Sunstone Hotel Investors (SHO) Competitors

Healthcare Realty Trust (NYSE:HR) and Sunstone Hotel Investors (NYSE:SHO) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, community ranking and profitability.

Which has more volatility and risk, HR or SHO?

Healthcare Realty Trust has a beta of 0.97, indicating that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sunstone Hotel Investors has a beta of 1.19, indicating that its share price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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

99.4% of Sunstone Hotel Investors shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Healthcare Realty Trust 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 hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, HR or SHO?

Sunstone Hotel Investors has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Healthcare Realty Trust. Healthcare Realty Trust 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
Healthcare Realty Trust	$1.25B	4.65	-$278.26M	-$1.78	-9.30
Sunstone Hotel Investors	$905.81M	2.17	$206.71M	$0.14	69.86

Does the MarketBeat Community favor HR or SHO?

Sunstone Hotel Investors received 209 more outperform votes than Healthcare Realty Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.11% of users gave Sunstone Hotel Investors an outperform vote while only 50.15% of users gave Healthcare Realty Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Healthcare Realty Trust	Outperform Votes 336 50.15%	Underperform Votes 334 49.85%
Sunstone Hotel Investors	Outperform Votes 545 59.11%	Underperform Votes 377 40.89%

Do analysts prefer HR or SHO?

Healthcare Realty Trust presently has a consensus target price of $17.00, suggesting a potential upside of 2.66%. Sunstone Hotel Investors has a consensus target price of $11.57, suggesting a potential upside of 18.32%. Given Sunstone Hotel Investors' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Sunstone Hotel Investors is more favorable than Healthcare Realty Trust.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Healthcare Realty Trust	1 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Sunstone Hotel Investors	1 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.38

Does the media prefer HR or SHO?

In the previous week, Healthcare Realty Trust had 1 more articles in the media than Sunstone Hotel Investors. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Healthcare Realty Trust and 7 mentions for Sunstone Hotel Investors. Healthcare Realty Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.58 beat Sunstone Hotel Investors' score of 0.18 indicating that Healthcare Realty Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Healthcare Realty Trust	8 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Sunstone Hotel Investors	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is HR or SHO more profitable?

Sunstone Hotel Investors has a net margin of 18.61% compared to Healthcare Realty Trust's net margin of -51.60%. Sunstone Hotel Investors' return on equity of 9.04% beat Healthcare Realty Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Healthcare Realty Trust	-51.60%	-11.20%	-5.69%
Sunstone Hotel Investors	18.61%	9.04%	5.40%

Is HR or SHO a better dividend stock?

Healthcare Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.5%. Sunstone Hotel Investors pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Healthcare Realty Trust pays out -69.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Sunstone Hotel Investors pays out 257.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Healthcare Realty Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

Sunstone Hotel Investors beats Healthcare Realty Trust on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.