CXW vs. RLJ, DRH, PEB, LTC, SVC, INN, DHC, UHT, NHI, and CLDT
Should you be buying CoreCivic stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CoreCivic include RLJ Lodging Trust (RLJ), DiamondRock Hospitality (DRH), Pebblebrook Hotel Trust (PEB), LTC Properties (LTC), Service Properties Trust (SVC), Summit Hotel Properties (INN), Diversified Healthcare Trust (DHC), Universal Health Realty Income Trust (UHT), National Health Investors (NHI), and Chatham Lodging Trust (CLDT). These companies are all part of the "specialized reits" industry.
RLJ Lodging Trust (NYSE:RLJ) and CoreCivic (NYSE:CXW) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, risk, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends and community ranking.
92.4% of RLJ Lodging Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.1% of CoreCivic shares are held by institutional investors. 2.6% of RLJ Lodging Trust shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of CoreCivic shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
RLJ Lodging Trust currently has a consensus price target of $13.90, indicating a potential upside of 34.04%. CoreCivic has a consensus price target of $19.00, indicating a potential upside of 26.41%. Given CoreCivic's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe RLJ Lodging Trust is more favorable than CoreCivic.
RLJ Lodging Trust has higher earnings, but lower revenue than CoreCivic. CoreCivic is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than RLJ Lodging Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
RLJ Lodging Trust has a net margin of 5.29% compared to RLJ Lodging Trust's net margin of 3.34%. RLJ Lodging Trust's return on equity of 5.74% beat CoreCivic's return on equity.
RLJ Lodging Trust received 28 more outperform votes than CoreCivic when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.10% of users gave CoreCivic an outperform vote while only 59.60% of users gave RLJ Lodging Trust an outperform vote.
RLJ Lodging Trust has a beta of 1.7, meaning that its share price is 70% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CoreCivic has a beta of 0.81, meaning that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, CoreCivic had 9 more articles in the media than RLJ Lodging Trust. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for CoreCivic and 3 mentions for RLJ Lodging Trust. CoreCivic's average media sentiment score of 1.42 beat RLJ Lodging Trust's score of 1.05 indicating that RLJ Lodging Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
RLJ Lodging Trust beats CoreCivic on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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