RLJ vs. PEB, CXW, DRH, LTC, SVC, NHI, MPW, INN, DHC, and EPR
Should you be buying RLJ Lodging Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of RLJ Lodging Trust include Pebblebrook Hotel Trust (PEB), CoreCivic (CXW), DiamondRock Hospitality (DRH), LTC Properties (LTC), Service Properties Trust (SVC), National Health Investors (NHI), Medical Properties Trust (MPW), Summit Hotel Properties (INN), Diversified Healthcare Trust (DHC), and EPR Properties (EPR). These companies are all part of the "specialized reits" industry.
RLJ Lodging Trust (NYSE:RLJ) and Pebblebrook Hotel Trust (NYSE:PEB) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership and valuation.
RLJ Lodging Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Pebblebrook Hotel Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. RLJ Lodging Trust pays out 125.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Pebblebrook Hotel Trust pays out -3.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
RLJ Lodging Trust has a net margin of 5.76% compared to Pebblebrook Hotel Trust's net margin of -5.84%. RLJ Lodging Trust's return on equity of 3.79% beat Pebblebrook Hotel Trust's return on equity.
92.4% of RLJ Lodging Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 3.0% of RLJ Lodging Trust shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of Pebblebrook Hotel Trust shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
RLJ Lodging Trust has a beta of 1.71, indicating that its stock price is 71% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pebblebrook Hotel Trust has a beta of 1.86, indicating that its stock price is 86% more volatile than the S&P 500.
RLJ Lodging Trust has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Pebblebrook Hotel Trust. Pebblebrook Hotel Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than RLJ Lodging Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Pebblebrook Hotel Trust had 16 more articles in the media than RLJ Lodging Trust. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Pebblebrook Hotel Trust and 5 mentions for RLJ Lodging Trust. RLJ Lodging Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat Pebblebrook Hotel Trust's score of 0.53 indicating that RLJ Lodging Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.
RLJ Lodging Trust received 48 more outperform votes than Pebblebrook Hotel Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.86% of users gave RLJ Lodging Trust an outperform vote while only 56.44% of users gave Pebblebrook Hotel Trust an outperform vote.
RLJ Lodging Trust currently has a consensus price target of $13.90, indicating a potential upside of 25.11%. Pebblebrook Hotel Trust has a consensus price target of $14.69, indicating a potential downside of 1.09%. Given RLJ Lodging Trust's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe RLJ Lodging Trust is more favorable than Pebblebrook Hotel Trust.
Summary
RLJ Lodging Trust beats Pebblebrook Hotel Trust on 16 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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