Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc. (HST) vs Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc. (SHO)

Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc. and Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc. are both Reit Hotel & Motel companies. Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $15.4B against $2.1B — 7.3× the size. Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 15.1× against 51.4×. Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 7.28% against 4.93%. Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc. has the higher net margin (16.5% vs 4.21%) and the higher return on invested capital (5.94% vs 2.16%). Both pay a dividend; Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc. yields more (3.18% vs 2.65%). Across the 22 metrics below, Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc. leads on 14 and Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc. on 8.

Valuation

Metric HST SHO Reit Hotel & Motel median
P/E 15.10 51.41 24.97
P/S 2.49 2.09 1.44
P/B 2.43 1.28 1.14
Price to free cash flow 6.39 20.13 7.26
EV/EBITDA 10.95 11.85 11.82
EV/Sales 3.00 2.85 2.76
Earnings yield 6.62% 1.95% (0.39%)
Free cash flow yield 15.65% 4.97% 7.47%

Profitability

Metric HST SHO Reit Hotel & Motel median
Gross margin 29.02% 63.41% 37.37%
Operating margin 14.55% 9.12% 9.53%
Net margin 16.51% 4.21% (0.66%)
Free cash flow margin 39.04% 9.65% 17.01%
Return on equity 15.76% 2.53% 0.53%
Return on assets 7.84% 1.40% (0.26%)
Return on invested capital 5.94% 2.16% 2.16%

Growth

Metric HST SHO Reit Hotel & Motel median
Revenue growth (TTM) 4.93% 7.28% 1.17%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 11.11% (71.43%) (16.85%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 30.43% 29.08% 24.43%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric HST SHO Reit Hotel & Motel median
Debt to equity 0.80 0.51 0.83
Current ratio 2.96 3.84 1.34
Net debt to EBITDA 2.59 3.29 5.14

Dividend

Metric HST SHO Reit Hotel & Motel median
Dividend yield 2.65% 3.18% 3.14%
Payout ratio 0.40 1.64 1.24

Size

Metric HST SHO Reit Hotel & Motel median
Market cap 15.44b 2.11b 1.72b

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