Seritage Growth Properties (NYSE:SRG) versus Ashford Hospitality Trust (NYSE:AHT) Head to Head Comparison

Institutional and Insider Ownership

78.9% of Seritage Growth Properties shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.0% of Ashford Hospitality Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Seritage Growth Properties shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Ashford Hospitality Trust shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Volatility and Risk

Seritage Growth Properties has a beta of 2.32, suggesting that its share price is 132% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ashford Hospitality Trust has a beta of 2.57, suggesting that its share price is 157% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Seritage Growth Properties and Ashford Hospitality Trust”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Seritage Growth Properties	$17.62 million	12.92	-$153.54 million	($1.59)	-2.54
Ashford Hospitality Trust	$1.17 billion	0.03	-$60.30 million	($48.01)	-0.13

Ashford Hospitality Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Seritage Growth Properties. Seritage Growth Properties is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ashford Hospitality Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

This table compares Seritage Growth Properties and Ashford Hospitality Trust’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Seritage Growth Properties	-497.67%	-21.55%	-12.74%
Ashford Hospitality Trust	-20.55%	N/A	-7.40%

Summary

Ashford Hospitality Trust beats Seritage Growth Properties on 8 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Seritage Growth Properties

Seritage Growth Properties operates as a real estate investment trust. The firm engages in the acquisition, ownership, development, redevelopment, management, and leasing of retail properties throughout the United States. Its property portfolio includes mall, shopping centers and freestanding locations. The company was founded on June 3, 2015 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

About Ashford Hospitality Trust

Ashford Hospitality Trust, Inc., together with its subsidiaries (Ashford Trust), is a real estate investment trust (REIT). While our portfolio currently consists of upscale hotels and upper upscale full-service hotels, our investment strategy is predominantly focused on investing in upper upscale full-service hotels in the United States that have revenue per available room (RevPAR) generally less than twice the U.S. national average, and in all methods including direct real estate, equity, and debt. We currently anticipate future investments will predominantly be in upper upscale hotels. We own our lodging investments and conduct our business through Ashford Hospitality Limited Partnership (Ashford Trust OP), our operating partnership. Ashford OP General Partner LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Ashford Trust, serves as the sole general partner of our operating partnership.