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MetricAHTASHFORD HOSPITALITY TRUST INCINNSummit Hotel Properties, Inc.SVCService Properties TrustCLDTChatham Lodging TrustMedian of the restexcluding AHT
TypeCompanyCompanyCompanyCompany
Price
$2.78▲ 0.31 (12.55%)
$6.94▲ 0.28 (4.20%)
$6.10▲ 0.13 (2.18%)
$14.25▼ 0.08 (0.56%)
Health scoreComposite of profitability, growth, debt and accounting quality.2.0/102.0/103.3/104.7/103.3/10
Market value$18.0M$755.1M$1.03B$679.8M
Revenue$1.10B$729.5M$1.41B$295.1M
Profit-$179.8M-$11.7M-$202.3M$15.1M
Revenue growthChange in sales versus the prior year.-5.8%-0.3%-5.6%-7.0%-5.6%
Gross marginShare of sales left after the direct cost of producing them.30.4%—13.2%—13.2%
Operating marginShare of sales left after running the business, before interest and tax.10.5%9.0%—13.9%11.4%
Profit marginProfit kept from each dollar of sales.-16.3%-1.6%-14.3%5.1%-1.6%
Free cash flow marginCash left after capital spending, as a share of sales.-7.9%10.1%-7.6%—1.3%
Return on equityProfit against the owners' stake in the company.28.7%-1.4%-31.3%2.0%-1.4%
Return on invested capital (approx.)Operating profit after tax against equity plus debt, less cash. Cash here excludes short-term investments, so this runs low for cash-rich companies.5.0%2.3%—3.8%3.1%
P/E ratioPrice paid per dollar of annual profit.———45.16x45.16x
EV / EBITDA (approx.)Market value plus debt less cash, against operating profit before depreciation. Cash excludes short-term investments, so this runs high for cash-rich companies.9.62x——9.88x9.88x
Price to book-0.03x0.88x1.59x0.92x0.92x
Debt to equityTotal liabilities compared with owners' stake.-5.12x1.74x9.05x0.53x1.74x
Piotroski F-ScoreNine checks of financial strength. Higher is stronger.2/84/75/86/75.0
Bankruptcy riskAltman Z-Score zone.n/a for banksn/a for banksn/a for banksn/a for banks

How AHT compares with the others

  • AHT's operating margin of 10.5% is in line with the median of the other companies selected (11.4%).
  • Its revenue growth of -5.8% is in line with the median of the other companies selected (-5.6%).
  • It has no P/E to set against theirs, because it did not make a profit.
  • Its liabilities are lower relative to equity than the median of the other companies selected: -5.1x against 1.7x.

Measured against the other companies entered, from each one's latest annual filing. A difference describes the companies; it does not rank them.