Verdict: Side-by-side breakdown using the Bull Rankings model. SHO scored 74.0, HST scored 78.0 — HST leads.
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SHO
Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc.
REIT - Hotel & Motel · Financial strength
65.8Fin
$11.65 · $2.2B
fundamentals as of
Strength gap
3.1
HST leads
HST
Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc.
REIT - Hotel & Motel · Financial strength
68.9Fin
$23.22 · $16.1B
fundamentals as of
At a glance · who leads each dimension, on the model's own rules
Fastest growthHST+7.6%
Strongest balance sheetSHO0.52
Side by side · every name on one set of axes
Fundamentals, head-to-head
SHO
HST
3.2%B
Yield
3.5%B+
+7.3%B
Rev
+7.6%B
0.52A-
D/E
0.85B+
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
SHOSunstone Hotel Investors, Inc.
REIT - Hotel & Motel · $11.65 · beta 1.02
Why now
REIT - Hotel & Motel · market cap $2.2b. 3% off the 52-week high of $12.07. 12 sell-side analysts rate this a Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $11.96 (implying +3% upside).
Moat
FCF converts 148% of net income — earnings translate cleanly into cash.
Risk
ROE 3% 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.
HSTHost Hotels & Resorts, Inc.
REIT - Hotel & Motel · $23.22 · beta 1.12
Why now
REIT - Hotel & Motel · market cap $16.1b. 10% off the 52-week high of $25.71. 20 sell-side analysts rate this a Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $25.39 (implying +9% upside).
Moat
Net margin 16% beats the market median by a meaningful margin — the company is keeping more of every revenue dollar than the average S&P constituent. ROE 16% is above 15% — the equity base is compounding at a rate the market struggles to discount accurately.
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.
Verdict — model-derived comparison
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Common questions
Is HST or SHO the better stock?
HST scores higher: HST 78.0, SHO 74.0 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 HST and SHO 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.