Sunstone Hotel Investors (SHO) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community favor SHO or RHP?

Sunstone Hotel Investors received 195 more outperform votes than Ryman Hospitality Properties when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.43% of users gave Sunstone Hotel Investors an outperform vote while only 57.19% of users gave Ryman Hospitality Properties an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Sunstone Hotel Investors	Outperform Votes 545 59.43%	Underperform Votes 372 40.57%
Ryman Hospitality Properties	Outperform Votes 350 57.19%	Underperform Votes 262 42.81%

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in SHO or RHP?

99.4% of Sunstone Hotel Investors shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.5% of Ryman Hospitality Properties shares are held by institutional investors. 1.1% of Sunstone Hotel Investors shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.0% of Ryman Hospitality Properties shares are held by 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.

Is SHO or RHP a better dividend stock?

Sunstone Hotel Investors pays an annual dividend of $0.32 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 4.1%. Sunstone Hotel Investors pays out 42.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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.

Does the media refer more to SHO or RHP?

In the previous week, Sunstone Hotel Investors had 5 more articles in the media than Ryman Hospitality Properties. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Sunstone Hotel Investors and 9 mentions for Ryman Hospitality Properties. Ryman Hospitality Properties' average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Sunstone Hotel Investors' score of 0.20 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
Sunstone Hotel Investors	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Ryman Hospitality Properties	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts prefer SHO or RHP?

Sunstone Hotel Investors currently has a consensus price target of $11.42, suggesting a potential upside of 13.04%. Ryman Hospitality Properties has a consensus price target of $125.17, suggesting a potential upside of 12.35%. Given Sunstone Hotel Investors' higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Sunstone Hotel Investors is more favorable than Ryman Hospitality Properties.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Sunstone Hotel Investors	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.57
Ryman Hospitality Properties	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.83

Which has more risk & volatility, SHO or RHP?

Sunstone Hotel Investors has a beta of 1.25, suggesting that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ryman Hospitality Properties has a beta of 1.65, suggesting that its share price is 65% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, SHO or RHP?

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
Sunstone Hotel Investors	$986.48M	2.06	$206.71M	$0.76	13.29
Ryman Hospitality Properties	$2.32B	2.87	$311.22M	$5.63	19.79

Is SHO or RHP 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
Sunstone Hotel Investors	18.61%	9.04%	5.40%
Ryman Hospitality Properties	14.84%	61.94%	6.69%

Summary

Ryman Hospitality Properties beats Sunstone Hotel Investors on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.