Plymouth Industrial REIT (NYSE:PLYM) & Apple Hospitality REIT (NYSE:APLE) Head-To-Head Review

Apple Hospitality REIT (NYSE:APLE) and Plymouth Industrial REIT (NYSE:PLYM) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, dividends, valuation and analyst recommendations.

Profitability

This table compares Apple Hospitality REIT and Plymouth Industrial REIT’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Apple Hospitality REIT	14.53%	6.17%	4.09%
Plymouth Industrial REIT	0.46%	0.20%	0.06%

Institutional & Insider Ownership

89.7% of Apple Hospitality REIT shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.7% of Plymouth Industrial REIT shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.8% of Apple Hospitality REIT shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Plymouth Industrial REIT shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings for Apple Hospitality REIT and Plymouth Industrial REIT, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Apple Hospitality REIT	0	3	2	0	2.40
Plymouth Industrial REIT	1	4	4	0	2.33

Apple Hospitality REIT presently has a consensus price target of $16.80, indicating a potential upside of 10.82%. Plymouth Industrial REIT has a consensus price target of $24.33, indicating a potential upside of 39.85%. Given Plymouth Industrial REIT’s higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Plymouth Industrial REIT is more favorable than Apple Hospitality REIT.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Apple Hospitality REIT and Plymouth Industrial REIT”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Apple Hospitality REIT	$1.41 billion	2.58	$177.49 million	$0.85	17.84
Plymouth Industrial REIT	$201.57 million	3.92	$13.66 million	$0.02	870.00

Apple Hospitality REIT has higher revenue and earnings than Plymouth Industrial REIT. Apple Hospitality REIT is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Plymouth Industrial REIT, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Dividends

Apple Hospitality REIT pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.3%. Plymouth Industrial REIT pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.5%. Apple Hospitality REIT pays out 112.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Plymouth Industrial REIT pays out 4,800.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Apple Hospitality REIT is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Risk and Volatility

Apple Hospitality REIT has a beta of 1.13, suggesting that its share price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Plymouth Industrial REIT has a beta of 1.34, suggesting that its share price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Apple Hospitality REIT beats Plymouth Industrial REIT on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Apple Hospitality REIT

Apple Hospitality REIT, Inc. (NYSE: APLE) is a publicly traded real estate investment trust (REIT) that owns one of the largest and most diverse portfolios of upscale, rooms-focused hotels in the United States. Apple Hospitality's portfolio consists of 223 hotels with more than 29,400 guest rooms located in 87 markets throughout 37 states as well as one property leased to third parties. Concentrated with industry-leading brands, the Company's hotel portfolio consists of 99 Marriott-branded hotels, 119 Hilton-branded hotels and five Hyatt-branded hotels.

About Plymouth Industrial REIT

Plymouth Industrial REIT, Inc. (NYSE: PLYM) is a full service, vertically integrated real estate investment company focused on the acquisition, ownership and management of single and multi-tenant industrial properties. Our mission is to provide tenants with cost effective space that is functional, flexible and safe.