Ashford Hospitality Trust (AHT) Competitors

Ashford Hospitality Trust (NYSE:AHT) and Welltower (NYSE:WELL) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, risk and analyst recommendations.

Is AHT or WELL more profitable?

Welltower has a net margin of 11.91% compared to Ashford Hospitality Trust's net margin of 2.84%. Welltower's return on equity of 3.15% beat Ashford Hospitality Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ashford Hospitality Trust	2.84%	-12.89%	1.01%
Welltower	11.91%	3.15%	2.00%

Do analysts rate AHT or WELL?

Welltower has a consensus target price of $140.19, suggesting a potential downside of 5.71%. Given Welltower's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Welltower is more favorable than Ashford Hospitality Trust.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ashford Hospitality Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Welltower	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.93

Which has more volatility and risk, AHT or WELL?

Ashford Hospitality Trust has a beta of 2.4, suggesting that its share price is 140% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Welltower has a beta of 1.23, suggesting that its share price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer AHT or WELL?

Welltower received 261 more outperform votes than Ashford Hospitality Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.66% of users gave Ashford Hospitality Trust an outperform vote while only 60.56% of users gave Welltower an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Ashford Hospitality Trust	Outperform Votes 473 63.66%	Underperform Votes 270 36.34%
Welltower	Outperform Votes 734 60.56%	Underperform Votes 478 39.44%

Does the media refer more to AHT or WELL?

In the previous week, Welltower had 42 more articles in the media than Ashford Hospitality Trust. MarketBeat recorded 43 mentions for Welltower and 1 mentions for Ashford Hospitality Trust. Ashford Hospitality Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.55 beat Welltower's score of 1.12 indicating that Ashford Hospitality Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Ashford Hospitality Trust	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Welltower	28 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in AHT or WELL?

41.0% of Ashford Hospitality Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.8% of Welltower shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.2% of Ashford Hospitality Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Welltower shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, AHT or WELL?

Welltower has higher revenue and earnings than Ashford Hospitality Trust. Ashford Hospitality Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Welltower, 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
Ashford Hospitality Trust	$1.37B	0.03	-$178.49M	-$12.89	-0.67
Welltower	$7.99B	11.93	$951.68M	$1.56	95.31

Summary

Welltower beats Ashford Hospitality Trust on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.