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Sunstone Hotel Investors (SHO) Competitors

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

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$5.68B2.00$697M$0.9617.06
Sunstone Hotel Investors$905.81M1.98$43.26M$0.1090.05

Host Hotels & Resorts has a beta of 1.31, indicating that its share price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sunstone Hotel Investors has a beta of 1.25, indicating that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Host Hotels & Resorts has a net margin of 11.66% compared to Sunstone Hotel Investors' net margin of 3.85%. Host Hotels & Resorts' return on equity of 10.11% beat Sunstone Hotel Investors' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Host Hotels & Resorts11.66% 10.11% 5.26%
Sunstone Hotel Investors 3.85%1.93%1.14%

Host Hotels & Resorts currently has a consensus price target of $17.96, indicating a potential upside of 9.68%. Sunstone Hotel Investors has a consensus price target of $8.93, indicating a potential downside of 0.85%. Given Host Hotels & Resorts' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research 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)
7 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.46
Sunstone Hotel Investors
2 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

In the previous week, Host Hotels & Resorts had 21 more articles in the media than Sunstone Hotel Investors. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Host Hotels & Resorts and 1 mentions for Sunstone Hotel Investors. Host Hotels & Resorts' average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat Sunstone Hotel Investors' score of 0.00 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
10 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Sunstone Hotel Investors
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

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 hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Host Hotels & Resorts pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. Sunstone Hotel Investors pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Host Hotels & Resorts pays out 83.3% 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.

Summary

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

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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SHO vs. The Competition

MetricSunstone Hotel InvestorsREIT IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$1.79B$8.39B$11.95B$20.58B
Dividend Yield3.95%5.66%5.54%3.71%
P/E Ratio90.2541.4419.2327.85
Price / Sales1.985.1026.0853.67
Price / Cash10.1018.3918.5117.96
Price / Book0.991.682.314.58
Net Income$43.26M$128.99M$989.78M$987.45M
7 Day Performance2.33%2.37%0.66%1.05%
1 Month Performance6.44%3.51%4.18%5.37%
1 Year Performance-14.81%-3.60%539.69%10.42%

Sunstone Hotel Investors Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SHO
Sunstone Hotel Investors
1.9958 of 5 stars
$9.01
-1.2%
$8.93
-0.8%
-13.8%$1.79B$905.81M90.2540
HST
Host Hotels & Resorts
3.3645 of 5 stars
$16.01
-1.2%
$17.96
+12.2%
-9.1%$11.25B$5.68B16.68160Positive News
Analyst Revision
APLE
Apple Hospitality REIT
4.6352 of 5 stars
$11.87
-2.1%
$15.75
+32.7%
-14.0%$2.88B$1.43B15.0360
CLDT
Chatham Lodging Trust
3.6249 of 5 stars
$7.10
-2.3%
$10.75
+51.4%
-15.5%$356.11M$317.21M118.3320News Coverage
DRH
DiamondRock Hospitality
1.3078 of 5 stars
$7.85
-1.9%
$8.71
+11.0%
-2.3%$1.65B$1.13B43.6130Positive News
INN
Summit Hotel Properties
2.4725 of 5 stars
$5.32
-2.6%
$5.00
-6.0%
-4.9%$612.73M$731.78M33.2570
PEB
Pebblebrook Hotel Trust
1.8156 of 5 stars
$10.37
-2.7%
$11.91
+14.8%
-17.7%$1.27B$1.45B-21.6060
PK
Park Hotels & Resorts
4.03 of 5 stars
$10.59
-2.3%
$12.11
+14.4%
-23.4%$2.17B$2.60B17.9590Positive News
RHP
Ryman Hospitality Properties
4.0166 of 5 stars
$101.53
-1.6%
$114.43
+12.7%
+2.2%$6.19B$2.34B21.511,929Positive News
RLJ
RLJ Lodging Trust
3.5786 of 5 stars
$7.41
-2.1%
$9.50
+28.2%
-19.9%$1.15B$1.37B28.5080News Coverage
XHR
Xenia Hotels & Resorts
1.9765 of 5 stars
$12.85
-2.7%
$12.90
+0.4%
-7.9%$1.30B$1.04B58.4140

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