Sunstone Hotel Investors (SHO) Competitors

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

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

94.5% of Ryman Hospitality Properties shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.4% of Sunstone Hotel Investors shares are held by institutional investors. 5.0% of Ryman Hospitality Properties shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Sunstone Hotel Investors shares are held 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 SHO a better dividend stock?

Ryman Hospitality Properties pays an annual dividend of $4.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. Sunstone Hotel Investors pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Ryman Hospitality Properties pays out 97.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Sunstone Hotel Investors pays out 360.0% 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 has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years and Sunstone Hotel Investors has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Ryman Hospitality Properties is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do analysts prefer RHP or SHO?

Ryman Hospitality Properties currently has a consensus price target of $114.43, indicating a potential upside of 10.94%. Sunstone Hotel Investors has a consensus price target of $9.31, indicating a potential upside of 4.28%. Given Ryman Hospitality Properties' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Ryman Hospitality Properties is more favorable than Sunstone Hotel Investors.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ryman Hospitality Properties	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Sunstone Hotel Investors	2 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.13

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, RHP or SHO?

Ryman Hospitality Properties has higher revenue and earnings than Sunstone Hotel Investors. Ryman Hospitality Properties is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sunstone Hotel Investors, 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	$2.34B	2.65	$271.64M	$4.72	21.85
Sunstone Hotel Investors	$905.81M	1.96	$43.26M	$0.10	89.30

Is RHP or SHO more profitable?

Ryman Hospitality Properties has a net margin of 12.16% compared to Sunstone Hotel Investors' net margin of 3.85%. Ryman Hospitality Properties' return on equity of 51.95% beat Sunstone Hotel Investors' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ryman Hospitality Properties	12.16%	51.95%	5.61%
Sunstone Hotel Investors	3.85%	1.93%	1.14%

Which has more risk and volatility, RHP or SHO?

Ryman Hospitality Properties has a beta of 1.57, meaning that its share price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sunstone Hotel Investors has a beta of 1.25, meaning that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to RHP or SHO?

In the previous week, Ryman Hospitality Properties and Ryman Hospitality Properties both had 5 articles in the media. Ryman Hospitality Properties' average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat Sunstone Hotel Investors' score of 0.09 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	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Sunstone Hotel Investors	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Ryman Hospitality Properties beats Sunstone Hotel Investors on 15 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.