HST vs. DOC, AMH, KIM, WPC, UDR, GLPI, LAMR, ESS, ELS, and REG
Should you be buying Host Hotels & Resorts stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Host Hotels & Resorts include Healthpeak Properties (DOC), American Homes 4 Rent (AMH), Kimco Realty (KIM), W. P. Carey (WPC), UDR (UDR), Gaming and Leisure Properties (GLPI), Lamar Advertising (LAMR), Essex Property Trust (ESS), Equity LifeStyle Properties (ELS), and Regency Centers (REG). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
Healthpeak Properties (NYSE:DOC) and Host Hotels & Resorts (NASDAQ:HST) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, dividends, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking and media sentiment.
Healthpeak Properties received 456 more outperform votes than Host Hotels & Resorts when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.85% of users gave Healthpeak Properties an outperform vote while only 46.34% of users gave Host Hotels & Resorts an outperform vote.
Host Hotels & Resorts has higher revenue and earnings than Healthpeak Properties. Host Hotels & Resorts is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Healthpeak Properties, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Host Hotels & Resorts has a net margin of 13.93% compared to Host Hotels & Resorts' net margin of 8.56%. Healthpeak Properties' return on equity of 10.82% beat Host Hotels & Resorts' return on equity.
In the previous week, Healthpeak Properties had 15 more articles in the media than Host Hotels & Resorts. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Healthpeak Properties and 7 mentions for Host Hotels & Resorts. Healthpeak Properties' average media sentiment score of 0.79 beat Host Hotels & Resorts' score of 0.74 indicating that Host Hotels & Resorts is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
93.6% of Healthpeak Properties shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.5% of Host Hotels & Resorts shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Healthpeak Properties shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Host Hotels & Resorts shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Healthpeak Properties has a beta of 1.02, suggesting that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Host Hotels & Resorts has a beta of 1.31, suggesting that its share price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Healthpeak Properties currently has a consensus target price of $18.36, indicating a potential downside of 2.79%. Host Hotels & Resorts has a consensus target price of $21.33, indicating a potential upside of 12.28%. Given Healthpeak Properties' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Host Hotels & Resorts is more favorable than Healthpeak Properties.
Healthpeak Properties pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.4%. Host Hotels & Resorts pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Healthpeak Properties pays out 342.9% 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 pays out 76.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Summary
Host Hotels & Resorts beats Healthpeak Properties on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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