CLDT vs. RLJ, LTC, SVC, INN, DHC, UHT, AHT, AMT, WELL, and PSA
Should you be buying Chatham Lodging Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Chatham Lodging Trust include RLJ Lodging Trust (RLJ), LTC Properties (LTC), Service Properties Trust (SVC), Summit Hotel Properties (INN), Diversified Healthcare Trust (DHC), Universal Health Realty Income Trust (UHT), Ashford Hospitality Trust (AHT), American Tower (AMT), Welltower (WELL), and Public Storage (PSA). These companies are all part of the "specialized reits" industry.
RLJ Lodging Trust (NYSE:RLJ) and Chatham Lodging Trust (NYSE:CLDT) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, community ranking, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation and profitability.
RLJ Lodging Trust has a net margin of 5.29% compared to RLJ Lodging Trust's net margin of 0.73%. Chatham Lodging Trust's return on equity of 3.53% beat RLJ Lodging Trust's return on equity.
RLJ Lodging Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Chatham Lodging Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. RLJ Lodging Trust pays out 142.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Chatham Lodging Trust pays out -233.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. RLJ Lodging Trust has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years. RLJ Lodging Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
92.4% of RLJ Lodging Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.4% of Chatham Lodging Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.6% of RLJ Lodging Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.5% of Chatham Lodging Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
RLJ Lodging Trust currently has a consensus target price of $13.90, indicating a potential upside of 39.28%. Chatham Lodging Trust has a consensus target price of $13.33, indicating a potential upside of 57.60%. Given RLJ Lodging Trust's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Chatham Lodging Trust is more favorable than RLJ Lodging Trust.
In the previous week, RLJ Lodging Trust and RLJ Lodging Trust both had 1 articles in the media. Chatham Lodging Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.93 beat RLJ Lodging Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that RLJ Lodging Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.
RLJ Lodging Trust received 29 more outperform votes than Chatham Lodging Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.43% of users gave Chatham Lodging Trust an outperform vote while only 59.51% of users gave RLJ Lodging Trust an outperform vote.
RLJ Lodging Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Chatham Lodging Trust. Chatham Lodging 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.
RLJ Lodging Trust has a beta of 1.7, indicating that its share price is 70% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Chatham Lodging Trust has a beta of 1.74, indicating that its share price is 74% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
RLJ Lodging Trust beats Chatham Lodging Trust on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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