AHT vs. AMT, WELL, PSA, EXR, VTR, WY, OHI, CUBE, HR, and RHP
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), Omega Healthcare Investors (OHI), CubeSmart (CUBE), Healthcare Realty Trust (HR), and Ryman Hospitality Properties (RHP). 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 compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, community ranking, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, earnings and analyst recommendations.
American Tower has a beta of 0.85, meaning that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ashford Hospitality Trust has a beta of 2.48, meaning that its share price is 148% more volatile than the S&P 500.
American Tower currently has a consensus price target of $229.43, indicating a potential upside of 7.02%. Given American Tower's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe American Tower is more favorable than Ashford Hospitality Trust.
American Tower received 540 more outperform votes than Ashford Hospitality Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.20% of users gave American Tower an outperform vote while only 63.66% of users gave Ashford Hospitality Trust an outperform vote.
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.
In the previous week, American Tower had 46 more articles in the media than Ashford Hospitality Trust. MarketBeat recorded 49 mentions for American Tower and 3 mentions for Ashford Hospitality Trust. American Tower's average media sentiment score of 1.54 beat Ashford Hospitality Trust's score of 0.43 indicating that American Tower is being referred to more favorably in the media.
American Tower has a net margin of 10.05% compared to Ashford Hospitality Trust's net margin of 2.84%. American Tower's return on equity of 22.01% beat Ashford Hospitality Trust's return on equity.
American Tower pays an annual dividend of $6.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Ashford Hospitality Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. American Tower pays out 141.4% 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 -0.9% 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.
92.7% of American Tower shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.0% of Ashford Hospitality Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of American Tower shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Ashford Hospitality Trust shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
American Tower beats Ashford Hospitality Trust on 17 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
Get Ashford Hospitality Trust News Delivered to You Automatically
Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for AHT and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
Ashford Hospitality Trust Competitors List
Related Companies and Tools
This page (NYSE:AHT) was last updated on 3/28/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
