Apple Hospitality REIT vs Host Hotels & Resorts
APLE and HST side by side, both in miscellaneous investing. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How APLE and HST compare
Host Hotels & Resorts is the larger company, worth 4.0 times as much as Apple Hospitality REIT ($17.3B against $4.4B).
On earnings, Host Hotels & Resorts is cheaper: it trades at 17.0× trailing earnings, against 25.0× for Apple Hospitality REIT.
Host Hotels & Resorts grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (4.9% versus 1.2% for Apple Hospitality REIT).
Host Hotels & Resorts keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 16.5% compared with 12.2% at Apple Hospitality REIT.
Both pay dividends: Apple Hospitality REIT yields 5.2% and Host Hotels & Resorts 6.6%.
Host Hotels & Resorts scores higher on the StockData Score (13 against 11 for Apple Hospitality REIT), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | APLE | HST |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $4.4B | $17.3B |
| Share price | $18.52 | $25.30 |
| Change, 1 year | 61.7% | 55.1% |
| Change, 5 years | 11.1% | 37.7% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.81 | 0.97 |
| Employees | 64 | 162 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 11 | 13 (better) |
| Valuation score | 0 | 3 (better) |
| Growth score | 0 | 2 (better) |
| Performance score | 3 | 4 (better) |
| Health score | 4 (better) | 0 |
| Dividend score | 4 | 4 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 25.0× | 17.0× (better) |
| P/S | 3.0× | 2.8× (better) |
| P/B | 1.4× (better) | 2.7× |
| EV/EBITDA | 9.6× | 9.1× (better) |
| P/FCF | 15.1× | – |
| PEG | 4.54 | 2.20 (better) |
| FCF yield | 6.6% | – |
| Fair value | $16.97 | $26.12 |
| Margin of safety | −9.1% | 3.1% (better) |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 1.2% | 4.9% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 18.6% | 30.4% (better) |
| Net income growth (TTM) | −3.1% | 55.8% (better) |
| EPS growth (TTM) | −1.3% | 58.5% (better) |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 40.2% | – |
| Operating margin | 17.9% (better) | 14.6% |
| Net margin | 12.2% | 16.5% (better) |
| FCF margin | 20.2% | – |
| Return on equity | 5.5% | 15.8% (better) |
| Return on invested capital | 8.1% | 16.3% (better) |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | – |
| Interest coverage | – | 3.8× |
| Altman Z-score | 1.99 | 2.19 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 5 | 7 (better) |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 5.2% | 6.6% (better) |
| Payout ratio | 129% | 63.5% |
| Years of dividend growth | 0 | 1 (better) |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | 27.5% | 36.6% (better) |
| Buyback yield | 0.35% | 0.43% (better) |
| Shareholder yield | 5.5% | 7.0% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 86.9% | 103% |
| Held by insiders | 7.1% | 0.74% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | $165K (better) | −$5.8M |
| Short interest, % of float | 8.7% | 5.8% |
Go deeper
- APLE stock overview
- APLE income statement
- APLE valuation and score
- HST stock overview
- HST income statement
- HST valuation and score
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