Pebblebrook Hotel Trust (PEB) Competitors

Sabra Health Care REIT (NASDAQ:SBRA) and Pebblebrook Hotel Trust (NYSE:PEB) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, profitability, earnings and valuation.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, SBRA or PEB?

Sabra Health Care REIT has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Pebblebrook Hotel Trust. Pebblebrook Hotel Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sabra Health Care REIT, 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
Sabra Health Care REIT	$703.23M	5.38	$13.76M	$0.53	29.98
Pebblebrook Hotel Trust	$1.42B	1.00	-$78.02M	-$0.29	-41.00

Do analysts prefer SBRA or PEB?

Sabra Health Care REIT currently has a consensus price target of $18.86, indicating a potential upside of 18.67%. Pebblebrook Hotel Trust has a consensus price target of $14.17, indicating a potential upside of 19.16%. Given Pebblebrook Hotel Trust's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Pebblebrook Hotel Trust is more favorable than Sabra Health Care REIT.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Sabra Health Care REIT	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75
Pebblebrook Hotel Trust	1 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.17

Is SBRA or PEB more profitable?

Sabra Health Care REIT has a net margin of 18.02% compared to Pebblebrook Hotel Trust's net margin of 0.25%. Sabra Health Care REIT's return on equity of 4.60% beat Pebblebrook Hotel Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Sabra Health Care REIT	18.02%	4.60%	2.37%
Pebblebrook Hotel Trust	0.25%	0.13%	0.06%

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

99.4% of Sabra Health Care REIT shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of Sabra Health Care REIT shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.4% of Pebblebrook Hotel Trust shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk and volatility, SBRA or PEB?

Sabra Health Care REIT has a beta of 1.25, suggesting that its stock price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pebblebrook Hotel Trust has a beta of 1.85, suggesting that its stock price is 85% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is SBRA or PEB a better dividend stock?

Sabra Health Care REIT pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.6%. Pebblebrook Hotel Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. Sabra Health Care REIT pays out 226.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Pebblebrook Hotel Trust pays out -13.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Does the media prefer SBRA or PEB?

In the previous week, Sabra Health Care REIT had 6 more articles in the media than Pebblebrook Hotel Trust. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Sabra Health Care REIT and 8 mentions for Pebblebrook Hotel Trust. Sabra Health Care REIT's average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat Pebblebrook Hotel Trust's score of 1.03 indicating that Sabra Health Care REIT is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Sabra Health Care REIT	6 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Pebblebrook Hotel Trust	5 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer SBRA or PEB?

Sabra Health Care REIT received 136 more outperform votes than Pebblebrook Hotel Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.95% of users gave Sabra Health Care REIT an outperform vote while only 54.90% of users gave Pebblebrook Hotel Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Sabra Health Care REIT	Outperform Votes 506 59.95%	Underperform Votes 338 40.05%
Pebblebrook Hotel Trust	Outperform Votes 370 54.90%	Underperform Votes 304 45.10%

Summary

Sabra Health Care REIT beats Pebblebrook Hotel Trust on 16 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.