Universal Health Realty Income Trust (UHT) Competitors

Universal Health Realty Income Trust (NYSE:UHT) and Sunstone Hotel Investors (NYSE:SHO) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation and community ranking.

Which has higher earnings & valuation, UHT or SHO?

Sunstone Hotel Investors has higher revenue and earnings than Universal Health Realty Income Trust. Universal Health Realty Income 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
Universal Health Realty Income Trust	$99.01M	5.40	$15.40M	$1.39	27.78
Sunstone Hotel Investors	$905.81M	1.84	$206.71M	$0.14	59.22

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in UHT or SHO?

Sunstone Hotel Investors received 364 more outperform votes than Universal Health Realty Income Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.94% of users gave Universal Health Realty Income Trust an outperform vote while only 59.05% of users gave Sunstone Hotel Investors an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Universal Health Realty Income Trust	Outperform Votes 181 60.94%	Underperform Votes 116 39.06%
Sunstone Hotel Investors	Outperform Votes 545 59.05%	Underperform Votes 378 40.95%

Is UHT or SHO a better dividend stock?

Universal Health Realty Income Trust pays an annual dividend of $2.94 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.6%. Sunstone Hotel Investors pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Universal Health Realty Income Trust pays out 211.5% 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 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. Universal Health Realty Income Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Is UHT or SHO more profitable?

Sunstone Hotel Investors has a net margin of 18.61% compared to Universal Health Realty Income Trust's net margin of 18.41%. Universal Health Realty Income Trust's return on equity of 9.44% beat Sunstone Hotel Investors' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Universal Health Realty Income Trust	18.41%	9.44%	3.07%
Sunstone Hotel Investors	18.61%	9.04%	5.40%

Which has more volatility & risk, UHT or SHO?

Universal Health Realty Income Trust has a beta of 0.85, meaning that its stock price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sunstone Hotel Investors has a beta of 1.16, meaning that its stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in UHT or SHO?

64.7% of Universal Health Realty Income Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.4% of Sunstone Hotel Investors shares are held by institutional investors. 2.2% of Universal Health Realty Income Trust shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Sunstone Hotel Investors shares are held 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 favor UHT or SHO?

In the previous week, Sunstone Hotel Investors had 8 more articles in the media than Universal Health Realty Income Trust. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Sunstone Hotel Investors and 3 mentions for Universal Health Realty Income Trust. Universal Health Realty Income Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.58 beat Sunstone Hotel Investors' score of 0.68 indicating that Universal Health Realty Income Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Universal Health Realty Income Trust	2 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	7 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts recommend UHT or SHO?

Sunstone Hotel Investors has a consensus target price of $11.00, suggesting a potential upside of 32.67%. Given Sunstone Hotel Investors' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Sunstone Hotel Investors is more favorable than Universal Health Realty Income Trust.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Universal Health Realty Income Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Sunstone Hotel Investors	1 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.38

Summary

Sunstone Hotel Investors beats Universal Health Realty Income Trust on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.