Xenia Hotels & Resorts (XHR) Competitors

Xenia Hotels & Resorts (NYSE:XHR) and Shake Shack (NYSE:SHAK) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation and profitability.

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of XHR or SHAK?

92.4% of Xenia Hotels & Resorts shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.1% of Shake Shack shares are held by institutional investors. 2.8% of Xenia Hotels & Resorts shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.7% of Shake Shack 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 refer more to XHR or SHAK?

In the previous week, Shake Shack had 9 more articles in the media than Xenia Hotels & Resorts. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Shake Shack and 15 mentions for Xenia Hotels & Resorts. Xenia Hotels & Resorts' average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Shake Shack's score of 0.26 indicating that Xenia Hotels & Resorts is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Xenia Hotels & Resorts	8 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Shake Shack	7 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	11 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do analysts prefer XHR or SHAK?

Xenia Hotels & Resorts currently has a consensus target price of $14.63, suggesting a potential upside of 50.31%. Shake Shack has a consensus target price of $121.05, suggesting a potential upside of 50.54%. Given Shake Shack's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Shake Shack is more favorable than Xenia Hotels & Resorts.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Xenia Hotels & Resorts	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Shake Shack	1 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.45

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in XHR or SHAK?

Shake Shack received 219 more outperform votes than Xenia Hotels & Resorts when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 56.50% of users gave Xenia Hotels & Resorts an outperform vote while only 51.70% of users gave Shake Shack an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Xenia Hotels & Resorts	Outperform Votes 313 56.50%	Underperform Votes 241 43.50%
Shake Shack	Outperform Votes 532 51.70%	Underperform Votes 497 48.30%

Which has higher valuation and earnings, XHR or SHAK?

Shake Shack has higher revenue and earnings than Xenia Hotels & Resorts. Xenia Hotels & Resorts is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Shake Shack, 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
Xenia Hotels & Resorts	$1.04B	0.95	$19.14M	$0.15	64.87
Shake Shack	$1.25B	2.73	$20.26M	$0.23	349.61

Which has more volatility and risk, XHR or SHAK?

Xenia Hotels & Resorts has a beta of 1.38, indicating that its stock price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Shake Shack has a beta of 1.8, indicating that its stock price is 80% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is XHR or SHAK more profitable?

Xenia Hotels & Resorts has a net margin of 2.37% compared to Shake Shack's net margin of 0.81%. Shake Shack's return on equity of 8.40% beat Xenia Hotels & Resorts' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Xenia Hotels & Resorts	2.37%	1.86%	0.84%
Shake Shack	0.81%	8.40%	2.44%

Summary

Shake Shack beats Xenia Hotels & Resorts on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.