Xenia Hotels & Resorts (XHR) Competitors

Red Rock Resorts (NASDAQ:RRR) and Xenia Hotels & Resorts (NYSE:XHR) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, valuation, community ranking, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends and media sentiment.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in RRR or XHR?

47.8% of Red Rock Resorts shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.4% of Xenia Hotels & Resorts shares are owned by institutional investors. 53.3% of Red Rock Resorts shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.8% of Xenia Hotels & Resorts shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is RRR or XHR more profitable?

Red Rock Resorts has a net margin of 7.94% compared to Xenia Hotels & Resorts' net margin of 2.37%. Red Rock Resorts' return on equity of 71.00% beat Xenia Hotels & Resorts' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Red Rock Resorts	7.94%	71.00%	3.85%
Xenia Hotels & Resorts	2.37%	1.86%	0.84%

Is RRR or XHR a better dividend stock?

Red Rock Resorts pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Xenia Hotels & Resorts pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Red Rock Resorts pays out 39.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Xenia Hotels & Resorts pays out 208.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Do analysts recommend RRR or XHR?

Red Rock Resorts currently has a consensus price target of $57.33, indicating a potential upside of 11.54%. Xenia Hotels & Resorts has a consensus price target of $17.38, indicating a potential upside of 24.24%. Given Xenia Hotels & Resorts' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Xenia Hotels & Resorts is more favorable than Red Rock Resorts.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Red Rock Resorts	0 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.42
Xenia Hotels & Resorts	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, RRR or XHR?

Red Rock Resorts has higher revenue and earnings than Xenia Hotels & Resorts. Red Rock Resorts is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Xenia Hotels & Resorts, 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
Red Rock Resorts	$1.94B	2.80	$154.05M	$2.51	20.48
Xenia Hotels & Resorts	$1.03B	1.39	$19.14M	$0.23	60.81

Does the media refer more to RRR or XHR?

In the previous week, Xenia Hotels & Resorts had 2 more articles in the media than Red Rock Resorts. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Xenia Hotels & Resorts and 7 mentions for Red Rock Resorts. Red Rock Resorts' average media sentiment score of 0.82 beat Xenia Hotels & Resorts' score of 0.03 indicating that Red Rock Resorts is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Red Rock Resorts	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Xenia Hotels & Resorts	1 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer RRR or XHR?

Red Rock Resorts received 93 more outperform votes than Xenia Hotels & Resorts when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.39% of users gave Red Rock Resorts an outperform vote while only 56.83% of users gave Xenia Hotels & Resorts an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Red Rock Resorts	Outperform Votes 405 64.39%	Underperform Votes 224 35.61%
Xenia Hotels & Resorts	Outperform Votes 312 56.83%	Underperform Votes 237 43.17%

Which has more volatility & risk, RRR or XHR?

Red Rock Resorts has a beta of 2.02, indicating that its share price is 102% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Xenia Hotels & Resorts has a beta of 1.5, indicating that its share price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Red Rock Resorts beats Xenia Hotels & Resorts on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.