Host Hotels & Resorts (HST) Competitors

Host Hotels & Resorts (NASDAQ:HST) and Blue Owl Capital (NYSE:OWL) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability and community ranking.

Is HST or OWL more profitable?

Host Hotels & Resorts has a net margin of 12.26% compared to Blue Owl Capital's net margin of 4.77%. Blue Owl Capital's return on equity of 20.82% beat Host Hotels & Resorts' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Host Hotels & Resorts	12.26%	10.31%	5.51%
Blue Owl Capital	4.77%	20.82%	11.52%

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, HST or OWL?

Host Hotels & Resorts has higher revenue and earnings than Blue Owl Capital. Host Hotels & Resorts is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Blue Owl Capital, 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	2.01	$740M	$0.99	16.51
Blue Owl Capital	$2.30B	14.36	$109.58M	$0.17	129.87

Is HST or OWL a better dividend stock?

Host Hotels & Resorts pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. Blue Owl Capital pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. 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. Blue Owl Capital pays out 423.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Host Hotels & Resorts is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do insiders and institutionals believe in HST or OWL?

98.5% of Host Hotels & Resorts shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 35.9% of Blue Owl Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.3% of Host Hotels & Resorts shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 33.5% of Blue Owl Capital shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk and volatility, HST or OWL?

Host Hotels & Resorts has a beta of 1.3, suggesting that its share price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Blue Owl Capital has a beta of 1.15, suggesting that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer HST or OWL?

In the previous week, Host Hotels & Resorts had 18 more articles in the media than Blue Owl Capital. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for Host Hotels & Resorts and 10 mentions for Blue Owl Capital. Blue Owl Capital's average media sentiment score of 1.01 beat Host Hotels & Resorts' score of 0.62 indicating that Blue Owl Capital is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Host Hotels & Resorts	7 Very Positive mention(s)	7 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	4 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Blue Owl Capital	5 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts rate HST or OWL?

Host Hotels & Resorts currently has a consensus price target of $20.54, indicating a potential upside of 25.71%. Blue Owl Capital has a consensus price target of $26.27, indicating a potential upside of 19.00%. Given Host Hotels & Resorts' higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Host Hotels & Resorts is more favorable than Blue Owl Capital.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Host Hotels & Resorts	1 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.58
Blue Owl Capital	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in HST or OWL?

Blue Owl Capital received 6 more outperform votes than Host Hotels & Resorts when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.37% of users gave Blue Owl Capital an outperform vote while only 48.54% of users gave Host Hotels & Resorts an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Host Hotels & Resorts	Outperform Votes 50 48.54%	Underperform Votes 53 51.46%
Blue Owl Capital	Outperform Votes 56 64.37%	Underperform Votes 31 35.63%

Summary

Host Hotels & Resorts beats Blue Owl Capital on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.