Verdict: Side-by-side breakdown using the Bull Rankings model. DRH scored 67.0, APLE scored 66.0 — DRH leads.
Compare another set
DRH
DiamondRock Hospitality Company
REIT - Hotel & Motel · Financial strength
72.8Fin
$13.01 · $2.7B
fundamentals as of
Strength gap
7.5
APLE leads
APLE
Apple Hospitality REIT, Inc.
REIT - Hotel & Motel · Financial strength
80.3Fin
$16.55 · $3.9B
fundamentals as of
At a glance · who leads each dimension, on the model's own rules
Fastest growthDRH-0.8%
Strongest balance sheetAPLE0.51
Side by side · every name on one set of axes
Fundamentals, head-to-head
DRH
APLE
3.5%B
Yield
5.9%A-
-0.8%D+
Rev
-1.3%D+
0.78B+
D/E
0.51A-
Winner per row is the stronger grade; where grades tie, the better figure breaks it. A true tie or a missing value shows no highlight.
The companies
DRHDiamondRock Hospitality Company
REIT - Hotel & Motel · $13.01 · beta 1.03
Why now
REIT - Hotel & Motel · market cap $2.7b. 6% off the 52-week high of $13.79. 13 sell-side analysts rate this a Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $14.04 (implying +8% upside).
Moat
Net margin 14% beats the market median by a meaningful margin — the company is keeping more of every revenue dollar than the average S&P constituent.
Risk
Mature compounder — the risk is paying up for quality at a moment when growth is decelerating. Watch for sequential revenue + margin trends; the inflection from "compounder" to "ex-compounder" is hard to spot until the multiple already started compressing.
APLEApple Hospitality REIT, Inc.
REIT - Hotel & Motel · $16.55 · beta 0.93
Why now
REIT - Hotel & Motel · market cap $3.9b. 4% off the 52-week high of $17.28. 9 sell-side analysts rate this a Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $17.17 (implying +4% upside).
Moat
Net margin 12% beats the market median by a meaningful margin — the company is keeping more of every revenue dollar than the average S&P constituent.
Risk
Dividend payout 130% of earnings on a 5.9% yield — distribution coverage is thin; one earnings stumble could force a dividend cut. ROE 6% is below the long-run sustainable threshold of ~10% — capital efficiency would need to improve for the equity base to compound at the market rate.
Verdict — model-derived comparison
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Common questions
Is DRH or APLE the better stock?
DRH scores higher: DRH 67.0, APLE 66.0 out of 100 on the Bull Rankings quality-growth score, which blends business quality, growth and valuation into one number. A higher score means a stronger business at a more reasonable price — it is not a price target or a recommendation.
How are DRH and APLE scored?
Each carries the same 0–100 quality-growth score used everywhere on the site, built from three pillars — quality (profitability and returns on capital), growth (revenue and earnings), and value (what you pay for them) — combined as a geometric mean, so a weak pillar cannot be papered over by a strong one.
How current is this comparison?
The whole universe is re-scored every trading day after the US market close, so the scores and fundamentals here reflect the latest published edition.