Sunstone Hotel Investors (SHO) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community favor RHP or SHO?

Sunstone Hotel Investors received 192 more outperform votes than Ryman Hospitality Properties when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.37% of users gave Sunstone Hotel Investors an outperform vote while only 57.31% of users gave Ryman Hospitality Properties an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Ryman Hospitality Properties	Outperform Votes 353 57.31%	Underperform Votes 263 42.69%
Sunstone Hotel Investors	Outperform Votes 545 59.37%	Underperform Votes 373 40.63%

Do institutionals & insiders believe in RHP or SHO?

94.5% of Ryman Hospitality Properties shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.4% of Sunstone Hotel Investors shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.0% of Ryman Hospitality Properties shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Sunstone Hotel Investors shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is RHP or SHO more profitable?

Sunstone Hotel Investors has a net margin of 18.61% compared to Ryman Hospitality Properties' net margin of 14.84%. Ryman Hospitality Properties' return on equity of 61.94% beat Sunstone Hotel Investors' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ryman Hospitality Properties	14.84%	61.94%	6.69%
Sunstone Hotel Investors	18.61%	9.04%	5.40%

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 4.4%. Sunstone Hotel Investors pays an annual dividend of $0.34 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. 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. Sunstone Hotel Investors pays out 44.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, RHP or SHO?

Ryman Hospitality Properties has higher revenue and earnings than Sunstone Hotel Investors. Sunstone Hotel Investors 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	2.71	$311.22M	$5.63	18.71
Sunstone Hotel Investors	$910.26M	2.66	$206.71M	$0.76	15.86

Does the media prefer RHP or SHO?

In the previous week, Ryman Hospitality Properties had 5 more articles in the media than Sunstone Hotel Investors. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Ryman Hospitality Properties and 6 mentions for Sunstone Hotel Investors. Ryman Hospitality Properties' average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat Sunstone Hotel Investors' score of 0.90 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	7 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Sunstone Hotel Investors	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more volatility & risk, RHP or SHO?

Ryman Hospitality Properties has a beta of 1.65, meaning that its share price is 65% 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.

Do analysts recommend RHP or SHO?

Ryman Hospitality Properties currently has a consensus price target of $128.57, suggesting a potential upside of 22.05%. Sunstone Hotel Investors has a consensus price target of $12.20, suggesting a potential upside of 1.24%. Given Ryman Hospitality Properties' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities 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	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.71
Sunstone Hotel Investors	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Summary

Ryman Hospitality Properties beats Sunstone Hotel Investors on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.