Comparing Pebblebrook Hotel Trust (NYSE:PEB) & Net Lease Office Properties (NYSE:NLOP)

Pebblebrook Hotel Trust (NYSE:PEB) and Net Lease Office Properties (NYSE:NLOP) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, dividends, valuation, risk and institutional ownership.

Risk & Volatility

Pebblebrook Hotel Trust has a beta of 1.45, indicating that its share price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Net Lease Office Properties has a beta of 0.53, indicating that its share price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

58.3% of Net Lease Office Properties shares are held by institutional investors. 3.7% of Pebblebrook Hotel Trust shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Net Lease Office Properties shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares Pebblebrook Hotel Trust and Net Lease Office Properties’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Pebblebrook Hotel Trust	-4.18%	-2.41%	-1.15%
Net Lease Office Properties	-122.31%	-34.26%	-25.39%

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Pebblebrook Hotel Trust and Net Lease Office Properties”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Pebblebrook Hotel Trust	$1.48 billion	1.30	-$65.81 million	($0.80)	-21.07
Net Lease Office Properties	$118.92 million	1.51	-$145.26 million	($8.14)	-1.49

Pebblebrook Hotel Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Net Lease Office Properties. Pebblebrook Hotel Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Net Lease Office Properties, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for Pebblebrook Hotel Trust and Net Lease Office Properties, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Pebblebrook Hotel Trust	4	7	3	1	2.07
Net Lease Office Properties	1	0	0	0	1.00

Pebblebrook Hotel Trust presently has a consensus target price of $14.83, suggesting a potential downside of 12.04%. Given Pebblebrook Hotel Trust’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Pebblebrook Hotel Trust is more favorable than Net Lease Office Properties.

Summary

Pebblebrook Hotel Trust beats Net Lease Office Properties on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Pebblebrook Hotel Trust

Pebblebrook Hotel Trust (NYSE: PEB) is a publicly traded real estate investment trust ("REIT") and the largest owner of urban and resort lifestyle hotels and resorts in the United States. The Company owns 47 hotels and resorts, totaling approximately 12,200 guest rooms across 13 urban and resort markets.

About Net Lease Office Properties

Net Lease Office Properties (NYSE: NLOP) is a publicly traded real estate investment trust with a portfolio of 59 high-quality office properties, totaling approximately 8.7 million leasable square feet primarily leased to corporate tenants on a single-tenant net lease basis. The vast majority of the office properties owned by NLOP are located in the U.S., with the balance in Europe. The portfolio consists of 62 corporate tenants operating in a variety of industries, generating annualized based rent (ABR) of approximately $145 million. NLOP's business plan is to focus on realizing value for its shareholders primarily through strategic asset management and disposition of its property portfolio over time. Given WPC's extensive knowledge of the portfolio, NLOP is externally managed and advised by wholly owned affiliates of WPC to successfully execute on its business strategy. Over the course of its 50-year history, WPC has developed significant expertise in the single-tenant office real estate sector, including the operation, leasing, acquisition and development of assets through many market cycles, and has a proven track record of execution.