Pebblebrook Hotel Trust (NYSE:PEB – Get Free Report) and BXP (NYSE:BXP – Get Free Report) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends and profitability.
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of recent recommendations for Pebblebrook Hotel Trust and BXP, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Pebblebrook Hotel Trust | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2.20 |
| BXP | 0 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 2.55 |
Pebblebrook Hotel Trust currently has a consensus target price of $16.67, indicating a potential downside of 15.28%. BXP has a consensus target price of $73.11, indicating a potential upside of 8.52%. Given BXP’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe BXP is more favorable than Pebblebrook Hotel Trust.
Profitability
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Pebblebrook Hotel Trust | -4.18% | -2.41% | -1.15% |
| BXP | 9.09% | 4.13% | 1.23% |
Risk & Volatility
Pebblebrook Hotel Trust has a beta of 1.39, suggesting that its stock price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BXP has a beta of 1.01, suggesting that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares Pebblebrook Hotel Trust and BXP”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Pebblebrook Hotel Trust | $1.48 billion | 1.51 | -$65.81 million | ($0.80) | -24.60 |
| BXP | $3.48 billion | 3.09 | $276.80 million | $1.99 | 33.85 |
BXP has higher revenue and earnings than Pebblebrook Hotel Trust. Pebblebrook Hotel Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BXP, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Institutional & Insider Ownership
98.7% of BXP shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.7% of Pebblebrook Hotel Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of BXP 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.
Dividends
Pebblebrook Hotel Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. BXP pays an annual dividend of $2.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Pebblebrook Hotel Trust pays out -5.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. BXP pays out 140.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Summary
BXP beats Pebblebrook Hotel Trust on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Pebblebrook Hotel Trust
Pebblebrook Hotel Trust (NYSE: PEB) is a publicly traded real estate investment trust ("REIT") and the largest owner of urban and resort lifestyle hotels and resorts in the United States. The Company owns 47 hotels and resorts, totaling approximately 12,200 guest rooms across 13 urban and resort markets.
About BXP
Boston Properties, Inc. (NYSE: BXP) (BXP or the Company) is the largest publicly traded developer, owner, and manager of premier workplaces in the United States, concentrated in six dynamic gateway markets – Boston, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, Seattle, and Washington, DC. BXP has delivered places that power progress for our clients and communities for more than 50 years. BXP is a fully integrated real estate company, organized as a real estate investment trust (REIT). Including properties owned by joint ventures, BXP's portfolio totals 53.3 million square feet and 188 properties, including 10 properties under construction/redevelopment. BXP's properties include 167 office properties, 14 retail properties (including two retail properties under construction/redevelopment), six residential properties (including one residential property under construction) and one hotel. BXP is well-known for its inhouse building management expertise and responsiveness to clients' needs. BXP holds a superior track record of developing premium Central Business District (CBD) office buildings, successful mixed-use complexes, suburban office centers and build-to-suit projects for a diverse array of creditworthy clients. BXP actively works to promote its growth and operations in a sustainable and responsible manner. BXP has earned a twelfth consecutive GRESB Green Star recognition and the highest GRESB 5-star Rating. BXP, an S&P 500 company, was founded in 1970 by Mortimer B. Zuckerman and Edward H. Linde and became a public company in 1997.
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