Ryman Hospitality Properties (RHP) Competitors

Weyerhaeuser (NYSE:WY) and Ryman Hospitality Properties (NYSE:RHP) are both construction companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, dividends, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in WY or RHP?

83.0% of Weyerhaeuser shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.5% of Ryman Hospitality Properties shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Weyerhaeuser shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.0% of Ryman Hospitality Properties shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is WY or RHP a better dividend stock?

Weyerhaeuser pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Ryman Hospitality Properties pays an annual dividend of $4.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Weyerhaeuser pays out 168.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Ryman Hospitality Properties pays out 97.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Weyerhaeuser has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years and Ryman Hospitality Properties has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Ryman Hospitality Properties is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the media favor WY or RHP?

In the previous week, Weyerhaeuser had 4 more articles in the media than Ryman Hospitality Properties. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Weyerhaeuser and 10 mentions for Ryman Hospitality Properties. Ryman Hospitality Properties' average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat Weyerhaeuser's score of 0.81 indicating that Ryman Hospitality Properties is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Weyerhaeuser	9 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Ryman Hospitality Properties	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk & volatility, WY or RHP?

Weyerhaeuser has a beta of 1.16, suggesting that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ryman Hospitality Properties has a beta of 1.58, suggesting that its share price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in WY or RHP?

Weyerhaeuser received 204 more outperform votes than Ryman Hospitality Properties when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.09% of users gave Weyerhaeuser an outperform vote while only 57.51% of users gave Ryman Hospitality Properties an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Weyerhaeuser	Outperform Votes 564 64.09%	Underperform Votes 316 35.91%
Ryman Hospitality Properties	Outperform Votes 360 57.51%	Underperform Votes 266 42.49%

Is WY or RHP more profitable?

Ryman Hospitality Properties has a net margin of 11.61% compared to Weyerhaeuser's net margin of 5.56%. Ryman Hospitality Properties' return on equity of 49.23% beat Weyerhaeuser's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Weyerhaeuser	5.56%	3.86%	2.30%
Ryman Hospitality Properties	11.61%	49.23%	5.28%

Which has better valuation and earnings, WY or RHP?

Weyerhaeuser has higher revenue and earnings than Ryman Hospitality Properties. Ryman Hospitality Properties is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Weyerhaeuser, 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
Weyerhaeuser	$7.09B	2.82	$396M	$0.50	55.17
Ryman Hospitality Properties	$2.40B	2.51	$311.22M	$4.72	21.23

Do analysts rate WY or RHP?

Weyerhaeuser presently has a consensus price target of $33.25, suggesting a potential upside of 20.53%. Ryman Hospitality Properties has a consensus price target of $112.00, suggesting a potential upside of 11.79%. Given Weyerhaeuser's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Weyerhaeuser is more favorable than Ryman Hospitality Properties.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Weyerhaeuser	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.70
Ryman Hospitality Properties	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.71

Summary

Ryman Hospitality Properties beats Weyerhaeuser on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.