Ryman Hospitality Properties (RHP) Competitors

Ryman Hospitality Properties (NYSE:RHP) and Ventas (NYSE:VTR) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment and earnings.

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

94.5% of Ryman Hospitality Properties shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.2% of Ventas shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.0% of Ryman Hospitality Properties shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Ventas shares are owned 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.

Is RHP or VTR more profitable?

Ryman Hospitality Properties has a net margin of 14.84% compared to Ventas' net margin of -1.38%. Ryman Hospitality Properties' return on equity of 61.94% beat Ventas' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ryman Hospitality Properties	14.84%	61.94%	6.69%
Ventas	-1.38%	-0.69%	-0.27%

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, RHP or VTR?

Ryman Hospitality Properties has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Ventas. Ventas is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ryman Hospitality Properties, 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	$2.32B	2.73	$311.22M	$5.63	18.79
Ventas	$4.80B	5.13	-$40.97M	-$0.17	-345.65

Which has more volatility & risk, RHP or VTR?

Ryman Hospitality Properties has a beta of 1.65, suggesting that its stock price is 65% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ventas has a beta of 1.36, suggesting that its stock price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer RHP or VTR?

In the previous week, Ventas had 9 more articles in the media than Ryman Hospitality Properties. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Ventas and 8 mentions for Ryman Hospitality Properties. Ryman Hospitality Properties' average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat Ventas' score of 0.69 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)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Ventas	5 Very Positive mention(s)	6 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is RHP or VTR a better dividend stock?

Ryman Hospitality Properties pays an annual dividend of $4.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Ventas pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. 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. Ventas pays out -1,058.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Do analysts prefer RHP or VTR?

Ryman Hospitality Properties presently has a consensus price target of $128.57, indicating a potential upside of 21.52%. Ventas has a consensus price target of $65.67, indicating a potential upside of 11.75%. Given Ryman Hospitality Properties' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Ryman Hospitality Properties is more favorable than Ventas.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ryman Hospitality Properties	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.71
Ventas	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.90

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in RHP or VTR?

Ventas received 202 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 56.40% of users gave Ventas an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Ryman Hospitality Properties	Outperform Votes 353 57.31%	Underperform Votes 263 42.69%
Ventas	Outperform Votes 555 56.40%	Underperform Votes 429 43.60%

Summary

Ryman Hospitality Properties beats Ventas on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.