Apple Hospitality REIT (NYSE:APLE – Get Free Report) and CDL Hospitality Trusts (OTCMKTS:CDHSF – Get Free Report) are both real estate companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation and dividends.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for Apple Hospitality REIT and CDL Hospitality Trusts, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Apple Hospitality REIT | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2.67 |
| CDL Hospitality Trusts | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.00 |
Apple Hospitality REIT currently has a consensus price target of $18.50, suggesting a potential upside of 19.74%. Given Apple Hospitality REIT’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Apple Hospitality REIT is more favorable than CDL Hospitality Trusts.
Institutional & Insider Ownership
Dividends
Apple Hospitality REIT pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.2%. CDL Hospitality Trusts pays an annual dividend of $0.11 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.0%. Apple Hospitality REIT pays out 137.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. CDL Hospitality Trusts pays out 86.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Apple Hospitality REIT has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. CDL Hospitality Trusts is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Profitability
This table compares Apple Hospitality REIT and CDL Hospitality Trusts’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Apple Hospitality REIT | 12.39% | 4.99% | 3.35% |
| CDL Hospitality Trusts | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Earnings & Valuation
This table compares Apple Hospitality REIT and CDL Hospitality Trusts’ revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Apple Hospitality REIT | $1.24 billion | 2.86 | $144.80 million | $0.70 | 22.07 |
| CDL Hospitality Trusts | N/A | N/A | N/A | $0.13 | 7.21 |
Apple Hospitality REIT has higher revenue and earnings than CDL Hospitality Trusts. CDL Hospitality Trusts is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Apple Hospitality REIT, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Apple Hospitality REIT beats CDL Hospitality Trusts on 12 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Apple Hospitality REIT
Apple Hospitality REIT, Inc. (NYSE: APLE) is a publicly traded real estate investment trust (REIT) that owns one of the largest and most diverse portfolios of upscale, rooms-focused hotels in the United States. Apple Hospitality's portfolio consists of 220 hotels with approximately 29,000 guest rooms located in 87 markets throughout 37 states. Concentrated with industry-leading brands, the Company's portfolio consists of 96 Marriott-branded hotels, 119 Hilton-branded hotels, four Hyatt-branded hotels and one independent hotel.
About CDL Hospitality Trusts
CDL Hospitality Trusts (CDLHT) is one of Asia's leading hospitality trusts with assets under management of about S$2.9 billion as at 31 December 2020. CDLHT is a stapled group comprising CDL Hospitality Real Estate Investment Trust (H-REIT), a real estate investment trust, and CDL Hospitality Business Trust (HBT), a business trust. CDLHT was listed on the Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Limited on 19 July 2006. M&C REIT Management Limited is the manager of H-REIT, the first hotel real estate investment trust in Singapore, and M&C Business Trust Management Limited is the trustee-manager of HBT.
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