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 3.8 times as much as Apple Hospitality REIT ($17.5B against $4.6B).
On earnings, Host Hotels & Resorts is cheaper: it trades at 18.8× trailing earnings, against 24.6× for Apple Hospitality REIT.
Host Hotels & Resorts grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (5.0% versus 3.2% for Apple Hospitality REIT).
Host Hotels & Resorts keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 15.0% compared with 12.6% at Apple Hospitality REIT.
Both pay dividends: Apple Hospitality REIT yields 4.5% and Host Hotels & Resorts 6.5%.
Apple Hospitality REIT scores higher on the StockData Score (12 against 10 for Host Hotels & Resorts), 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 | $4.6B | $17.5B |
| Share price | $19.46 | $25.50 |
| Change, 1 year | 65.2% | 41.2% |
| Change, 5 years | 24.3% | 49.6% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.80 | 0.97 |
| Employees | 64 | 162 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 12 (better) | 10 |
| Valuation score | 1 | 1 |
| Growth score | 1 | 2 (better) |
| Performance score | 3 | 4 (better) |
| Health score | 4 (better) | 0 |
| Dividend score | 3 | 3 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 24.6× | 18.8× (better) |
| P/S | 3.1× | 2.8× (better) |
| P/B | 1.5× (better) | 2.8× |
| EV/EBITDA | 9.8× | 9.4× (better) |
| P/FCF | 15.4× | – |
| PEG | 4.47 | 2.43 (better) |
| FCF yield | 6.5% | – |
| Fair value | $17.46 | $24.66 |
| Margin of safety | −11.5% | −3.4% (better) |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 3.2% | 5.0% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 18.6% | 30.4% (better) |
| Net income growth (TTM) | 5.3% | 26.8% (better) |
| EPS growth (TTM) | 8.2% | 29.5% (better) |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 40.7% | – |
| Operating margin | 18.3% (better) | 14.8% |
| Net margin | 12.6% | 15.0% (better) |
| FCF margin | 20.4% | – |
| Return on equity | 5.8% | 14.4% (better) |
| Return on invested capital | 8.5% | 16.0% (better) |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | – |
| Interest coverage | – | 3.9× |
| Altman Z-score | 2.09 | 2.33 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 5 | 7 (better) |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 4.5% | 6.5% (better) |
| Payout ratio | 123% | 122% |
| Years of dividend growth | 0 | 1 (better) |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | 27.5% | 36.6% (better) |
| Buyback yield | 0.28% | 0.43% (better) |
| Shareholder yield | 4.8% | 7.0% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 86.9% | 103% |
| Held by insiders | 7.1% | 0.62% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | $129K (better) | −$25.9M |
| Short interest, % of float | 6.0% | 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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