VICI Properties (NYSE:VICI – Get Rating) and Ashford Hospitality Trust (NYSE:AHT – Get Rating) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, valuation and risk.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares VICI Properties and Ashford Hospitality Trust's gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

VICI Properties has higher revenue and earnings than Ashford Hospitality Trust. Ashford Hospitality Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than VICI Properties, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Volatility & Risk

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for VICI Properties and Ashford Hospitality Trust, as reported by MarketBeat.

VICI Properties currently has a consensus price target of $36.70, suggesting a potential upside of 20.17%. Ashford Hospitality Trust has a consensus price target of $18.00, suggesting a potential upside of 156.41%. Given Ashford Hospitality Trust's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Ashford Hospitality Trust is more favorable than VICI Properties.

Profitability

This table compares VICI Properties and Ashford Hospitality Trust's net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

42.4% of Ashford Hospitality Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of VICI Properties shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Ashford Hospitality Trust shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

VICI Properties beats Ashford Hospitality Trust on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About VICI Properties

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VICI Properties is an experiential real estate investment trust that owns one of the largest portfolios of market-leading gaming, hospitality and entertainment destinations, including the world-renowned Caesars Palace. VICI Properties' national, geographically diverse portfolio consists of 29 gaming facilities comprising over 48 million square feet and features approximately 19,200 hotel rooms and more than 200 restaurants, bars and nightclubs. Its properties are leased to industry leading gaming and hospitality operators, including Caesars Entertainment, Inc., Century Casinos Inc., Hard Rock International, JACK Entertainment and Penn National Gaming, Inc. VICI Properties also owns four championship golf courses and 34 acres of undeveloped land adjacent to the Las Vegas Strip. VICI Properties' strategy is to create the nation's highest quality and most productive experiential real estate portfolio.

About Ashford Hospitality Trust

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Ashford Hospitality Trust is a real estate investment trust (REIT) focused on investing predominantly in upper upscale, full-service hotels.

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