Chatham Lodging Trust (NYSE:CLDT) & BRAEMAR HOTELS & RESORTS (NYSE:BHR) Head to Head Survey

BRAEMAR HOTELS & RESORTS (NYSE:BHR) and Chatham Lodging Trust (NYSE:CLDT) are both small-cap real estate companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, dividends, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and valuation.

Risk and Volatility

BRAEMAR HOTELS & RESORTS has a beta of 0.8, suggesting that its stock price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Chatham Lodging Trust has a beta of 1.08, suggesting that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and recommmendations for BRAEMAR HOTELS & RESORTS and Chatham Lodging Trust, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
BRAEMAR HOTELS & RESORTS	1	2	0	0	1.67
Chatham Lodging Trust	0	2	2	1	2.80

BRAEMAR HOTELS & RESORTS presently has a consensus target price of $2.50, indicating a potential upside of 16.01%. Chatham Lodging Trust has a consensus target price of $13.00, indicating a potential downside of 3.13%. Given BRAEMAR HOTELS & RESORTS’s higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe BRAEMAR HOTELS & RESORTS is more favorable than Chatham Lodging Trust.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares BRAEMAR HOTELS & RESORTS and Chatham Lodging Trust”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
BRAEMAR HOTELS & RESORTS	$704.02 million	0.21	-$22.32 million	($0.96)	-2.24
Chatham Lodging Trust	$295.08 million	2.12	$15.05 million	$0.02	671.00

Chatham Lodging Trust has lower revenue, but higher earnings than BRAEMAR HOTELS & RESORTS. BRAEMAR HOTELS & RESORTS is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Chatham Lodging Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

64.8% of BRAEMAR HOTELS & RESORTS shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.4% of Chatham Lodging Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 8.2% of BRAEMAR HOTELS & RESORTS shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 8.1% of Chatham Lodging Trust shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares BRAEMAR HOTELS & RESORTS and Chatham Lodging Trust’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
BRAEMAR HOTELS & RESORTS	-2.24%	-8.68%	-0.80%
Chatham Lodging Trust	3.14%	1.18%	0.77%

Summary

Chatham Lodging Trust beats BRAEMAR HOTELS & RESORTS on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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).

About Chatham Lodging Trust

Chatham Lodging Trust is a self-advised, publicly traded real estate investment trust (REIT) focused primarily on investing in upscale, extended-stay hotels and premium-branded, select-service hotels. The company owns 39 hotels totaling 5,915 rooms/suites in 16 states and the District of Columbia.