Host Hotels & Resorts (HST) Competitors

Host Hotels & Resorts (NASDAQ:HST) and VICI Properties (NYSE:VICI) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, media sentiment and dividends.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor HST or VICI?

VICI Properties received 252 more outperform votes than Host Hotels & Resorts when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.87% of users gave VICI Properties an outperform vote while only 47.22% of users gave Host Hotels & Resorts an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Host Hotels & Resorts	Outperform Votes 51 47.22%	Underperform Votes 57 52.78%
VICI Properties	Outperform Votes 303 65.87%	Underperform Votes 157 34.13%

Do analysts rate HST or VICI?

Host Hotels & Resorts presently has a consensus target price of $19.17, suggesting a potential upside of 42.93%. VICI Properties has a consensus target price of $34.63, suggesting a potential upside of 7.87%. Given Host Hotels & Resorts' higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Host Hotels & Resorts is more favorable than VICI Properties.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Host Hotels & Resorts	1 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.47
VICI Properties	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.73

Which has better valuation and earnings, HST or VICI?

VICI Properties has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Host Hotels & Resorts. VICI Properties is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Host Hotels & Resorts, 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
Host Hotels & Resorts	$5.68B	1.64	$740M	$0.99	13.55
VICI Properties	$3.85B	8.81	$2.51B	$2.56	12.54

Is HST or VICI more profitable?

VICI Properties has a net margin of 69.59% compared to Host Hotels & Resorts' net margin of 12.26%. Host Hotels & Resorts' return on equity of 10.37% beat VICI Properties' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Host Hotels & Resorts	12.26%	10.37%	5.47%
VICI Properties	69.59%	10.24%	6.02%

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in HST or VICI?

98.5% of Host Hotels & Resorts shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.7% of VICI Properties shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.3% of Host Hotels & Resorts shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of VICI Properties shares are owned 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.

Is HST or VICI a better dividend stock?

Host Hotels & Resorts pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.0%. VICI Properties pays an annual dividend of $1.73 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.4%. Host Hotels & Resorts pays out 80.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. VICI Properties pays out 67.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Which has more risk and volatility, HST or VICI?

Host Hotels & Resorts has a beta of 1.26, indicating that its stock price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, VICI Properties has a beta of 0.7, indicating that its stock price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer HST or VICI?

In the previous week, Host Hotels & Resorts had 3 more articles in the media than VICI Properties. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Host Hotels & Resorts and 18 mentions for VICI Properties. VICI Properties' average media sentiment score of 1.37 beat Host Hotels & Resorts' score of 1.34 indicating that VICI Properties is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Host Hotels & Resorts	18 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
VICI Properties	17 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

VICI Properties beats Host Hotels & Resorts on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.