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SHO vs. HST, APLE, CLDT, DRH, INN, PEB, PK, RHP, RLJ, and XHR

Should you be buying Sunstone Hotel Investors stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sunstone Hotel Investors 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), RLJ Lodging Trust (RLJ), and Xenia Hotels & Resorts (XHR). These companies are all part of the "reit - eqty trust - other" industry.

Sunstone Hotel Investors vs. Its Competitors

Host Hotels & Resorts (NASDAQ:HST) and Sunstone Hotel Investors (NYSE:SHO) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership and earnings.

Host Hotels & Resorts pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. Sunstone Hotel Investors pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. 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. Sunstone Hotel Investors pays out 360.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Host Hotels & Resorts has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years and Sunstone Hotel Investors has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Host Hotels & Resorts is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Host Hotels & Resorts has a net margin of 11.12% compared to Sunstone Hotel Investors' net margin of 3.85%. Host Hotels & Resorts' return on equity of 9.90% beat Sunstone Hotel Investors' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Host Hotels & Resorts11.12% 9.90% 5.07%
Sunstone Hotel Investors 3.85%1.93%1.14%

98.5% of Host Hotels & Resorts shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.4% of Sunstone Hotel Investors shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of Host Hotels & Resorts shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Sunstone Hotel Investors shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Host Hotels & Resorts has a beta of 1.34, indicating that its stock price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sunstone Hotel Investors has a beta of 1.3, indicating that its stock price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Host Hotels & Resorts has higher revenue and earnings than Sunstone Hotel Investors. Host Hotels & Resorts is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sunstone Hotel Investors, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Host Hotels & Resorts$5.93B1.84$697M$0.9416.73
Sunstone Hotel Investors$922.71M1.88$43.26M$0.1087.35

In the previous week, Host Hotels & Resorts had 18 more articles in the media than Sunstone Hotel Investors. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Host Hotels & Resorts and 7 mentions for Sunstone Hotel Investors. Sunstone Hotel Investors' average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat Host Hotels & Resorts' score of 0.84 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
Host Hotels & Resorts
10 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
12 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Sunstone Hotel Investors
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Host Hotels & Resorts presently has a consensus target price of $17.96, indicating a potential upside of 14.22%. Sunstone Hotel Investors has a consensus target price of $9.07, indicating a potential upside of 3.85%. Given Host Hotels & Resorts' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Host Hotels & Resorts is more favorable than Sunstone Hotel Investors.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Host Hotels & Resorts
0 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.54
Sunstone Hotel Investors
2 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

Summary

Host Hotels & Resorts beats Sunstone Hotel Investors on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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SHO vs. The Competition

MetricSunstone Hotel InvestorsREIT IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$1.74B$8.35B$12.11B$20.54B
Dividend Yield4.11%6.02%5.65%3.69%
P/E Ratio87.3571.9219.9129.34
Price / Sales1.884.8926.1464.66
Price / Cash9.5817.5518.0017.53
Price / Book0.961.622.214.61
Net Income$43.26M$128.99M$999.86M$994.29M
7 Day Performance-2.73%-1.19%-1.31%-2.39%
1 Month Performance-2.18%-1.98%-0.58%-1.40%
1 Year Performance-12.03%-7.94%541.83%11.81%

Sunstone Hotel Investors Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SHO
Sunstone Hotel Investors
2.0269 of 5 stars
$8.74
+1.1%
$9.07
+3.9%
-13.0%$1.74B$922.71M87.3540Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
HST
Host Hotels & Resorts
4.3793 of 5 stars
$16.40
-0.9%
$18.12
+10.5%
-4.1%$11.48B$5.68B17.08160Earnings Report
APLE
Apple Hospitality REIT
4.7737 of 5 stars
$12.40
-1.4%
$15.75
+27.0%
-20.3%$2.99B$1.43B15.7060News Coverage
Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
CLDT
Chatham Lodging Trust
4.1006 of 5 stars
$7.05
-0.8%
$10.75
+52.5%
-22.9%$348.28M$317.21M117.5020Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
DRH
DiamondRock Hospitality
1.5268 of 5 stars
$8.03
-1.1%
$8.71
+8.5%
-6.4%$1.68B$1.13B44.6130Upcoming Earnings
INN
Summit Hotel Properties
4.0924 of 5 stars
$5.51
-0.2%
$5.75
+4.4%
-19.0%$619.46M$731.78M34.4470News Coverage
Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
PEB
Pebblebrook Hotel Trust
3.289 of 5 stars
$10.58
-0.3%
$11.81
+11.6%
-23.1%$1.26B$1.45B-22.0460Earnings Report
PK
Park Hotels & Resorts
4.0938 of 5 stars
$11.16
-0.5%
$12.11
+8.5%
-28.0%$2.24B$2.60B18.9290Positive News
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
RHP
Ryman Hospitality Properties
4.2848 of 5 stars
$98.97
-0.7%
$114.75
+15.9%
-6.7%$5.98B$2.34B20.971,929
RLJ
RLJ Lodging Trust
3.988 of 5 stars
$7.79
-0.6%
$9.40
+20.7%
-21.7%$1.19B$1.37B29.9680Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
XHR
Xenia Hotels & Resorts
2.295 of 5 stars
$13.10
-1.1%
$12.90
-1.5%
-6.1%$1.31B$1.04B59.5540Earnings Report
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