DHC vs. DRH, PEB, LTC, RLJ, INN, UHT, SVC, CLDT, AHT, and AMT
Should you be buying Diversified Healthcare Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Diversified Healthcare Trust include DiamondRock Hospitality (DRH), Pebblebrook Hotel Trust (PEB), LTC Properties (LTC), RLJ Lodging Trust (RLJ), Summit Hotel Properties (INN), Universal Health Realty Income Trust (UHT), Service Properties Trust (SVC), Chatham Lodging Trust (CLDT), Ashford Hospitality Trust (AHT), and American Tower (AMT). These companies are all part of the "specialized reits" industry.
Diversified Healthcare Trust vs.
Diversified Healthcare Trust (NASDAQ:DHC) and DiamondRock Hospitality (NYSE:DRH) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
DiamondRock Hospitality received 130 more outperform votes than Diversified Healthcare Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 55.46% of users gave DiamondRock Hospitality an outperform vote while only 53.91% of users gave Diversified Healthcare Trust an outperform vote.
Diversified Healthcare Trust currently has a consensus target price of $4.50, indicating a potential upside of 119.51%. DiamondRock Hospitality has a consensus target price of $10.25, indicating a potential upside of 14.73%. Given Diversified Healthcare Trust's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Diversified Healthcare Trust is more favorable than DiamondRock Hospitality.
DiamondRock Hospitality has a net margin of 6.30% compared to Diversified Healthcare Trust's net margin of -26.09%. DiamondRock Hospitality's return on equity of 4.25% beat Diversified Healthcare Trust's return on equity.
76.0% of Diversified Healthcare Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 10.0% of Diversified Healthcare Trust shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of DiamondRock Hospitality shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Diversified Healthcare Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. DiamondRock Hospitality pays an annual dividend of $0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Diversified Healthcare Trust pays out -2.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. DiamondRock Hospitality pays out 42.9% 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. Diversified Healthcare Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, Diversified Healthcare Trust had 1 more articles in the media than DiamondRock Hospitality. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Diversified Healthcare Trust and 3 mentions for DiamondRock Hospitality. Diversified Healthcare Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.46 beat DiamondRock Hospitality's score of 0.79 indicating that Diversified Healthcare Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.
DiamondRock Hospitality has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Diversified Healthcare Trust. Diversified Healthcare Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than DiamondRock Hospitality, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Diversified Healthcare Trust has a beta of 2.17, indicating that its stock price is 117% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DiamondRock Hospitality has a beta of 1.59, indicating that its stock price is 59% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
DiamondRock Hospitality beats Diversified Healthcare Trust on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:DHC) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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