Service Properties Trust (SVC) Competitors

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

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in LTC or SVC?

69.3% of LTC Properties shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.6% of Service Properties Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 2.0% of LTC Properties shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Service Properties Trust shares are held by 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.

Do analysts rate LTC or SVC?

LTC Properties presently has a consensus price target of $38.67, indicating a potential upside of 11.64%. Service Properties Trust has a consensus price target of $6.00, indicating a potential upside of 209.28%. Given Service Properties Trust's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Service Properties Trust is more favorable than LTC Properties.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
LTC Properties	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Service Properties Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is LTC or SVC a better dividend stock?

LTC Properties pays an annual dividend of $2.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.6%. Service Properties Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. LTC Properties pays out 111.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Service Properties Trust pays out -2.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Is LTC or SVC more profitable?

LTC Properties has a net margin of 48.77% compared to Service Properties Trust's net margin of -12.87%. LTC Properties' return on equity of 10.49% beat Service Properties Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
LTC Properties	48.77%	10.49%	5.44%
Service Properties Trust	-12.87%	-22.67%	-3.37%

Which has more volatility and risk, LTC or SVC?

LTC Properties has a beta of 0.96, meaning that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Service Properties Trust has a beta of 1.8, meaning that its stock price is 80% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to LTC or SVC?

In the previous week, LTC Properties had 4 more articles in the media than Service Properties Trust. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for LTC Properties and 3 mentions for Service Properties Trust. Service Properties Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.86 beat LTC Properties' score of 1.33 indicating that Service Properties Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
LTC Properties	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Service Properties Trust	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, LTC or SVC?

LTC Properties has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Service Properties Trust. Service Properties Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than LTC Properties, 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
LTC Properties	$209.85M	7.50	$89.74M	$2.05	16.90
Service Properties Trust	$1.90B	0.17	-$32.78M	-$1.67	-1.16

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer LTC or SVC?

LTC Properties received 41 more outperform votes than Service Properties Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 56.38% of users gave LTC Properties an outperform vote while only 50.86% of users gave Service Properties Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
LTC Properties	Outperform Votes 336 56.38%	Underperform Votes 260 43.62%
Service Properties Trust	Outperform Votes 295 50.86%	Underperform Votes 285 49.14%

Summary

LTC Properties beats Service Properties Trust on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.