HST vs. AMH, UDR, DOC, KIM, WPC, GLPI, LAMR, SUI, ELS, and CPT
Should you be buying Host Hotels & Resorts stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Host Hotels & Resorts include American Homes 4 Rent (AMH), UDR (UDR), Healthpeak Properties (DOC), Kimco Realty (KIM), W. P. Carey (WPC), Gaming and Leisure Properties (GLPI), Lamar Advertising (LAMR), Sun Communities (SUI), Equity LifeStyle Properties (ELS), and Camden Property Trust (CPT). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
Host Hotels & Resorts (NASDAQ:HST) and American Homes 4 Rent (NYSE:AMH) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends and profitability.
American Homes 4 Rent has a net margin of 22.55% compared to Host Hotels & Resorts' net margin of 13.35%. Host Hotels & Resorts' return on equity of 10.59% beat American Homes 4 Rent's return on equity.
98.5% of Host Hotels & Resorts shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.9% of American Homes 4 Rent shares are held by institutional investors. 1.3% of Host Hotels & Resorts shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.1% of American Homes 4 Rent shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Host Hotels & Resorts had 2 more articles in the media than American Homes 4 Rent. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Host Hotels & Resorts and 14 mentions for American Homes 4 Rent. American Homes 4 Rent's average media sentiment score of 1.01 beat Host Hotels & Resorts' score of 0.97 indicating that American Homes 4 Rent is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Host Hotels & Resorts pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. American Homes 4 Rent pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Host Hotels & Resorts pays out 78.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. American Homes 4 Rent pays out 106.1% 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
American Homes 4 Rent received 551 more outperform votes than Host Hotels & Resorts when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.52% of users gave American Homes 4 Rent an outperform vote while only 46.34% of users gave Host Hotels & Resorts an outperform vote.
Host Hotels & Resorts presently has a consensus target price of $21.29, indicating a potential upside of 15.31%. American Homes 4 Rent has a consensus target price of $39.62, indicating a potential upside of 10.50%. Given Host Hotels & Resorts' higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Host Hotels & Resorts is more favorable than American Homes 4 Rent.
Host Hotels & Resorts has higher revenue and earnings than American Homes 4 Rent. Host Hotels & Resorts is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than American Homes 4 Rent, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Host Hotels & Resorts has a beta of 1.32, indicating that its share price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, American Homes 4 Rent has a beta of 0.7, indicating that its share price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Host Hotels & Resorts beats American Homes 4 Rent on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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