Pebblebrook Hotel Trust (PEB) Competitors

Ryman Hospitality Properties (NYSE:RHP) and Pebblebrook Hotel Trust (NYSE:PEB) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings and risk.

Is RHP or PEB more profitable?

Ryman Hospitality Properties has a net margin of 13.35% compared to Ryman Hospitality Properties' net margin of -5.84%. Pebblebrook Hotel Trust's return on equity of 56.37% beat Ryman Hospitality Properties' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ryman Hospitality Properties	13.35%	56.37%	5.76%
Pebblebrook Hotel Trust	-5.84%	-2.88%	-1.41%

Which has better earnings and valuation, RHP or PEB?

Ryman Hospitality Properties has higher revenue and earnings than Pebblebrook Hotel Trust. Pebblebrook Hotel Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ryman Hospitality Properties, 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
Ryman Hospitality Properties	$2.19B	2.87	$311.22M	$4.83	21.75
Pebblebrook Hotel Trust	$1.43B	1.19	-$78.02M	-$1.02	-13.87

Is RHP or PEB a better dividend stock?

Ryman Hospitality Properties pays an annual dividend of $4.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Pebblebrook Hotel Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. Ryman Hospitality Properties pays out 91.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Pebblebrook Hotel Trust pays out -3.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ryman Hospitality Properties has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Ryman Hospitality Properties is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in RHP or PEB?

94.5% of Ryman Hospitality Properties shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.0% of Ryman Hospitality Properties shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.4% of Pebblebrook Hotel Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk & volatility, RHP or PEB?

Ryman Hospitality Properties has a beta of 1.59, indicating that its share price is 59% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pebblebrook Hotel Trust has a beta of 1.84, indicating that its share price is 84% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor RHP or PEB?

In the previous week, Ryman Hospitality Properties and Ryman Hospitality Properties both had 7 articles in the media. Ryman Hospitality Properties' average media sentiment score of 0.80 beat Pebblebrook Hotel Trust's score of 0.53 indicating that Pebblebrook Hotel Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Ryman Hospitality Properties	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Pebblebrook Hotel Trust	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts recommend RHP or PEB?

Ryman Hospitality Properties currently has a consensus target price of $118.29, indicating a potential upside of 12.58%. Pebblebrook Hotel Trust has a consensus target price of $14.56, indicating a potential upside of 2.92%. Given Pebblebrook Hotel Trust's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Ryman Hospitality Properties is more favorable than Pebblebrook Hotel Trust.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ryman Hospitality Properties	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.86
Pebblebrook Hotel Trust	2 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.75

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer RHP or PEB?

Pebblebrook Hotel Trust received 20 more outperform votes than Ryman Hospitality Properties when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 57.52% of users gave Ryman Hospitality Properties an outperform vote while only 56.27% of users gave Pebblebrook Hotel Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Ryman Hospitality Properties	Outperform Votes 348 57.52%	Underperform Votes 257 42.48%
Pebblebrook Hotel Trust	Outperform Votes 368 56.27%	Underperform Votes 286 43.73%

Summary

Ryman Hospitality Properties beats Pebblebrook Hotel Trust on 16 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.