DiamondRock Hospitality (DRH) Competitors

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

Does the media favor DRH or RHP?

In the previous week, Ryman Hospitality Properties had 3 more articles in the media than DiamondRock Hospitality. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Ryman Hospitality Properties and 4 mentions for DiamondRock Hospitality. DiamondRock Hospitality's average media sentiment score of 1.29 beat Ryman Hospitality Properties' score of 0.53 indicating that DiamondRock Hospitality is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
DiamondRock Hospitality	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 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

Is DRH or RHP more profitable?

Ryman Hospitality Properties has a net margin of 13.35% compared to DiamondRock Hospitality's net margin of 7.86%. Ryman Hospitality Properties' return on equity of 56.37% beat DiamondRock Hospitality's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
DiamondRock Hospitality	7.86%	5.20%	2.64%
Ryman Hospitality Properties	13.35%	56.37%	5.76%

Is DRH or RHP a better dividend stock?

DiamondRock Hospitality pays an annual dividend of $0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Ryman Hospitality Properties pays an annual dividend of $4.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. DiamondRock Hospitality pays out 33.3% 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.

Do analysts rate DRH or RHP?

DiamondRock Hospitality currently has a consensus target price of $10.30, indicating a potential upside of 21.61%. Ryman Hospitality Properties has a consensus target price of $118.29, indicating a potential upside of 12.58%. Given DiamondRock Hospitality's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe DiamondRock Hospitality is more favorable than Ryman Hospitality Properties.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
DiamondRock Hospitality	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40
Ryman Hospitality Properties	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.86

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer DRH or RHP?

DiamondRock Hospitality received 57 more outperform votes than Ryman Hospitality Properties when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 57.52% of users gave Ryman Hospitality Properties an outperform vote while only 56.09% of users gave DiamondRock Hospitality an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
DiamondRock Hospitality	Outperform Votes 405 56.09%	Underperform Votes 317 43.91%
Ryman Hospitality Properties	Outperform Votes 348 57.52%	Underperform Votes 257 42.48%

Which has better earnings & valuation, DRH or RHP?

Ryman Hospitality Properties has higher revenue and earnings than DiamondRock Hospitality. Ryman Hospitality Properties is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than DiamondRock Hospitality, 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
DiamondRock Hospitality	$1.09B	1.64	$86.34M	$0.36	23.53
Ryman Hospitality Properties	$2.19B	2.87	$311.22M	$4.83	21.75

Which has more risk and volatility, DRH or RHP?

DiamondRock Hospitality has a beta of 1.61, meaning that its share price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ryman Hospitality Properties has a beta of 1.59, meaning that its share price is 59% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in DRH or RHP?

94.5% of Ryman Hospitality Properties shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of DiamondRock Hospitality shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.0% of Ryman Hospitality Properties shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Ryman Hospitality Properties beats DiamondRock Hospitality on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.