DiamondRock Hospitality (DRH) Competitors

DiamondRock Hospitality (NYSE:DRH) and Ryman Hospitality Properties (NYSE:RHP) 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, community ranking, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, dividends and risk.

Is DRH or RHP a better dividend stock?

DiamondRock Hospitality pays an annual dividend of $0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Ryman Hospitality Properties pays an annual dividend of $4.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. DiamondRock Hospitality pays out 42.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ryman Hospitality Properties pays out 81.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Which has more risk & volatility, DRH or RHP?

DiamondRock Hospitality has a beta of 1.59, suggesting that its stock price is 59% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ryman Hospitality Properties has a beta of 1.67, suggesting that its stock price is 67% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer DRH or RHP?

DiamondRock Hospitality received 53 more outperform votes than Ryman Hospitality Properties when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 57.31% of users gave Ryman Hospitality Properties an outperform vote while only 55.46% of users gave DiamondRock Hospitality an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
DiamondRock Hospitality	Outperform Votes 406 55.46%	Underperform Votes 326 44.54%
Ryman Hospitality Properties	Outperform Votes 353 57.31%	Underperform Votes 263 42.69%

Which has higher earnings and valuation, DRH or RHP?

Ryman Hospitality Properties has higher revenue and earnings than DiamondRock Hospitality. Ryman Hospitality Properties is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than DiamondRock Hospitality, 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
DiamondRock Hospitality	$1.07B	1.71	$86.34M	$0.28	31.55
Ryman Hospitality Properties	$2.16B	2.93	$311.22M	$5.63	18.77

Do analysts prefer DRH or RHP?

DiamondRock Hospitality presently has a consensus target price of $10.25, indicating a potential upside of 16.02%. Ryman Hospitality Properties has a consensus target price of $128.57, indicating a potential upside of 21.66%. Given Ryman Hospitality Properties' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Ryman Hospitality Properties is more favorable than DiamondRock Hospitality.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
DiamondRock Hospitality	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25
Ryman Hospitality Properties	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.71

Does the media favor DRH or RHP?

In the previous week, DiamondRock Hospitality had 2 more articles in the media than Ryman Hospitality Properties. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for DiamondRock Hospitality and 4 mentions for Ryman Hospitality Properties. DiamondRock Hospitality's average media sentiment score of 0.48 beat Ryman Hospitality Properties' score of 0.42 indicating that DiamondRock Hospitality is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
DiamondRock Hospitality	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Ryman Hospitality Properties	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is DRH or RHP more profitable?

Ryman Hospitality Properties has a net margin of 14.84% compared to DiamondRock Hospitality's net margin of 6.30%. Ryman Hospitality Properties' return on equity of 61.94% beat DiamondRock Hospitality's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
DiamondRock Hospitality	6.30%	4.25%	2.18%
Ryman Hospitality Properties	14.84%	61.94%	6.69%

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of DRH or RHP?

94.5% of Ryman Hospitality Properties shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of DiamondRock Hospitality shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.0% of Ryman Hospitality Properties shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Ryman Hospitality Properties beats DiamondRock Hospitality on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.