Xenia Hotels & Resorts (XHR) Competitors

Shake Shack (NYSE:SHAK) and Xenia Hotels & Resorts (NYSE:XHR) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, earnings, valuation and risk.

Which has higher earnings & valuation, SHAK or XHR?

Shake Shack has higher revenue and earnings than Xenia Hotels & Resorts. Xenia Hotels & Resorts is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Shake Shack, 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
Shake Shack	$1.28B	3.89	$20.26M	$0.28	418.11
Xenia Hotels & Resorts	$1.06B	1.11	$19.14M	$0.22	54.00

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer SHAK or XHR?

Shake Shack received 224 more outperform votes than Xenia Hotels & Resorts when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 56.29% of users gave Xenia Hotels & Resorts an outperform vote while only 51.63% of users gave Shake Shack an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Shake Shack	Outperform Votes 537 51.63%	Underperform Votes 503 48.37%
Xenia Hotels & Resorts	Outperform Votes 313 56.29%	Underperform Votes 243 43.71%

Do analysts prefer SHAK or XHR?

Shake Shack currently has a consensus target price of $113.40, indicating a potential downside of 3.13%. Xenia Hotels & Resorts has a consensus target price of $13.50, indicating a potential upside of 13.64%. Given Xenia Hotels & Resorts' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Xenia Hotels & Resorts is more favorable than Shake Shack.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Shake Shack	1 Sell rating(s)	11 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40
Xenia Hotels & Resorts	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.20

Which has more volatility & risk, SHAK or XHR?

Shake Shack has a beta of 1.61, indicating that its share price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Xenia Hotels & Resorts has a beta of 1.6, indicating that its share price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in SHAK or XHR?

86.1% of Shake Shack shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.4% of Xenia Hotels & Resorts shares are held by institutional investors. 9.7% of Shake Shack shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.2% of Xenia Hotels & Resorts shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is SHAK or XHR more profitable?

Xenia Hotels & Resorts has a net margin of 2.37% compared to Shake Shack's net margin of 0.81%. Shake Shack's return on equity of 8.40% beat Xenia Hotels & Resorts' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Shake Shack	0.81%	8.40%	2.44%
Xenia Hotels & Resorts	2.37%	1.86%	0.84%

Does the media favor SHAK or XHR?

In the previous week, Shake Shack had 35 more articles in the media than Xenia Hotels & Resorts. MarketBeat recorded 43 mentions for Shake Shack and 8 mentions for Xenia Hotels & Resorts. Xenia Hotels & Resorts' average media sentiment score of 0.85 beat Shake Shack's score of 0.46 indicating that Xenia Hotels & Resorts is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Shake Shack	11 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	15 Neutral mention(s)	8 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Xenia Hotels & Resorts	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Shake Shack beats Xenia Hotels & Resorts on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.