PEB vs. RLJ, DRH, SVC, LTC, NHI, CXW, SBRA, INN, UHT, and CLDT
Should you be buying Pebblebrook Hotel Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Pebblebrook Hotel Trust include RLJ Lodging Trust (RLJ), DiamondRock Hospitality (DRH), Service Properties Trust (SVC), LTC Properties (LTC), National Health Investors (NHI), CoreCivic (CXW), Sabra Health Care REIT (SBRA), Summit Hotel Properties (INN), Universal Health Realty Income Trust (UHT), and Chatham Lodging Trust (CLDT). These companies are all part of the "specialized reits" industry.
Pebblebrook Hotel Trust vs.
RLJ Lodging Trust (NYSE:RLJ) and Pebblebrook Hotel Trust (NYSE:PEB) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, valuation, earnings and profitability.
RLJ Lodging Trust has a net margin of 5.36% compared to Pebblebrook Hotel Trust's net margin of -0.73%. RLJ Lodging Trust's return on equity of 3.30% beat Pebblebrook Hotel Trust's return on equity.
RLJ Lodging Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Pebblebrook Hotel Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. RLJ Lodging Trust pays out 123.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Pebblebrook Hotel Trust pays out -10.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. RLJ Lodging Trust has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years. RLJ Lodging Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
RLJ Lodging Trust currently has a consensus target price of $14.58, indicating a potential upside of 41.93%. Pebblebrook Hotel Trust has a consensus target price of $17.70, indicating a potential upside of 30.53%. Given RLJ Lodging Trust's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe RLJ Lodging Trust is more favorable than Pebblebrook Hotel Trust.
RLJ Lodging Trust has a beta of 1.77, meaning that its stock price is 77% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pebblebrook Hotel Trust has a beta of 1.85, meaning that its stock price is 85% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Pebblebrook Hotel Trust had 2 more articles in the media than RLJ Lodging Trust. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Pebblebrook Hotel Trust and 4 mentions for RLJ Lodging Trust. RLJ Lodging Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.66 beat Pebblebrook Hotel Trust's score of 0.68 indicating that RLJ Lodging Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.
RLJ Lodging Trust received 42 more outperform votes than Pebblebrook Hotel Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.19% of users gave RLJ Lodging Trust an outperform vote while only 58.51% of users gave Pebblebrook Hotel Trust an outperform vote.
88.9% of RLJ Lodging Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 2.6% of RLJ Lodging Trust shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.4% of Pebblebrook Hotel Trust shares are held by 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.
RLJ Lodging Trust has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Pebblebrook Hotel Trust. Pebblebrook Hotel Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than RLJ Lodging Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
RLJ Lodging Trust beats Pebblebrook Hotel Trust on 17 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding PEB and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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