Pebblebrook Hotel Trust (PEB) Competitors

Pebblebrook Hotel Trust (NYSE:PEB) and Rayonier (NYSE:RYN) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, earnings and media sentiment.

Is PEB or RYN more profitable?

Rayonier has a net margin of 28.44% compared to Pebblebrook Hotel Trust's net margin of 0.25%. Rayonier's return on equity of 3.86% beat Pebblebrook Hotel Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Pebblebrook Hotel Trust	0.25%	0.13%	0.06%
Rayonier	28.44%	3.86%	1.99%

Does the media favor PEB or RYN?

In the previous week, Pebblebrook Hotel Trust had 2 more articles in the media than Rayonier. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Pebblebrook Hotel Trust and 5 mentions for Rayonier. Rayonier's average media sentiment score of 1.41 beat Pebblebrook Hotel Trust's score of 1.17 indicating that Rayonier is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Pebblebrook Hotel Trust	5 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Rayonier	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has higher valuation and earnings, PEB or RYN?

Rayonier has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Pebblebrook Hotel Trust. Pebblebrook Hotel Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Rayonier, 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
Pebblebrook Hotel Trust	$1.45B	0.84	-$78.02M	-$0.43	-23.61
Rayonier	$1.26B	3.44	$359.10M	$2.36	11.79

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in PEB or RYN?

89.1% of Rayonier shares are held by institutional investors. 2.4% of Pebblebrook Hotel Trust shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Rayonier shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts prefer PEB or RYN?

Pebblebrook Hotel Trust currently has a consensus target price of $13.86, indicating a potential upside of 36.47%. Rayonier has a consensus target price of $29.00, indicating a potential upside of 4.22%. Given Pebblebrook Hotel Trust's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Pebblebrook Hotel Trust is more favorable than Rayonier.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Pebblebrook Hotel Trust	1 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Rayonier	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25

Which has more volatility and risk, PEB or RYN?

Pebblebrook Hotel Trust has a beta of 1.87, suggesting that its share price is 87% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Rayonier has a beta of 1, suggesting that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.

Is PEB or RYN a better dividend stock?

Pebblebrook Hotel Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Rayonier pays an annual dividend of $1.09 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Pebblebrook Hotel Trust pays out -9.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Rayonier pays out 46.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer PEB or RYN?

Pebblebrook Hotel Trust received 67 more outperform votes than Rayonier when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 54.41% of users gave Pebblebrook Hotel Trust an outperform vote while only 54.40% of users gave Rayonier an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Pebblebrook Hotel Trust	Outperform Votes 370 54.41%	Underperform Votes 310 45.59%
Rayonier	Outperform Votes 303 54.40%	Underperform Votes 254 45.60%

Summary

Rayonier beats Pebblebrook Hotel Trust on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.