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.
Orchid Island Capital (NYSE:ORC) and DiamondRock Hospitality (NYSE:DRH) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, earnings, community ranking, valuation and media sentiment.
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. DiamondRock Hospitality's average media sentiment score of 1.09 beat Orchid Island Capital's score of 0.98 indicating that DiamondRock Hospitality is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Orchid Island Capital has a beta of 1.82, suggesting that its share price is 82% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DiamondRock Hospitality has a beta of 1.61, suggesting that its share price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500.
DiamondRock Hospitality has a net margin of 7.86% compared to Orchid Island Capital's net margin of 0.00%. DiamondRock Hospitality's return on equity of 5.20% beat Orchid Island Capital's return on equity.
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.
32.7% of Orchid Island Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Orchid Island Capital shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of DiamondRock Hospitality shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Orchid Island Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 16.9%. DiamondRock Hospitality pays an annual dividend of $0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Orchid Island Capital pays out -271.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. DiamondRock Hospitality pays out 33.3% 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. Orchid Island Capital is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
DiamondRock Hospitality has a consensus price target of $10.30, suggesting a potential upside of 21.61%. Given DiamondRock Hospitality's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe DiamondRock Hospitality is more favorable than Orchid Island Capital.
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.
Summary
DiamondRock Hospitality beats Orchid Island Capital on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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