HST vs. UDR, WPC, AMH, ELS, CPT, SPG, PSA, O, DLR, and EXR
Should you be buying Host Hotels & Resorts stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Host Hotels & Resorts include UDR (UDR), W. P. Carey (WPC), American Homes 4 Rent (AMH), Equity LifeStyle Properties (ELS), Camden Property Trust (CPT), Simon Property Group (SPG), Public Storage (PSA), Realty Income (O), Digital Realty Trust (DLR), and Extra Space Storage (EXR). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
UDR (NYSE:UDR) and Host Hotels & Resorts (NASDAQ:HST) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation and dividends.
Host Hotels & Resorts has higher revenue and earnings than UDR. Host Hotels & Resorts is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than UDR, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
UDR presently has a consensus target price of $40.53, indicating a potential upside of 7.02%. Host Hotels & Resorts has a consensus target price of $21.36, indicating a potential upside of 19.92%. Given UDR's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Host Hotels & Resorts is more favorable than UDR.
UDR has a net margin of 27.81% compared to UDR's net margin of 13.35%. Host Hotels & Resorts' return on equity of 11.57% beat UDR's return on equity.
97.8% of UDR shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.5% of Host Hotels & Resorts shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.7% of UDR shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Host Hotels & Resorts shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
UDR has a beta of 0.79, indicating that its stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Host Hotels & Resorts has a beta of 1.32, indicating that its stock price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500.
UDR pays an annual dividend of $1.70 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. Host Hotels & Resorts pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. UDR pays out 123.2% 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 pays out 78.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. UDR has increased its dividend for 14 consecutive years and Host Hotels & Resorts has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Host Hotels & Resorts is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, Host Hotels & Resorts had 19 more articles in the media than UDR. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Host Hotels & Resorts and 6 mentions for UDR. UDR's average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat Host Hotels & Resorts' score of 0.20 indicating that Host Hotels & Resorts is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
UDR received 406 more outperform votes than Host Hotels & Resorts when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 55.13% of users gave UDR an outperform vote while only 47.06% of users gave Host Hotels & Resorts an outperform vote.
Summary
Host Hotels & Resorts beats UDR on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding HST and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
Host Hotels & Resorts Competitors List
Related Companies and Tools
