UHT vs. CLDT, DHC, INN, SVC, LTC, RLJ, CXW, DRH, PEB, and OLP
Should you be buying Universal Health Realty Income Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Universal Health Realty Income Trust include Chatham Lodging Trust (CLDT), Diversified Healthcare Trust (DHC), Summit Hotel Properties (INN), Service Properties Trust (SVC), LTC Properties (LTC), RLJ Lodging Trust (RLJ), CoreCivic (CXW), DiamondRock Hospitality (DRH), Pebblebrook Hotel Trust (PEB), and One Liberty Properties (OLP). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
Chatham Lodging Trust (NYSE:CLDT) and Universal Health Realty Income Trust (NYSE:UHT) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, earnings, dividends, risk, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
In the previous week, Chatham Lodging Trust had 10 more articles in the media than Universal Health Realty Income Trust. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Chatham Lodging Trust and 0 mentions for Universal Health Realty Income Trust. Chatham Lodging Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.08 beat Universal Health Realty Income Trust's score of 0.65 indicating that Universal Health Realty Income Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
88.4% of Chatham Lodging Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.7% of Universal Health Realty Income Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 6.5% of Chatham Lodging Trust shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of Universal Health Realty Income Trust shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Chatham Lodging Trust has a beta of 1.74, meaning that its share price is 74% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Universal Health Realty Income Trust has a beta of 0.76, meaning that its share price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Universal Health Realty Income Trust has a net margin of 16.66% compared to Universal Health Realty Income Trust's net margin of 0.73%. Chatham Lodging Trust's return on equity of 7.88% beat Universal Health Realty Income Trust's return on equity.
Chatham Lodging Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Universal Health Realty Income Trust pays an annual dividend of $2.90 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.8%. Chatham Lodging Trust pays out -233.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Universal Health Realty Income Trust pays out 247.9% 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 has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Universal Health Realty Income Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Universal Health Realty Income Trust has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Chatham Lodging Trust. Chatham Lodging Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Universal Health Realty Income Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Chatham Lodging Trust currently has a consensus target price of $13.33, suggesting a potential upside of 47.82%. Given Universal Health Realty Income Trust's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Chatham Lodging Trust is more favorable than Universal Health Realty Income Trust.
Chatham Lodging Trust received 207 more outperform votes than Universal Health Realty Income Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.43% of users gave Chatham Lodging Trust an outperform vote while only 61.02% of users gave Universal Health Realty Income Trust an outperform vote.
Summary
Chatham Lodging Trust and Universal Health Realty Income Trust tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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