Broadstone Net Lease (BNL) Competitors

Host Hotels & Resorts (NASDAQ:HST) and Broadstone Net Lease (NYSE:BNL) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Is HST or BNL more profitable?

Broadstone Net Lease has a net margin of 33.56% compared to Host Hotels & Resorts' net margin of 12.92%. Host Hotels & Resorts' return on equity of 10.72% beat Broadstone Net Lease's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Host Hotels & Resorts	12.92%	10.72%	5.75%
Broadstone Net Lease	33.56%	4.47%	2.71%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor HST or BNL?

Host Hotels & Resorts received 24 more outperform votes than Broadstone Net Lease when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 47.52% of users gave Host Hotels & Resorts an outperform vote while only 35.82% of users gave Broadstone Net Lease an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Host Hotels & Resorts	Outperform Votes 48 47.52%	Underperform Votes 53 52.48%
Broadstone Net Lease	Outperform Votes 24 35.82%	Underperform Votes 43 64.18%

Do insiders & institutionals believe in HST or BNL?

98.5% of Host Hotels & Resorts shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.1% of Broadstone Net Lease shares are held by institutional investors. 1.3% of Host Hotels & Resorts shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Broadstone Net Lease shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts recommend HST or BNL?

Host Hotels & Resorts currently has a consensus price target of $20.96, indicating a potential upside of 25.42%. Broadstone Net Lease has a consensus price target of $18.60, indicating a potential upside of 18.25%. Given Host Hotels & Resorts' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Host Hotels & Resorts is more favorable than Broadstone Net Lease.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Host Hotels & Resorts	1 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.58
Broadstone Net Lease	1 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.38

Does the media prefer HST or BNL?

In the previous week, Host Hotels & Resorts had 11 more articles in the media than Broadstone Net Lease. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Host Hotels & Resorts and 4 mentions for Broadstone Net Lease. Broadstone Net Lease's average media sentiment score of 1.34 beat Host Hotels & Resorts' score of 0.46 indicating that Broadstone Net Lease is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Host Hotels & Resorts	6 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Broadstone Net Lease	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk and volatility, HST or BNL?

Host Hotels & Resorts has a beta of 1.31, indicating that its stock price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Broadstone Net Lease has a beta of 1.11, indicating that its stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, HST or BNL?

Host Hotels & Resorts has higher revenue and earnings than Broadstone Net Lease. Host Hotels & Resorts is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Broadstone Net Lease, 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
Host Hotels & Resorts	$5.31B	2.20	$740M	$1.03	16.22
Broadstone Net Lease	$442.89M	6.70	$155.48M	$0.76	20.70

Is HST or BNL a better dividend stock?

Host Hotels & Resorts pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. Broadstone Net Lease pays an annual dividend of $1.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.4%. Host Hotels & Resorts pays out 77.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Broadstone Net Lease pays out 152.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Summary

Host Hotels & Resorts beats Broadstone Net Lease on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.