Summit Hotel Properties (NYSE:INN) and Blackstone Mortgage Trust (NYSE:BXMT) Financial Review

Summit Hotel Properties (NYSE:INN – Get Rating) and Blackstone Mortgage Trust (NYSE:BXMT – Get Rating) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, risk and dividends.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Summit Hotel Properties and Blackstone Mortgage Trust’s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

Blackstone Mortgage Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Summit Hotel Properties. Summit Hotel Properties is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Blackstone Mortgage Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for Summit Hotel Properties and Blackstone Mortgage Trust, as reported by MarketBeat.

Summit Hotel Properties currently has a consensus price target of $11.30, suggesting a potential upside of 26.54%. Blackstone Mortgage Trust has a consensus price target of $34.50, suggesting a potential upside of 11.80%. Given Summit Hotel Properties’ higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Summit Hotel Properties is more favorable than Blackstone Mortgage Trust.

Volatility and Risk

Summit Hotel Properties has a beta of 2.04, suggesting that its stock price is 104% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Blackstone Mortgage Trust has a beta of 1.23, suggesting that its stock price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

99.2% of Summit Hotel Properties shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.1% of Blackstone Mortgage Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 2.9% of Summit Hotel Properties shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Blackstone Mortgage Trust shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Summit Hotel Properties and Blackstone Mortgage Trust’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

Summary

Blackstone Mortgage Trust beats Summit Hotel Properties on 8 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

Summit Hotel Properties Company Profile (Get Rating)

Summit Hotel Properties, Inc. is a publicly traded real estate investment trust focused on owning premium-branded hotels with efficient operating models primarily in the Upscale segment of the lodging industry. As of November 3, 2020, the Company’s portfolio consisted of 72 hotels, 67 of which are wholly owned, with a total of 11,288 guestrooms located in 23 states.

Blackstone Mortgage Trust Company Profile (Get Rating)

Blackstone Mortgage Trust, Inc., a real estate finance company, originates senior loans collateralized by commercial properties in North America, Europe, and Australia. The company operates as a real estate investment trust for federal income tax purposes. It generally would not be subject to U.S. federal income taxes if it distributes at least 90% of its taxable income to its stockholders. The company was formerly known as Capital Trust, Inc. and changed its name to Blackstone Mortgage Trust, Inc. in May 2013. Blackstone Mortgage Trust, Inc. was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in New York, New York.

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