Ryman Hospitality Properties (RHP) Competitors

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

Is WY or RHP more profitable?

Ryman Hospitality Properties has a net margin of 11.61% compared to Weyerhaeuser's net margin of 5.56%. Ryman Hospitality Properties' return on equity of 49.23% beat Weyerhaeuser's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Weyerhaeuser	5.56%	3.86%	2.30%
Ryman Hospitality Properties	11.61%	49.23%	5.28%

Is WY or RHP a better dividend stock?

Weyerhaeuser pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Ryman Hospitality Properties pays an annual dividend of $4.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.4%. Weyerhaeuser pays out 152.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Ryman Hospitality Properties pays out 104.8% 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 WY or RHP?

In the previous week, Weyerhaeuser had 3 more articles in the media than Ryman Hospitality Properties. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Weyerhaeuser and 22 mentions for Ryman Hospitality Properties. Ryman Hospitality Properties' average media sentiment score of 1.07 beat Weyerhaeuser's score of 1.03 indicating that Ryman Hospitality Properties is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Weyerhaeuser	15 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	4 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Ryman Hospitality Properties	13 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer WY or RHP?

Weyerhaeuser received 206 more outperform votes than Ryman Hospitality Properties when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.27% of users gave Weyerhaeuser an outperform vote while only 57.40% of users gave Ryman Hospitality Properties an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Weyerhaeuser	Outperform Votes 563 64.27%	Underperform Votes 313 35.73%
Ryman Hospitality Properties	Outperform Votes 357 57.40%	Underperform Votes 265 42.60%

Which has more volatility and risk, WY or RHP?

Weyerhaeuser has a beta of 1.25, meaning that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ryman Hospitality Properties has a beta of 1.38, meaning that its share price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate WY or RHP?

Weyerhaeuser presently has a consensus price target of $34.50, indicating a potential upside of 32.23%. Ryman Hospitality Properties has a consensus price target of $119.67, indicating a potential upside of 40.29%. Given Ryman Hospitality Properties' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Ryman Hospitality Properties is more favorable than Weyerhaeuser.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Weyerhaeuser	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.89
Ryman Hospitality Properties	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of WY or RHP?

83.0% of Weyerhaeuser shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.5% of Ryman Hospitality Properties shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Weyerhaeuser shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.0% of Ryman Hospitality Properties shares are held by company 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.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, WY or RHP?

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
Weyerhaeuser	$7.12B	2.66	$396M	$0.55	47.44
Ryman Hospitality Properties	$2.34B	2.19	$311.22M	$4.39	19.43

Summary

Ryman Hospitality Properties beats Weyerhaeuser on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.