Sunstone Hotel Investors (SHO) Competitors

Sunstone Hotel Investors (NYSE:SHO) and Ryman Hospitality Properties (NYSE:RHP) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment and valuation.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, SHO or RHP?

Ryman Hospitality Properties has higher revenue and earnings than Sunstone Hotel Investors. Ryman Hospitality Properties 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Sunstone Hotel Investors	$922.71M	1.91	$206.71M	$0.10	88.50
Ryman Hospitality Properties	$2.40B	2.45	$311.22M	$4.72	20.76

Does the media refer more to SHO or RHP?

In the previous week, Ryman Hospitality Properties had 7 more articles in the media than Sunstone Hotel Investors. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Ryman Hospitality Properties and 6 mentions for Sunstone Hotel Investors. Ryman Hospitality Properties' average media sentiment score of 1.19 beat Sunstone Hotel Investors' score of 0.47 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
Sunstone Hotel Investors	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Ryman Hospitality Properties	9 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is SHO or RHP a better dividend stock?

Sunstone Hotel Investors pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Ryman Hospitality Properties pays an annual dividend of $4.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. 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. 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. Sunstone Hotel Investors has increased its dividend for 2 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 MarketBeat Community favor SHO or RHP?

Sunstone Hotel Investors received 187 more outperform votes than Ryman Hospitality Properties when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.01% of users gave Sunstone Hotel Investors an outperform vote while only 57.51% of users gave Ryman Hospitality Properties an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Sunstone Hotel Investors	Outperform Votes 547 59.01%	Underperform Votes 380 40.99%
Ryman Hospitality Properties	Outperform Votes 360 57.51%	Underperform Votes 266 42.49%

Do analysts recommend SHO or RHP?

Sunstone Hotel Investors presently has a consensus price target of $10.00, suggesting a potential upside of 12.99%. Ryman Hospitality Properties has a consensus price target of $112.00, suggesting a potential upside of 14.29%. Given Ryman Hospitality Properties' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Ryman Hospitality Properties is more favorable than Sunstone Hotel Investors.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Sunstone Hotel Investors	1 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.29
Ryman Hospitality Properties	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.71

Do institutionals & insiders believe in SHO or RHP?

99.4% of Sunstone Hotel Investors shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.5% of Ryman Hospitality Properties shares are held by institutional investors. 1.1% of Sunstone Hotel Investors shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.0% of Ryman Hospitality Properties shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is SHO or RHP more profitable?

Sunstone Hotel Investors has a net margin of 18.61% compared to Ryman Hospitality Properties' net margin of 11.61%. Ryman Hospitality Properties' return on equity of 49.23% beat Sunstone Hotel Investors' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Sunstone Hotel Investors	18.61%	9.04%	5.40%
Ryman Hospitality Properties	11.61%	49.23%	5.28%

Which has more volatility and risk, SHO or RHP?

Sunstone Hotel Investors has a beta of 1.27, suggesting that its stock price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ryman Hospitality Properties has a beta of 1.58, suggesting that its stock price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Ryman Hospitality Properties beats Sunstone Hotel Investors on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.