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 contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, earnings, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership and risk.

Is SHO or RHP a better dividend stock?

Sunstone Hotel Investors pays an annual dividend of $0.34 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 4.7%. Sunstone Hotel Investors pays out 44.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in SHO or RHP?

Sunstone Hotel Investors received 191 more outperform votes than Ryman Hospitality Properties when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.17% of users gave Sunstone Hotel Investors an outperform vote while only 57.28% of users gave Ryman Hospitality Properties an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Sunstone Hotel Investors	Outperform Votes 545 59.17%	Underperform Votes 376 40.83%
Ryman Hospitality Properties	Outperform Votes 354 57.28%	Underperform Votes 264 42.72%

Do analysts prefer SHO or RHP?

Sunstone Hotel Investors presently has a consensus price target of $11.71, suggesting a potential upside of 10.15%. Ryman Hospitality Properties has a consensus price target of $126.17, suggesting a potential upside of 28.11%. Given Ryman Hospitality Properties' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Ryman Hospitality Properties is more favorable than Sunstone Hotel Investors.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Sunstone Hotel Investors	1 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.38
Ryman Hospitality Properties	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

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

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

Does the media refer more to SHO or RHP?

In the previous week, Ryman Hospitality Properties had 10 more articles in the media than Sunstone Hotel Investors. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Ryman Hospitality Properties and 13 mentions for Sunstone Hotel Investors. Sunstone Hotel Investors' average media sentiment score of 0.74 beat Ryman Hospitality Properties' score of 0.61 indicating that Sunstone Hotel Investors is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Sunstone Hotel Investors	4 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Ryman Hospitality Properties	8 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	8 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is SHO or RHP more profitable?

Sunstone Hotel Investors has a net margin of 18.61% compared to Ryman Hospitality Properties' net margin of 11.61%. Ryman Hospitality Properties' return on equity of 49.23% 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	11.61%	49.23%	5.28%

Which has more risk and volatility, SHO or RHP?

Sunstone Hotel Investors has a beta of 1.2, indicating that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ryman Hospitality Properties has a beta of 1.67, indicating that its share price is 67% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher 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	2.17	$206.71M	$0.76	13.99
Ryman Hospitality Properties	$2.34B	2.52	$311.22M	$4.39	22.43

Summary

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