DiamondRock Hospitality (DRH) Competitors

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

Which has more risk & volatility, RHP or DRH?

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

Which has higher earnings and valuation, RHP or DRH?

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
Ryman Hospitality Properties	$2.16B	2.92	$311.22M	$4.83	21.75
DiamondRock Hospitality	$1.07B	1.66	$86.34M	$0.36	23.53

Does the media favor RHP or DRH?

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. Ryman Hospitality Properties' average media sentiment score of 1.29 beat DiamondRock Hospitality's score of 0.53 indicating that DiamondRock Hospitality is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
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
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

Do analysts prefer RHP or DRH?

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

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

Is RHP or DRH a better dividend stock?

Ryman Hospitality Properties pays an annual dividend of $4.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. DiamondRock Hospitality pays an annual dividend of $0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. 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. DiamondRock Hospitality pays out 33.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ryman Hospitality Properties has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years and DiamondRock Hospitality has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer RHP or DRH?

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

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of RHP or DRH?

94.5% of Ryman Hospitality Properties shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.0% of Ryman Hospitality Properties 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 hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is RHP or DRH more profitable?

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

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

Summary

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