UHT vs. CLDT, DHC, INN, SVC, LTC, CXW, RLJ, PEB, DRH, and PKST
Should you be buying Universal Health Realty Income Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Universal Health Realty Income Trust include Chatham Lodging Trust (CLDT), Diversified Healthcare Trust (DHC), Summit Hotel Properties (INN), Service Properties Trust (SVC), LTC Properties (LTC), CoreCivic (CXW), RLJ Lodging Trust (RLJ), Pebblebrook Hotel Trust (PEB), DiamondRock Hospitality (DRH), and Peakstone Realty Trust (PKST). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
Chatham Lodging Trust (NYSE:CLDT) and Universal Health Realty Income Trust (NYSE:UHT) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation and media sentiment.
Chatham Lodging Trust presently has a consensus price target of $13.33, indicating a potential upside of 43.83%. Given Universal Health Realty Income Trust's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Chatham Lodging Trust is more favorable than Universal Health Realty Income Trust.
In the previous week, Universal Health Realty Income Trust had 2 more articles in the media than Chatham Lodging Trust. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Universal Health Realty Income Trust and 2 mentions for Chatham Lodging Trust. Universal Health Realty Income Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.73 beat Chatham Lodging Trust's score of 1.71 indicating that Chatham Lodging Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Universal Health Realty Income Trust has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Chatham Lodging Trust. Chatham Lodging Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Universal Health Realty Income Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Universal Health Realty Income Trust has a net margin of 16.66% compared to Universal Health Realty Income Trust's net margin of 0.85%. Chatham Lodging Trust's return on equity of 7.88% beat Universal Health Realty Income Trust's return on equity.
88.4% of Chatham Lodging Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.7% of Universal Health Realty Income Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.5% of Chatham Lodging Trust shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of Universal Health Realty Income Trust shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Chatham Lodging Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Universal Health Realty Income Trust pays an annual dividend of $2.90 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.0%. Chatham Lodging Trust pays out -254.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Universal Health Realty Income Trust pays out 247.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Universal Health Realty Income Trust has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Universal Health Realty Income Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Chatham Lodging Trust has a beta of 1.74, indicating that its share price is 74% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Universal Health Realty Income Trust has a beta of 0.76, indicating that its share price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Chatham Lodging Trust received 207 more outperform votes than Universal Health Realty Income Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.43% of users gave Chatham Lodging Trust an outperform vote while only 61.02% of users gave Universal Health Realty Income Trust an outperform vote.
Summary
Chatham Lodging Trust and Universal Health Realty Income Trust tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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