Park Hotels & Resorts (PK) Competitors

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

Is HST or PK more profitable?

Host Hotels & Resorts has a net margin of 11.12% compared to Park Hotels & Resorts' net margin of 2.25%. Host Hotels & Resorts' return on equity of 9.90% beat Park Hotels & Resorts' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Host Hotels & Resorts	11.12%	9.90%	5.07%
Park Hotels & Resorts	2.25%	0.76%	0.30%

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

98.5% of Host Hotels & Resorts shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.7% of Park Hotels & Resorts shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of Host Hotels & Resorts shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of Park Hotels & Resorts shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is HST or PK a better dividend stock?

Host Hotels & Resorts pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. Park Hotels & Resorts pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.4%. 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. Park Hotels & Resorts pays out 370.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Host Hotels & Resorts has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years and Park Hotels & Resorts has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, HST or PK?

Host Hotels & Resorts has higher revenue and earnings than Park Hotels & Resorts. Host Hotels & Resorts is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Park 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	2.13	$697M	$0.94	18.72
Park Hotels & Resorts	$2.60B	0.92	$212M	$0.27	44.28

Do analysts prefer HST or PK?

Host Hotels & Resorts currently has a consensus price target of $17.77, suggesting a potential upside of 0.98%. Park Hotels & Resorts has a consensus price target of $12.20, suggesting a potential upside of 2.05%. Given Park Hotels & Resorts' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Park Hotels & Resorts is more favorable than Host Hotels & Resorts.

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
Park Hotels & Resorts	2 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Does the media refer more to HST or PK?

In the previous week, Host Hotels & Resorts had 11 more articles in the media than Park Hotels & Resorts. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Host Hotels & Resorts and 10 mentions for Park Hotels & Resorts. Host Hotels & Resorts' average media sentiment score of 1.41 beat Park Hotels & Resorts' score of 0.63 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	15 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Park Hotels & Resorts	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk and volatility, HST or PK?

Host Hotels & Resorts has a beta of 1.36, suggesting that its stock price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Park Hotels & Resorts has a beta of 1.8, suggesting that its stock price is 80% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Host Hotels & Resorts beats Park Hotels & Resorts on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.