PPHE Hotel Group (PPH) Competitors

PPHE Hotel Group (LON:PPH) and Dalata Hotel Group (LON:DAL) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, profitability, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings and media sentiment.

Is PPH or DAL more profitable?

Dalata Hotel Group has a net margin of 13.44% compared to PPHE Hotel Group's net margin of 5.15%. PPHE Hotel Group's return on equity of 7.10% beat Dalata Hotel Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
PPHE Hotel Group	5.15%	7.10%	2.74%
Dalata Hotel Group	13.44%	5.96%	3.89%

Do analysts prefer PPH or DAL?

PPHE Hotel Group currently has a consensus price target of GBX 758.50, indicating a potential downside of 36.53%. Dalata Hotel Group has a consensus price target of GBX 480, indicating a potential upside of 13.74%. Given Dalata Hotel Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Dalata Hotel Group is more favorable than PPHE Hotel Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
PPHE Hotel Group	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Dalata Hotel Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in PPH or DAL?

20.2% of PPHE Hotel Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.0% of Dalata Hotel Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 52.0% of PPHE Hotel Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.5% of Dalata Hotel Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, PPH or DAL?

Dalata Hotel Group has higher revenue and earnings than PPHE Hotel Group. Dalata Hotel Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than PPHE Hotel Group, 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
PPHE Hotel Group	£423.18M	1.18	£21.81M	£51.79	23.08
Dalata Hotel Group	£704.67M	1.52	£94.71M	£31.13	13.56

Does the media prefer PPH or DAL?

In the previous week, Dalata Hotel Group had 4 more articles in the media than PPHE Hotel Group. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Dalata Hotel Group and 2 mentions for PPHE Hotel Group. Dalata Hotel Group's average media sentiment score of 0.52 beat PPHE Hotel Group's score of 0.30 indicating that Dalata Hotel Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
PPHE Hotel Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Dalata Hotel Group	1 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is PPH or DAL a better dividend stock?

PPHE Hotel Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 37 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Dalata Hotel Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 10 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. PPHE Hotel Group pays out 71.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Dalata Hotel Group pays out 32.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor PPH or DAL?

Dalata Hotel Group received 21 more outperform votes than PPHE Hotel Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.25% of users gave Dalata Hotel Group an outperform vote while only 60.93% of users gave PPHE Hotel Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
PPHE Hotel Group	Outperform Votes 209 60.93%	Underperform Votes 134 39.07%
Dalata Hotel Group	Outperform Votes 230 73.25%	Underperform Votes 84 26.75%

Which has more risk and volatility, PPH or DAL?

PPHE Hotel Group has a beta of 1.11, indicating that its stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dalata Hotel Group has a beta of 1.65, indicating that its stock price is 65% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Dalata Hotel Group beats PPHE Hotel Group on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.