Head to Head Survey: Host Hotels & Resorts (NASDAQ:HST) vs. CDL Hospitality Trusts (OTCMKTS:CDHSF)

Host Hotels & Resorts (NASDAQ:HST) and CDL Hospitality Trusts (OTCMKTS:CDHSF) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings and dividends.

Dividends

Host Hotels & Resorts pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. CDL Hospitality Trusts pays an annual dividend of $0.11 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.3%. Host Hotels & Resorts pays out 76.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. CDL Hospitality Trusts pays out 86.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for Host Hotels & Resorts and CDL Hospitality Trusts, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Host Hotels & Resorts	1	3	11	0	2.67
CDL Hospitality Trusts	0	0	0	0	N/A

Host Hotels & Resorts presently has a consensus price target of $21.20, indicating a potential upside of 11.11%. Given Host Hotels & Resorts’ higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Host Hotels & Resorts is more favorable than CDL Hospitality Trusts.

Profitability

This table compares Host Hotels & Resorts and CDL Hospitality Trusts’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Host Hotels & Resorts	13.93%	10.82%	6.03%
CDL Hospitality Trusts	N/A	N/A	N/A

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Host Hotels & Resorts and CDL Hospitality Trusts’ revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Host Hotels & Resorts	$5.31 billion	2.53	$740.00 million	$1.04	18.35
CDL Hospitality Trusts	N/A	N/A	N/A	$0.13	6.51

Host Hotels & Resorts has higher revenue and earnings than CDL Hospitality Trusts. CDL Hospitality Trusts is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Host Hotels & Resorts, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

98.5% of Host Hotels & Resorts shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.5% of CDL Hospitality Trusts shares are held by institutional investors. 1.3% of Host Hotels & Resorts shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Host Hotels & Resorts beats CDL Hospitality Trusts on 11 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Host Hotels & Resorts

Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc. is an S&P 500 company and is the largest lodging real estate investment trust and one of the largest owners of luxury and upper-upscale hotels. The Company currently owns 72 properties in the United States and five properties internationally totaling approximately 42,000 rooms. The Company also holds non-controlling interests in seven domestic and one international joint ventures. Guided by a disciplined approach to capital allocation and aggressive asset management, the Company partners with premium brands such as Marriott, Ritz-Carlton, Westin, Sheraton, W, St. Regis, The Luxury Collection, Hyatt, Fairmont, Hilton, Four Seasons, Swissôtel, ibis and Novotel, as well as independent brands.

About CDL Hospitality Trusts

CDL Hospitality Trusts (CDLHT) is one of Asia's leading hospitality trusts with assets under management of about S$3.3 billion as at 31 December 2023. CDLHT is a stapled group comprising CDL Hospitality Real Estate Investment Trust (H-REIT), a real estate investment trust, and CDL Hospitality Business Trust (HBT), a business trust. CDLHT was listed on the Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Limited on 19 July 2006. M&C REIT Management Limited is the manager of H-REIT, the first hotel real estate investment trust in Singapore, and M&C Business Trust Management Limited is the trustee-manager of HBT.