Analyzing InnSuites Hospitality Trust (NYSE:IHT) and Sotherly Hotels (NASDAQ:SOHOO)

Sotherly Hotels (NASDAQ:SOHOO) and InnSuites Hospitality Trust (NYSE:IHT) are both real estate companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, valuation, analyst recommendations and dividends.

Dividends

Sotherly Hotels pays an annual dividend of $1.97 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.3%. InnSuites Hospitality Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.02 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. InnSuites Hospitality Trust pays out 66.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and recommmendations for Sotherly Hotels and InnSuites Hospitality Trust, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Sotherly Hotels	0	0	0	0	N/A
InnSuites Hospitality Trust	0	0	0	0	N/A

Profitability

This table compares Sotherly Hotels and InnSuites Hospitality Trust’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Sotherly Hotels	N/A	N/A	N/A
InnSuites Hospitality Trust	2.99%	6.63%	1.38%

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Sotherly Hotels and InnSuites Hospitality Trust’s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Sotherly Hotels	$173.84 million	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
InnSuites Hospitality Trust	$7.48 million	1.73	$200,000.00	$0.03	47.71

InnSuites Hospitality Trust has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Sotherly Hotels.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

2.5% of InnSuites Hospitality Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 2.0% of InnSuites Hospitality Trust shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

InnSuites Hospitality Trust beats Sotherly Hotels on 5 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Sotherly Hotels

Sotherly Hotels Inc. is a self-managed and self-administered lodging REIT focused on the acquisition, renovation, upbranding and repositioning of upscale to upper-upscale full-service hotels in the Southern United States. Sotherly may also opportunistically acquire hotels throughout the United States. Currently, the Company's portfolio consists of investments in ten hotel properties, comprising 2,786 rooms, as well as interests in two condominium hotels and their associated rental programs. The Company owns hotels that operate under the Hilton Worldwide and Hyatt Hotels Corporation brands, as well as independent hotels. Sotherly Hotels Inc. was organized in 2004 and is headquartered in Williamsburg, Virginia.

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.