Service Properties Trust (SVC) Competitors

SITE Centers (NYSE:SITC) and Service Properties Trust (NASDAQ:SVC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation and community ranking.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, SITC or SVC?

SITE Centers has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Service Properties Trust. Service Properties Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SITE Centers, 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
SITE Centers	$539.46M	1.57	$265.70M	$13.67	1.18
Service Properties Trust	$1.87B	0.23	-$32.78M	-$1.47	-1.76

Which has more risk and volatility, SITC or SVC?

SITE Centers has a beta of 1.62, meaning that its stock price is 62% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Service Properties Trust has a beta of 2.23, meaning that its stock price is 123% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is SITC or SVC a better dividend stock?

SITE Centers pays an annual dividend of $2.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.9%. Service Properties Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. SITE Centers pays out 15.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Service Properties Trust pays out -2.7% 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.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of SITC or SVC?

88.7% of SITE Centers shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.6% of Service Properties Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.1% of SITE Centers shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Service Properties Trust shares are owned by company 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.

Does the media favor SITC or SVC?

In the previous week, Service Properties Trust had 4 more articles in the media than SITE Centers. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Service Properties Trust and 6 mentions for SITE Centers. SITE Centers' average media sentiment score of 1.15 beat Service Properties Trust's score of 0.09 indicating that SITE Centers is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
SITE Centers	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Service Properties Trust	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do analysts rate SITC or SVC?

SITE Centers presently has a consensus price target of $58.89, suggesting a potential upside of 265.57%. Service Properties Trust has a consensus price target of $6.00, suggesting a potential upside of 131.66%. Given SITE Centers' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe SITE Centers is more favorable than Service Properties Trust.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
SITE Centers	0 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.20
Service Properties Trust	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Is SITC or SVC more profitable?

SITE Centers has a net margin of 164.10% compared to Service Properties Trust's net margin of -12.87%. SITE Centers' return on equity of 34.20% beat Service Properties Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
SITE Centers	164.10%	34.20%	19.41%
Service Properties Trust	-12.87%	-22.67%	-3.37%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in SITC or SVC?

Service Properties Trust received 266 more outperform votes than SITE Centers when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 51.04% of users gave Service Properties Trust an outperform vote while only 32.18% of users gave SITE Centers an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
SITE Centers	Outperform Votes 28 32.18%	Underperform Votes 59 67.82%
Service Properties Trust	Outperform Votes 294 51.04%	Underperform Votes 282 48.96%

Summary

SITE Centers beats Service Properties Trust on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.