BRAEMAR HOTELS & RESORTS (NYSE:BHR) and Xenia Hotels & Resorts (NYSE:XHR) Head-To-Head Review

Xenia Hotels & Resorts (NYSE:XHR) and BRAEMAR HOTELS & RESORTS (NYSE:BHR) are both small-cap real estate companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and risk.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and price targets for Xenia Hotels & Resorts and BRAEMAR HOTELS & RESORTS, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Xenia Hotels & Resorts	0	2	2	0	2.50
BRAEMAR HOTELS & RESORTS	1	2	0	0	1.67

Xenia Hotels & Resorts currently has a consensus target price of $20.12, indicating a potential upside of 11.46%. BRAEMAR HOTELS & RESORTS has a consensus target price of $2.50, indicating a potential upside of 51.98%. Given BRAEMAR HOTELS & RESORTS’s higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe BRAEMAR HOTELS & RESORTS is more favorable than Xenia Hotels & Resorts.

Profitability

This table compares Xenia Hotels & Resorts and BRAEMAR HOTELS & RESORTS’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Xenia Hotels & Resorts	-0.66%	-0.61%	-0.26%
BRAEMAR HOTELS & RESORTS	-0.45%	-1.92%	-0.17%

Risk & Volatility

Xenia Hotels & Resorts has a beta of 1.18, indicating that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BRAEMAR HOTELS & RESORTS has a beta of 0.82, indicating that its stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

92.4% of Xenia Hotels & Resorts shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.8% of BRAEMAR HOTELS & RESORTS shares are held by institutional investors. 4.4% of Xenia Hotels & Resorts shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 8.2% of BRAEMAR HOTELS & RESORTS shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Xenia Hotels & Resorts and BRAEMAR HOTELS & RESORTS”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Xenia Hotels & Resorts	$1.08 billion	1.54	$63.09 million	($0.07)	-257.93
BRAEMAR HOTELS & RESORTS	$704.02 million	0.16	-$22.32 million	($0.73)	-2.25

Xenia Hotels & Resorts has higher revenue and earnings than BRAEMAR HOTELS & RESORTS. Xenia Hotels & Resorts is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BRAEMAR HOTELS & RESORTS, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

Xenia Hotels & Resorts beats BRAEMAR HOTELS & RESORTS on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Xenia Hotels & Resorts

Xenia Hotels & Resorts, Inc. is a real estate investment trust, which engages in the provision of investment in luxury and upper upscale hotels and resorts. It also owns a diversified portfolio of lodging properties operated by Marriott, Kimpton, Hyatt, Aston, Fairmong, and Loews. The company was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Orlando, FL.

About BRAEMAR HOTELS & RESORTS

Braemar Hotels & Resorts is a conservatively capitalized REIT that invests primarily in high RevPAR, full-service luxury hotels and resorts. We are listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol BHR and are externally-advised by Ashford (NYSE American: AINC).