RLJ vs. HST, APLE, CLDT, DRH, INN, PEB, PK, RHP, SHO, and XHR
Should you be buying RLJ Lodging Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of RLJ Lodging Trust include Host Hotels & Resorts (HST), Apple Hospitality REIT (APLE), Chatham Lodging Trust (CLDT), DiamondRock Hospitality (DRH), Summit Hotel Properties (INN), Pebblebrook Hotel Trust (PEB), Park Hotels & Resorts (PK), Ryman Hospitality Properties (RHP), Sunstone Hotel Investors (SHO), and Xenia Hotels & Resorts (XHR). These companies are all part of the "reit - eqty trust - other" industry.
RLJ Lodging Trust vs. Its Competitors
RLJ Lodging Trust (NYSE:RLJ) and Host Hotels & Resorts (NASDAQ:HST) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.
Host Hotels & Resorts has higher revenue and earnings than RLJ Lodging Trust. Host Hotels & Resorts 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.
RLJ Lodging Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.9%. Host Hotels & Resorts pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. RLJ Lodging Trust pays out 285.7% 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 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. RLJ Lodging Trust has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years and Host Hotels & Resorts 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.
Host Hotels & Resorts has a net margin of 11.12% compared to RLJ Lodging Trust's net margin of 4.23%. Host Hotels & Resorts' return on equity of 9.90% beat RLJ Lodging Trust's return on equity.
RLJ Lodging Trust has a beta of 1.49, indicating that its share price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Host Hotels & Resorts has a beta of 1.36, indicating that its share price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Host Hotels & Resorts had 5 more articles in the media than RLJ Lodging Trust. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Host Hotels & Resorts and 2 mentions for RLJ Lodging Trust. RLJ Lodging Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.15 beat Host Hotels & Resorts' score of 0.99 indicating that RLJ Lodging Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.
RLJ Lodging Trust presently has a consensus target price of $9.10, suggesting a potential upside of 35.42%. Host Hotels & Resorts has a consensus target price of $17.88, suggesting a potential upside of 9.93%. Given RLJ Lodging Trust's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe RLJ Lodging Trust is more favorable than Host Hotels & Resorts.
92.4% of RLJ Lodging Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.5% of Host Hotels & Resorts shares are held by institutional investors. 2.9% of RLJ Lodging Trust shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Host Hotels & Resorts shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Host Hotels & Resorts beats RLJ Lodging Trust on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:RLJ) was last updated on 10/14/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
