Ryman Hospitality Properties (RHP) Competitors

Weyerhaeuser (NYSE:WY) and Ryman Hospitality Properties (NYSE:RHP) are both construction companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, risk, dividends, media sentiment, community ranking and earnings.

Is WY or RHP more profitable?

Ryman Hospitality Properties has a net margin of 13.35% compared to Ryman Hospitality Properties' net margin of 10.57%. Weyerhaeuser's return on equity of 56.37% beat Ryman Hospitality Properties' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Weyerhaeuser	10.57%	7.00%	4.14%
Ryman Hospitality Properties	13.35%	56.37%	5.76%

Do analysts prefer WY or RHP?

Weyerhaeuser presently has a consensus price target of $37.67, suggesting a potential upside of 25.43%. Ryman Hospitality Properties has a consensus price target of $118.29, suggesting a potential upside of 12.58%. Given Ryman Hospitality Properties' higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Weyerhaeuser is more favorable than Ryman Hospitality Properties.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Weyerhaeuser	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
Ryman Hospitality Properties	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.86

Do institutionals & insiders believe in WY or RHP?

83.0% of Weyerhaeuser shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.5% of Ryman Hospitality Properties shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Weyerhaeuser shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.0% of Ryman Hospitality Properties shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility & risk, WY or RHP?

Weyerhaeuser has a beta of 1.47, indicating that its stock price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ryman Hospitality Properties has a beta of 1.59, indicating that its stock price is 59% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to WY or RHP?

In the previous week, Ryman Hospitality Properties had 1 more articles in the media than Weyerhaeuser. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Ryman Hospitality Properties and 6 mentions for Weyerhaeuser. Ryman Hospitality Properties' average media sentiment score of 0.61 beat Weyerhaeuser's score of 0.53 indicating that Weyerhaeuser is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Weyerhaeuser	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Ryman Hospitality Properties	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer WY or RHP?

Weyerhaeuser received 206 more outperform votes than Ryman Hospitality Properties when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.80% of users gave Weyerhaeuser an outperform vote while only 57.52% of users gave Ryman Hospitality Properties an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Weyerhaeuser	Outperform Votes 554 64.80%	Underperform Votes 301 35.20%
Ryman Hospitality Properties	Outperform Votes 348 57.52%	Underperform Votes 257 42.48%

Which has higher earnings and valuation, WY or RHP?

Weyerhaeuser has higher revenue and earnings than Ryman Hospitality Properties. Ryman Hospitality Properties is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Weyerhaeuser, 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
Weyerhaeuser	$7.67B	2.85	$839M	$1.10	27.30
Ryman Hospitality Properties	$2.19B	2.87	$311.22M	$4.83	21.75

Is WY or RHP a better dividend stock?

Weyerhaeuser pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Ryman Hospitality Properties pays an annual dividend of $4.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Weyerhaeuser pays out 72.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ryman Hospitality Properties pays out 91.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Weyerhaeuser has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years and Ryman Hospitality Properties has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years.

Summary

Ryman Hospitality Properties beats Weyerhaeuser on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.