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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 stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, earnings, dividends, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

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$5.93B2.04$697M$0.9418.72
Sunstone Hotel Investors$935.00M1.99$43.26M$0.02488.50

In the previous week, Host Hotels & Resorts had 14 more articles in the media than Sunstone Hotel Investors. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Host Hotels & Resorts and 7 mentions for Sunstone Hotel Investors. Host Hotels & Resorts' average media sentiment score of 1.41 beat Sunstone Hotel Investors' score of 0.90 indicating that Host Hotels & Resorts is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Host Hotels & Resorts
15 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Sunstone Hotel Investors
3 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Host Hotels & Resorts pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. Sunstone Hotel Investors pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. 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 1,800.0% 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 raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years and Sunstone Hotel Investors has raised 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 2.15%. 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 2.15%1.12%0.65%

Host Hotels & Resorts currently has a consensus price target of $17.77, indicating a potential upside of 0.98%. Sunstone Hotel Investors has a consensus price target of $8.93, indicating a potential downside of 8.61%. Given Host Hotels & Resorts' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities 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)
5 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.55
Sunstone Hotel Investors
2 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

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

Host Hotels & Resorts has a beta of 1.36, indicating that its share price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sunstone Hotel Investors has a beta of 1.29, indicating that its share price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Host Hotels & Resorts beats Sunstone Hotel Investors on 16 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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SHO vs. The Competition

MetricSunstone Hotel InvestorsREIT IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$1.79B$8.59B$12.77B$21.58B
Dividend Yield3.87%5.33%5.40%3.49%
P/E Ratio488.7483.44245.8629.75
Price / Sales1.995.2931.0886.27
Price / Cash10.4419.3222.3625.00
Price / Book1.081.732.314.58
Net Income$43.26M$130.30M$1.01B$999.94M
7 Day Performance2.25%0.75%1.00%0.68%
1 Month Performance7.78%7.75%2.74%4.02%
1 Year Performance-3.74%-8.21%543.82%16.39%

Sunstone Hotel Investors Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SHO
Sunstone Hotel Investors
2.5202 of 5 stars
$9.77
+3.7%
$8.93
-8.6%
-3.7%$1.79B$935.00M488.7440News Coverage
Gap Up
HST
Host Hotels & Resorts
3.9994 of 5 stars
$17.39
-0.2%
$17.77
+2.2%
+1.0%$11.98B$5.68B18.50160News Coverage
Positive News
Dividend Announcement
APLE
Apple Hospitality REIT
4.3346 of 5 stars
$12.86
-1.4%
$15.00
+16.7%
-11.9%$3.09B$1.43B17.1460Positive News
CLDT
Chatham Lodging Trust
4.4269 of 5 stars
$7.34
-0.9%
$10.75
+46.5%
-15.0%$362.93M$317.21M244.6720Positive News
Dividend Announcement
DRH
DiamondRock Hospitality
1.7131 of 5 stars
$8.45
-1.6%
$8.63
+2.1%
-2.1%$1.76B$1.12B32.4830Positive News
INN
Summit Hotel Properties
3.6533 of 5 stars
$5.59
-1.0%
$5.75
+3.0%
-11.3%$613.68M$731.78M-62.0670Positive News
PEB
Pebblebrook Hotel Trust
2.4578 of 5 stars
$11.58
-1.8%
$11.89
+2.7%
-9.9%$1.40B$1.47B-19.9660News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
PK
Park Hotels & Resorts
3.9352 of 5 stars
$11.90
-0.9%
$12.22
+2.8%
-14.9%$2.40B$2.60B44.0690News Coverage
Analyst Downgrade
RHP
Ryman Hospitality Properties
4.374 of 5 stars
$100.45
-0.3%
$115.50
+15.0%
-1.3%$6.35B$2.44B23.971,929News Coverage
Positive News
RLJ
RLJ Lodging Trust
4.5275 of 5 stars
$7.74
-1.8%
$9.50
+22.8%
-16.3%$1.19B$1.37B36.8380News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Upgrade
XHR
Xenia Hotels & Resorts
2.7787 of 5 stars
$14.30
-0.8%
$13.20
-7.7%
+5.7%$1.38B$1.04B22.6940Positive News

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