Sotherly Hotels (SOHO) Competitors

Medalist Diversified REIT (NASDAQ:MDRR) and Sotherly Hotels (NASDAQ:SOHO) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends and institutional ownership.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in MDRR or SOHO?

Sotherly Hotels received 134 more outperform votes than Medalist Diversified REIT when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.30% of users gave Medalist Diversified REIT an outperform vote while only 42.76% of users gave Sotherly Hotels an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Medalist Diversified REIT	Outperform Votes 61 66.30%	Underperform Votes 31 33.70%
Sotherly Hotels	Outperform Votes 195 42.76%	Underperform Votes 261 57.24%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of MDRR or SOHO?

17.4% of Medalist Diversified REIT shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 27.5% of Sotherly Hotels shares are owned by institutional investors. 56.1% of Medalist Diversified REIT shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 14.6% of Sotherly Hotels shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is MDRR or SOHO more profitable?

Sotherly Hotels has a net margin of 0.92% compared to Medalist Diversified REIT's net margin of -2.18%. Sotherly Hotels' return on equity of 3.43% beat Medalist Diversified REIT's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Medalist Diversified REIT	-2.18%	-18.35%	-3.87%
Sotherly Hotels	0.92%	3.43%	0.41%

Which has higher valuation and earnings, MDRR or SOHO?

Sotherly Hotels has higher revenue and earnings than Medalist Diversified REIT. Medalist Diversified REIT is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sotherly Hotels, 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
Medalist Diversified REIT	$10.17M	1.36	-$4.57M	-$0.22	-56.36
Sotherly Hotels	$173.84M	0.11	$3.94M	-$0.33	-2.94

Do analysts recommend MDRR or SOHO?

Sotherly Hotels has a consensus price target of $1.50, suggesting a potential upside of 54.53%. Given Sotherly Hotels' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Sotherly Hotels is more favorable than Medalist Diversified REIT.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Medalist Diversified REIT	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Sotherly Hotels	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Which has more volatility and risk, MDRR or SOHO?

Medalist Diversified REIT has a beta of 0.73, meaning that its share price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sotherly Hotels has a beta of 1.66, meaning that its share price is 66% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to MDRR or SOHO?

In the previous week, Medalist Diversified REIT had 5 more articles in the media than Sotherly Hotels. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Medalist Diversified REIT and 0 mentions for Sotherly Hotels. Medalist Diversified REIT's average media sentiment score of 0.56 beat Sotherly Hotels' score of -3.00 indicating that Medalist Diversified REIT is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Medalist Diversified REIT	Positive
Sotherly Hotels	Very Negative

Summary

Sotherly Hotels beats Medalist Diversified REIT on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.