RLJ vs. PEB, CXW, DRH, LTC, SVC, NHI, MPW, INN, DHC, and EPR
Should you be buying RLJ Lodging Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of RLJ Lodging Trust include Pebblebrook Hotel Trust (PEB), CoreCivic (CXW), DiamondRock Hospitality (DRH), LTC Properties (LTC), Service Properties Trust (SVC), National Health Investors (NHI), Medical Properties Trust (MPW), Summit Hotel Properties (INN), Diversified Healthcare Trust (DHC), and EPR Properties (EPR). These companies are all part of the "specialized reits" industry.
Pebblebrook Hotel Trust (NYSE:PEB) and RLJ Lodging Trust (NYSE:RLJ) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, valuation, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership and profitability.
92.4% of RLJ Lodging Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 2.4% of Pebblebrook Hotel Trust shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of RLJ Lodging Trust shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
RLJ Lodging Trust has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.
Pebblebrook Hotel Trust presently has a consensus target price of $14.78, indicating a potential downside of 3.22%. RLJ Lodging Trust has a consensus target price of $13.90, indicating a potential upside of 24.22%. Given Pebblebrook Hotel Trust's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe RLJ Lodging Trust is more favorable than Pebblebrook Hotel Trust.
In the previous week, Pebblebrook Hotel Trust had 13 more articles in the media than RLJ Lodging Trust. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Pebblebrook Hotel Trust and 6 mentions for RLJ Lodging Trust. Pebblebrook Hotel Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.48 beat RLJ Lodging Trust's score of 0.34 indicating that RLJ Lodging Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Pebblebrook Hotel Trust has a beta of 1.86, suggesting that its stock price is 86% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, RLJ Lodging Trust has a beta of 1.71, suggesting that its stock price is 71% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Pebblebrook Hotel Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. RLJ Lodging Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Pebblebrook Hotel Trust pays out -3.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. RLJ Lodging Trust pays out 125.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. 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 has a net margin of 5.76% compared to RLJ Lodging Trust's net margin of -5.84%. Pebblebrook Hotel Trust's return on equity of 3.79% beat RLJ Lodging Trust's return on equity.
RLJ Lodging Trust received 48 more outperform votes than Pebblebrook Hotel Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.86% of users gave RLJ Lodging Trust an outperform vote while only 56.44% of users gave Pebblebrook Hotel Trust an outperform vote.
Summary
RLJ Lodging Trust beats Pebblebrook Hotel Trust on 17 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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