Host Hotels & Resorts (NASDAQ:HST) & InnSuites Hospitality Trust (NYSE:IHT) Head to Head Analysis

InnSuites Hospitality Trust (NYSE:IHT) and Host Hotels & Resorts (NASDAQ:HST) are both real estate companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, valuation and risk.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares InnSuites Hospitality Trust and Host Hotels & Resorts”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
InnSuites Hospitality Trust	$7.56 million	1.69	$200,000.00	($0.14)	-9.71
Host Hotels & Resorts	$6.11 billion	2.47	$765.00 million	$1.50	14.70

Host Hotels & Resorts has higher revenue and earnings than InnSuites Hospitality Trust. InnSuites Hospitality Trust 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.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
InnSuites Hospitality Trust	-11.56%	-40.28%	-5.83%
Host Hotels & Resorts	16.51%	15.53%	7.83%

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and price targets for InnSuites Hospitality Trust and Host Hotels & Resorts, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
InnSuites Hospitality Trust	0	0	0	0	0.00
Host Hotels & Resorts	0	6	9	1	2.69

Host Hotels & Resorts has a consensus target price of $24.33, indicating a potential upside of 10.33%. Given Host Hotels & Resorts’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Host Hotels & Resorts is more favorable than InnSuites Hospitality Trust.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

2.5% of InnSuites Hospitality Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.5% of Host Hotels & Resorts shares are owned by institutional investors. 68.1% of InnSuites Hospitality Trust shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Host Hotels & Resorts shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Volatility and Risk

InnSuites Hospitality Trust has a beta of 0.3, indicating that its stock price is 70% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Host Hotels & Resorts has a beta of 1.07, indicating that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Dividends

InnSuites Hospitality Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.02 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Host Hotels & Resorts pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. InnSuites Hospitality Trust pays out -14.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Host Hotels & Resorts pays out 53.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Host Hotels & Resorts has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Host Hotels & Resorts is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Summary

Host Hotels & Resorts beats InnSuites Hospitality Trust on 16 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

About InnSuites Hospitality Trust

InnSuites Hospitality Trust (NYSE American symbol: IHT) first listed on the NYSE in 1971 is headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona is an unincorporated Ohio Business. Trust that owns and manages hotels under the InnSuites Hotels name. IHT qualifies as a Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) for tax treatment currently taxed as a corporation with the IRS. IHT has paid dividends each year since 1971 currently at $0.2/year. There are approximately 9 million shares of stock outstanding. In addition, there are approximately 3 million RRF Partnership units convertible 1 to 1 into IHT stock. Total shares and units are approximately 12 million.

About Host Hotels & Resorts

Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc. is a real estate investment trust, which engages in the management of luxury and upper-upscale hotels. It operates through the following geographical segments: United States, Brazil, and Canada. The company was founded in 1927 and is headquartered in Bethesda, MD.