Ryman Hospitality Properties (NYSE:RHP) versus Hudson Pacific Properties (NYSE:HPP) Financial Comparison

Hudson Pacific Properties (NYSE:HPP) and Ryman Hospitality Properties (NYSE:RHP) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and target prices for Hudson Pacific Properties and Ryman Hospitality Properties, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Hudson Pacific Properties	1	6	4	0	2.27
Ryman Hospitality Properties	0	0	8	0	3.00

Hudson Pacific Properties presently has a consensus target price of $3.20, suggesting a potential upside of 23.79%. Ryman Hospitality Properties has a consensus target price of $115.50, suggesting a potential upside of 24.57%. Given Ryman Hospitality Properties’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Ryman Hospitality Properties is more favorable than Hudson Pacific Properties.

Profitability

This table compares Hudson Pacific Properties and Ryman Hospitality Properties’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Hudson Pacific Properties	-53.76%	-15.10%	-5.27%
Ryman Hospitality Properties	10.74%	41.65%	4.82%

Volatility & Risk

Hudson Pacific Properties has a beta of 1.63, indicating that its share price is 63% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ryman Hospitality Properties has a beta of 1.58, indicating that its share price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

97.6% of Hudson Pacific Properties shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.5% of Ryman Hospitality Properties shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.9% of Hudson Pacific Properties shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.0% of Ryman Hospitality Properties shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Hudson Pacific Properties and Ryman Hospitality Properties”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Hudson Pacific Properties	$842.08 million	1.16	-$352.29 million	($2.81)	-0.92
Ryman Hospitality Properties	$2.34 billion	2.50	$271.64 million	$4.19	22.13

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

Summary

Ryman Hospitality Properties beats Hudson Pacific Properties on 12 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Hudson Pacific Properties

Hudson Pacific Properties (NYSE: HPP) is a real estate investment trust serving dynamic tech and media tenants in global epicenters for these synergistic, converging and secular growth industries. Hudson Pacific's unique and high-barrier tech and media focus leverages a full-service, end-to-end value creation platform forged through deep strategic relationships and niche expertise across identifying, acquiring, transforming and developing properties into world-class amenitized, collaborative and sustainable office and studio space.

About Ryman Hospitality Properties

Ryman Hospitality Properties, Inc. (NYSE: RHP) is a leading lodging and hospitality real estate investment trust that specializes in upscale convention center resorts and entertainment experiences. The Company's holdings include Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center; Gaylord Palms Resort & Convention Center; Gaylord Texan Resort & Convention Center; Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center; and Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center, five of the top seven largest non-gaming convention center hotels in the United States based on total indoor meeting space. The Company also owns the JW Marriott San Antonio Hill Country Resort & Spa as well as two ancillary hotels adjacent to our Gaylord Hotels properties. The Company's hotel portfolio is managed by Marriott International and includes a combined total of 11,414 rooms as well as more than 3 million square feet of total indoor and outdoor meeting space in top convention and leisure destinations across the country. RHP also owns a 70% controlling ownership interest in Opry Entertainment Group (OEG), which is composed of entities owning a growing collection of iconic and emerging country music brands, including the Grand Ole Opry, Ryman Auditorium, WSM 650 AM, Ole Red, Nashville-area attractions, and Block 21, a mixed-use entertainment, lodging, office and retail complex, including the W Austin Hotel and the ACL Live at the Moody Theater, located in downtown Austin, Texas. RHP operates OEG as its Entertainment segment in a taxable REIT subsidiary, and its results are consolidated in the Company's financial results.