Ryman Hospitality Properties (RHP) Competitors

Ryman Hospitality Properties (NYSE:RHP) and Weyerhaeuser (NYSE:WY) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations, risk and media sentiment.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, RHP or WY?

Weyerhaeuser has higher revenue and earnings than Ryman Hospitality Properties. Ryman Hospitality Properties is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Weyerhaeuser, 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
Ryman Hospitality Properties	$2.16B	3.11	$311.22M	$5.63	19.91
Weyerhaeuser	$7.67B	2.91	$839M	$0.74	41.47

Do analysts prefer RHP or WY?

Ryman Hospitality Properties currently has a consensus price target of $126.17, indicating a potential upside of 12.54%. Weyerhaeuser has a consensus price target of $36.33, indicating a potential upside of 18.41%. Given Weyerhaeuser's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Weyerhaeuser is more favorable than Ryman Hospitality Properties.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ryman Hospitality Properties	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.83
Weyerhaeuser	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.38

Is RHP or WY more profitable?

Ryman Hospitality Properties has a net margin of 14.84% compared to Weyerhaeuser's net margin of 7.43%. Ryman Hospitality Properties' return on equity of 61.94% beat Weyerhaeuser's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ryman Hospitality Properties	14.84%	61.94%	6.69%
Weyerhaeuser	7.43%	4.21%	2.52%

Do institutionals & insiders believe in RHP or WY?

94.5% of Ryman Hospitality Properties shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.0% of Weyerhaeuser shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.0% of Ryman Hospitality Properties shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Weyerhaeuser shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk & volatility, RHP or WY?

Ryman Hospitality Properties has a beta of 1.65, meaning that its share price is 65% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Weyerhaeuser has a beta of 1.4, meaning that its share price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is RHP or WY a better dividend stock?

Ryman Hospitality Properties pays an annual dividend of $4.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Weyerhaeuser pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Ryman Hospitality Properties pays out 78.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Weyerhaeuser pays out 108.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Ryman Hospitality Properties is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the media prefer RHP or WY?

In the previous week, Weyerhaeuser had 5 more articles in the media than Ryman Hospitality Properties. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Weyerhaeuser and 8 mentions for Ryman Hospitality Properties. Ryman Hospitality Properties' average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat Weyerhaeuser's score of 0.50 indicating that Ryman Hospitality Properties is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Ryman Hospitality Properties	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Weyerhaeuser	7 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in RHP or WY?

Weyerhaeuser received 206 more outperform votes than Ryman Hospitality Properties when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.47% of users gave Weyerhaeuser an outperform vote while only 57.26% of users gave Ryman Hospitality Properties an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Ryman Hospitality Properties	Outperform Votes 351 57.26%	Underperform Votes 262 42.74%
Weyerhaeuser	Outperform Votes 557 64.47%	Underperform Votes 307 35.53%

Summary

Ryman Hospitality Properties beats Weyerhaeuser on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.