Sunstone Hotel Investors (NYSE:SHO) Shares Pass Above Two Hundred Day Moving Average – Time to Sell?

Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc. (NYSE:SHO) shares passed above its two hundred day moving average during trading on Monday . The stock has a two hundred day moving average of $9.30 and traded as high as $10.45. Sunstone Hotel Investors shares last traded at $10.3910, with a volume of 2,073,728 shares changing hands.

Analyst Ratings Changes

SHO has been the topic of a number of research analyst reports. Wells Fargo & Company lowered their target price on Sunstone Hotel Investors from $11.00 to $10.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday, March 24th. Truist Financial raised their target price on Sunstone Hotel Investors from $10.00 to $11.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a report on Thursday, March 26th. Wall Street Zen upgraded Sunstone Hotel Investors from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Saturday, February 28th. Zacks Research upgraded Sunstone Hotel Investors from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Monday. Finally, Citigroup raised their price objective on Sunstone Hotel Investors from $9.50 to $10.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Wednesday, May 6th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, two have given a Buy rating, five have given a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $10.00.

Sunstone Hotel Investors Price Performance

The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.58, a quick ratio of 3.42 and a current ratio of 3.42. The firm has a market cap of $1.96 billion, a P/E ratio of 95.72, a P/E/G ratio of 2.41 and a beta of 0.96. The company has a 50-day moving average of $9.55 and a 200 day moving average of $9.32.

Sunstone Hotel Investors (NYSE:SHO) last posted its earnings results on Tuesday, May 5th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.27 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.22 by $0.05. The business had revenue of $259.71 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $244.30 million. Sunstone Hotel Investors had a return on equity of 2.27% and a net margin of 3.84%.Sunstone Hotel Investors’s revenue was up 10.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $0.21 EPS. Sunstone Hotel Investors has set its FY 2026 guidance at 0.880-0.960 EPS. On average, sell-side analysts anticipate that Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc. will post 0.91 EPS for the current year.

Sunstone Hotel Investors Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, July 15th. Investors of record on Tuesday, June 30th will be issued a dividend of $0.09 per share. This represents a $0.36 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.4%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, June 30th. Sunstone Hotel Investors’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 327.27%.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Sunstone Hotel Investors

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of SHO. Royal Bank of Canada increased its holdings in Sunstone Hotel Investors by 13.9% during the 1st quarter. Royal Bank of Canada now owns 69,862 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $658,000 after purchasing an additional 8,504 shares in the last quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC increased its holdings in Sunstone Hotel Investors by 1.6% during the 1st quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 83,864 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $789,000 after purchasing an additional 1,307 shares in the last quarter. MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. increased its holdings in Sunstone Hotel Investors by 3.1% during the 1st quarter. MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. now owns 119,358 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $1,123,000 after purchasing an additional 3,607 shares in the last quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. increased its holdings in Sunstone Hotel Investors by 132.6% during the 1st quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 2,787,519 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $26,231,000 after purchasing an additional 1,589,258 shares in the last quarter. Finally, United Services Automobile Association acquired a new stake in Sunstone Hotel Investors during the 1st quarter valued at $120,000. 99.37% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

About Sunstone Hotel Investors

Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc (NYSE:SHO) is a publicly traded real estate investment trust (REIT) focused on acquiring, owning and asset‐managing upper‐upscale extended‐stay and premium‐branded hotel properties in the United States. The company’s business model centers on generating stable, long‐term cash flows through franchise agreements and third‐party management contracts with established hotel operators.

As of the most recent reporting period, Sunstone’s portfolio includes approximately 97 hotels and nearly 25,000 guest rooms across 19 states, with concentrations in major metropolitan and select high‐growth secondary markets.