Universal Health Realty Income Trust (UHT) Competitors

Universal Health Realty Income Trust (NYSE:UHT) and Sunstone Hotel Investors (NYSE:SHO) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, risk, profitability, community ranking, dividends, valuation and analyst recommendations.

Which has more risk & volatility, UHT or SHO?

Universal Health Realty Income Trust has a beta of 0.88, indicating that its stock price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sunstone Hotel Investors has a beta of 1.25, indicating that its stock price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is UHT or SHO a better dividend stock?

Universal Health Realty Income Trust pays an annual dividend of $2.94 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.7%. Sunstone Hotel Investors pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Universal Health Realty Income Trust pays out 217.8% 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. Universal Health Realty Income Trust has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years and Sunstone Hotel Investors has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Universal Health Realty Income Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do analysts rate UHT or SHO?

Sunstone Hotel Investors has a consensus price target of $10.25, indicating a potential upside of 19.53%. Given Sunstone Hotel Investors' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Sunstone Hotel Investors is more favorable than Universal Health Realty Income Trust.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Universal Health Realty Income Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Sunstone Hotel Investors	1 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.56

Is UHT or SHO more profitable?

Sunstone Hotel Investors has a net margin of 18.61% compared to Universal Health Realty Income Trust's net margin of 18.41%. Universal Health Realty Income Trust's return on equity of 9.44% beat Sunstone Hotel Investors' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Universal Health Realty Income Trust	18.41%	9.44%	3.07%
Sunstone Hotel Investors	18.61%	9.04%	5.40%

Does the media prefer UHT or SHO?

In the previous week, Sunstone Hotel Investors had 7 more articles in the media than Universal Health Realty Income Trust. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Sunstone Hotel Investors and 2 mentions for Universal Health Realty Income Trust. Universal Health Realty Income Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.45 beat Sunstone Hotel Investors' score of 1.08 indicating that Universal Health Realty Income Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Universal Health Realty Income Trust	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 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)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of UHT or SHO?

64.7% of Universal Health Realty Income Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.4% of Sunstone Hotel Investors shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.2% of Universal Health Realty Income Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Sunstone Hotel Investors shares are owned by company 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer UHT or SHO?

Sunstone Hotel Investors received 366 more outperform votes than Universal Health Realty Income Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.94% of users gave Universal Health Realty Income Trust an outperform vote while only 59.01% of users gave Sunstone Hotel Investors an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Universal Health Realty Income Trust	Outperform Votes 181 60.94%	Underperform Votes 116 39.06%
Sunstone Hotel Investors	Outperform Votes 547 59.01%	Underperform Votes 380 40.99%

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, UHT or SHO?

Sunstone Hotel Investors has higher revenue and earnings than Universal Health Realty Income Trust. Universal Health Realty Income Trust 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
Universal Health Realty Income Trust	$98.42M	5.40	$15.40M	$1.35	28.43
Sunstone Hotel Investors	$922.71M	1.85	$206.71M	$0.10	85.75

Summary

Sunstone Hotel Investors beats Universal Health Realty Income Trust on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.