ORC vs. DRH, AKR, CXW, PEB, GNL, IVT, RLJ, ROIC, LTC, and ESRT
Should you be buying Orchid Island Capital stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Orchid Island Capital include DiamondRock Hospitality (DRH), Acadia Realty Trust (AKR), CoreCivic (CXW), Pebblebrook Hotel Trust (PEB), Global Net Lease (GNL), InvenTrust Properties (IVT), RLJ Lodging Trust (RLJ), Retail Opportunity Investments (ROIC), LTC Properties (LTC), and Empire State Realty Trust (ESRT). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
DiamondRock Hospitality (NYSE:DRH) and Orchid Island Capital (NYSE:ORC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment and dividends.
DiamondRock Hospitality has a net margin of 7.86% compared to DiamondRock Hospitality's net margin of 0.00%. Orchid Island Capital's return on equity of 5.20% beat DiamondRock Hospitality's return on equity.
DiamondRock Hospitality received 112 more outperform votes than Orchid Island Capital when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.17% of users gave Orchid Island Capital an outperform vote while only 56.09% of users gave DiamondRock Hospitality an outperform vote.
DiamondRock Hospitality has a beta of 1.61, meaning that its share price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Orchid Island Capital has a beta of 1.82, meaning that its share price is 82% more volatile than the S&P 500.
32.7% of Orchid Island Capital shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of DiamondRock Hospitality shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Orchid Island Capital shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
DiamondRock Hospitality presently has a consensus target price of $10.30, indicating a potential upside of 21.61%. Given Orchid Island Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe DiamondRock Hospitality is more favorable than Orchid Island Capital.
DiamondRock Hospitality has higher revenue and earnings than Orchid Island Capital. Orchid Island Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than DiamondRock Hospitality, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
DiamondRock Hospitality pays an annual dividend of $0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Orchid Island Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 16.9%. DiamondRock Hospitality pays out 33.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Orchid Island Capital pays out -271.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. DiamondRock Hospitality has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Orchid Island Capital is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, DiamondRock Hospitality had 1 more articles in the media than Orchid Island Capital. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for DiamondRock Hospitality and 3 mentions for Orchid Island Capital. Orchid Island Capital's average media sentiment score of 1.29 beat DiamondRock Hospitality's score of 0.98 indicating that DiamondRock Hospitality is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
DiamondRock Hospitality beats Orchid Island Capital on 16 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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