PCH vs. APLE, OFC, WRI, LXP, PSB, CUBE, OHI, RHP, HR, and RYN
Should you be buying PotlatchDeltic stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of PotlatchDeltic include Apple Hospitality REIT (APLE), Corporate Office Properties Trust (OFC), Weingarten Realty Investors (WRI), LXP Industrial Trust (LXP), PS Business Parks (PSB), CubeSmart (CUBE), Omega Healthcare Investors (OHI), Ryman Hospitality Properties (RHP), Healthcare Realty Trust (HR), and Rayonier (RYN).
Apple Hospitality REIT (NYSE:APLE) and PotlatchDeltic (NASDAQ:PCH) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership, risk, profitability and valuation.
Apple Hospitality REIT pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.6%. PotlatchDeltic pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Apple Hospitality REIT pays out 111.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. PotlatchDeltic pays out 315.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Apple Hospitality REIT has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years and PotlatchDeltic has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Apple Hospitality REIT is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Apple Hospitality REIT has a beta of 1.1, indicating that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PotlatchDeltic has a beta of 1.19, indicating that its stock price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Apple Hospitality REIT received 50 more outperform votes than PotlatchDeltic when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.19% of users gave Apple Hospitality REIT an outperform vote while only 53.13% of users gave PotlatchDeltic an outperform vote.
Apple Hospitality REIT has a net margin of 14.58% compared to Apple Hospitality REIT's net margin of 4.58%. PotlatchDeltic's return on equity of 6.11% beat Apple Hospitality REIT's return on equity.
In the previous week, Apple Hospitality REIT had 1 more articles in the media than PotlatchDeltic. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Apple Hospitality REIT and 3 mentions for PotlatchDeltic. Apple Hospitality REIT's average media sentiment score of 1.27 beat PotlatchDeltic's score of 0.83 indicating that PotlatchDeltic is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Apple Hospitality REIT currently has a consensus price target of $18.40, indicating a potential upside of 27.42%. PotlatchDeltic has a consensus price target of $50.67, indicating a potential upside of 18.57%. Given PotlatchDeltic's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Apple Hospitality REIT is more favorable than PotlatchDeltic.
89.7% of Apple Hospitality REIT shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.1% of PotlatchDeltic shares are held by institutional investors. 6.8% of Apple Hospitality REIT shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of PotlatchDeltic shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Apple Hospitality REIT has higher revenue and earnings than PotlatchDeltic. Apple Hospitality REIT is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than PotlatchDeltic, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Apple Hospitality REIT beats PotlatchDeltic on 17 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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