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Ashford Hospitality Trust (AHT) Competitors

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$6.17
-0.48 (-7.22%)
(As of 11/4/2024 ET)

AHT vs. AMT, WELL, PSA, EXR, VTR, WY, CUBE, OHI, RHP, and HR

Should you be buying Ashford Hospitality Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ashford Hospitality Trust include American Tower (AMT), Welltower (WELL), Public Storage (PSA), Extra Space Storage (EXR), Ventas (VTR), Weyerhaeuser (WY), CubeSmart (CUBE), Omega Healthcare Investors (OHI), Ryman Hospitality Properties (RHP), and Healthcare Realty Trust (HR). These companies are all part of the "specialized reits" industry.

Ashford Hospitality Trust vs.

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

92.7% of American Tower shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.0% of Ashford Hospitality Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of American Tower shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Ashford Hospitality Trust shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

American Tower has a net margin of 10.05% compared to Ashford Hospitality Trust's net margin of 2.25%. American Tower's return on equity of 22.01% beat Ashford Hospitality Trust's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
American Tower10.05% 22.01% 3.55%
Ashford Hospitality Trust 2.25%-10.52%0.82%

American Tower received 527 more outperform votes than Ashford Hospitality Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.13% of users gave American Tower an outperform vote while only 63.75% of users gave Ashford Hospitality Trust an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
American TowerOutperform Votes
1000
75.13%
Underperform Votes
331
24.87%
Ashford Hospitality TrustOutperform Votes
473
63.75%
Underperform Votes
269
36.25%

American Tower has a beta of 0.84, suggesting that its share price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ashford Hospitality Trust has a beta of 2.33, suggesting that its share price is 133% more volatile than the S&P 500.

American Tower pays an annual dividend of $6.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Ashford Hospitality Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. American Tower pays out 273.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Ashford Hospitality Trust pays out -1.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ashford Hospitality Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

American Tower presently has a consensus price target of $235.85, suggesting a potential upside of 11.19%. Ashford Hospitality Trust has a consensus price target of $25.00, suggesting a potential upside of 305.19%. Given Ashford Hospitality Trust's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Ashford Hospitality Trust is more favorable than American Tower.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
American Tower
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.85
Ashford Hospitality Trust
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

American Tower has higher revenue and earnings than Ashford Hospitality Trust. Ashford Hospitality Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than American Tower, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
American Tower$11.17B8.87$1.48B$2.3789.50
Ashford Hospitality Trust$1.28B0.02-$178.49M-$20.40-0.30

In the previous week, American Tower had 21 more articles in the media than Ashford Hospitality Trust. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for American Tower and 2 mentions for Ashford Hospitality Trust. Ashford Hospitality Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat American Tower's score of 0.34 indicating that Ashford Hospitality Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
American Tower
10 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
7 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Ashford Hospitality Trust
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

American Tower beats Ashford Hospitality Trust on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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AHT vs. The Competition

MetricAshford Hospitality TrustReal estate investment trusts IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$30.97M$7.39B$9.86B$19.30B
Dividend YieldN/A6.41%10.22%3.56%
P/E Ratio-0.3035.9845.2942.32
Price / Sales0.027.103,283.6917.88
Price / Cash0.6818.5218.4120.54
Price / Book-0.062.724.005.27
Net Income-$178.49M$143.97M$982.62M$985.16M
7 Day Performance-89.78%-0.10%-0.70%-0.51%
1 Month Performance-14.91%-1.08%0.04%-0.84%
1 Year Performance-76.36%20.35%21.36%22.95%

Ashford Hospitality Trust Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AHT
Ashford Hospitality Trust
3.238 of 5 stars
$6.17
-7.2%
$25.00
+305.2%
-76.4%$30.97M$1.28B-0.30120Positive News
AMT
American Tower
4.4555 of 5 stars
$212.11
+0.4%
$235.85
+11.2%
+11.3%$99.07B$11.17B89.505,643Earnings Report
WELL
Welltower
4.5845 of 5 stars
$134.31
+0.8%
$115.38
-14.1%
+51.8%$83.63B$6.64B88.36533Gap Up
PSA
Public Storage
4.5951 of 5 stars
$332.56
+2.7%
$341.43
+2.7%
+31.3%$58.20B$4.68B34.536,200Dividend Announcement
EXR
Extra Space Storage
4.411 of 5 stars
$163.52
+1.5%
$171.07
+4.6%
+52.9%$34.65B$3.23B42.817,618Earnings Report
VTR
Ventas
4.3802 of 5 stars
$64.35
+0.2%
$63.63
-1.1%
+46.0%$26.59B$4.80B-378.51450
WY
Weyerhaeuser
4.4686 of 5 stars
$31.71
+1.7%
$36.33
+14.6%
+2.0%$23.04B$7.19B42.859,318
CUBE
CubeSmart
3.6926 of 5 stars
$48.00
+1.4%
$51.45
+7.2%
+32.5%$10.81B$1.06B27.123,040Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
OHI
Omega Healthcare Investors
4.333 of 5 stars
$40.01
-1.3%
$39.70
-0.8%
+26.9%$10.32B$1.01B29.4250High Trading Volume
RHP
Ryman Hospitality Properties
3.695 of 5 stars
$108.92
+1.3%
$124.20
+14.0%
+18.7%$6.52B$2.30B20.441,471News Coverage
HR
Healthcare Realty Trust
3.0181 of 5 stars
$17.22
+1.8%
$17.17
-0.3%
+15.6%$6.25B$1.34B-10.90580Dividend Announcement
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This page (NYSE:AHT) was last updated on 11/5/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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