 228.6% 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 -109.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Universal Health Realty Income Trust has increased its dividend for 38 consecutive years and Summit Hotel Properties has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Universal Health Realty Income Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Universal Health Realty Income Trust has a net margin of 18.28% compared to Universal Health Realty Income Trust's net margin of -0.94%. Summit Hotel Properties' return on equity of 7.94% beat Universal Health Realty Income Trust's return on equity.
Summit Hotel Properties received 224 more outperform votes than Universal Health Realty Income Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.06% of users gave Summit Hotel Properties an outperform vote while only 61.02% of users gave Universal Health Realty Income Trust an outperform vote.
Universal Health Realty Income Trust has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Summit Hotel Properties. Summit Hotel Properties is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Universal Health Realty Income Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summit Hotel Properties has a consensus target price of $8.50, indicating a potential upside of 35.35%. Given Universal Health Realty Income Trust's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Summit Hotel Properties is more favorable than Universal Health Realty Income Trust.
In the previous week, Summit Hotel Properties' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Universal Health Realty Income Trust'saverage media sentiment score.
Universal Health Realty Income Trust has a beta of 0.85, suggesting that its stock price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Summit Hotel Properties has a beta of 1.93, suggesting that its stock price is 93% more volatile than the S&P 500.
64.3% of Universal Health Realty Income Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.1% of Summit Hotel Properties shares are held by institutional investors. 2.1% of Universal Health Realty Income Trust shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.0% of Summit Hotel Properties shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Universal Health Realty Income Trust and Summit Hotel Properties tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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