Park Hotels & Resorts (PK) Competitors

Park Hotels & Resorts (NYSE:PK) and Sunstone Hotel Investors (NYSE:SHO) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.

Do analysts rate PK or SHO?

Park Hotels & Resorts presently has a consensus target price of $17.58, suggesting a potential upside of 6.18%. Sunstone Hotel Investors has a consensus target price of $10.00, suggesting a potential downside of 3.47%. Given Park Hotels & Resorts' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Park Hotels & Resorts is more favorable than Sunstone Hotel Investors.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Park Hotels & Resorts	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.45
Sunstone Hotel Investors	2 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.67

Does the media prefer PK or SHO?

In the previous week, Park Hotels & Resorts had 8 more articles in the media than Sunstone Hotel Investors. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Park Hotels & Resorts and 1 mentions for Sunstone Hotel Investors. Sunstone Hotel Investors' average media sentiment score of 1.73 beat Park Hotels & Resorts' score of 0.83 indicating that Sunstone Hotel Investors is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Park Hotels & Resorts	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Sunstone Hotel Investors	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of PK or SHO?

92.7% of Park Hotels & Resorts shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.4% of Sunstone Hotel Investors shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.3% of Park Hotels & Resorts shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Sunstone Hotel Investors shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer PK or SHO?

Sunstone Hotel Investors received 255 more outperform votes than Park Hotels & Resorts when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.16% of users gave Sunstone Hotel Investors an outperform vote while only 54.77% of users gave Park Hotels & Resorts an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Park Hotels & Resorts	Outperform Votes 287 54.77%	Underperform Votes 237 45.23%
Sunstone Hotel Investors	Outperform Votes 542 60.16%	Underperform Votes 359 39.84%

Which has better valuation and earnings, PK or SHO?

Sunstone Hotel Investors has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Park Hotels & Resorts. Sunstone Hotel Investors 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
Park Hotels & Resorts	$2.70B	1.30	$97M	$0.46	36.20
Sunstone Hotel Investors	$986.48M	2.14	$206.71M	$0.93	11.13

Is PK or SHO a better dividend stock?

Park Hotels & Resorts pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.0%. Sunstone Hotel Investors pays an annual dividend of $0.26 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Park Hotels & Resorts pays out 217.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Sunstone Hotel Investors pays out 28.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Which has more risk and volatility, PK or SHO?

Park Hotels & Resorts has a beta of 2.03, meaning that its share price is 103% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sunstone Hotel Investors has a beta of 1.21, meaning that its share price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is PK or SHO more profitable?

Sunstone Hotel Investors has a net margin of 20.95% compared to Park Hotels & Resorts' net margin of 3.60%. Sunstone Hotel Investors' return on equity of 11.32% beat Park Hotels & Resorts' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Park Hotels & Resorts	3.60%	2.44%	1.03%
Sunstone Hotel Investors	20.95%	11.32%	6.67%

Summary

Sunstone Hotel Investors beats Park Hotels & Resorts on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.