Chatham Lodging Trust (CLDT) Competitors

Chatham Lodging Trust (NYSE:CLDT) and LTC Properties (NYSE:LTC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, media sentiment, risk, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings and community ranking.

Is CLDT or LTC a better dividend stock?

Chatham Lodging Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. LTC Properties pays an annual dividend of $2.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.0%. Chatham Lodging Trust pays out -121.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. LTC Properties pays out 97.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Is CLDT or LTC more profitable?

LTC Properties has a net margin of 48.77% compared to Chatham Lodging Trust's net margin of -0.99%. LTC Properties' return on equity of 10.49% beat Chatham Lodging Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Chatham Lodging Trust	-0.99%	-0.39%	-0.24%
LTC Properties	48.77%	10.49%	5.44%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CLDT or LTC?

Chatham Lodging Trust received 53 more outperform votes than LTC Properties when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.04% of users gave Chatham Lodging Trust an outperform vote while only 56.32% of users gave LTC Properties an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Chatham Lodging Trust	Outperform Votes 387 61.04%	Underperform Votes 247 38.96%
LTC Properties	Outperform Votes 334 56.32%	Underperform Votes 259 43.68%

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of CLDT or LTC?

88.4% of Chatham Lodging Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.3% of LTC Properties shares are held by institutional investors. 6.5% of Chatham Lodging Trust shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of LTC Properties shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has better earnings and valuation, CLDT or LTC?

LTC Properties has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Chatham Lodging Trust. Chatham Lodging 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
Chatham Lodging Trust	$311.11M	1.39	$2.64M	-$0.23	-38.52
LTC Properties	$197.24M	8.77	$89.74M	$2.33	16.39

Does the media prefer CLDT or LTC?

In the previous week, Chatham Lodging Trust had 11 more articles in the media than LTC Properties. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Chatham Lodging Trust and 2 mentions for LTC Properties. Chatham Lodging Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat LTC Properties' score of 0.82 indicating that Chatham Lodging Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Chatham Lodging Trust	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
LTC Properties	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts rate CLDT or LTC?

Chatham Lodging Trust currently has a consensus price target of $12.00, suggesting a potential upside of 35.44%. LTC Properties has a consensus price target of $37.00, suggesting a potential downside of 3.14%. Given Chatham Lodging Trust's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Chatham Lodging Trust is more favorable than LTC Properties.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Chatham Lodging Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
LTC Properties	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Which has more risk and volatility, CLDT or LTC?

Chatham Lodging Trust has a beta of 1.79, suggesting that its stock price is 79% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, LTC Properties has a beta of 0.9, suggesting that its stock price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Chatham Lodging Trust beats LTC Properties on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.