# Sunstone Hotel Investors Inc. Sunstone Hotel Investors Inc. (SHO) fundamentals

Data as of 2026-09-08. NYSE, United States. Sector: Real Estate / Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs). Price $11.06, market value $2.1 billion.

## Valuation
- **P/E (trailing): 50.3×** (5-yr avg 101.4×, 3-yr avg 103.3×). Sunstone Hotel Investors Inc. Sunstone Hotel Investors Inc. trades at 50.3× trailing earnings, well below its own five-year average of 101.4×: cheap by its own standards. The Real Estate median in the September 2026 study was 25.2×. Forward P/E is 79.0×, higher than trailing, so analysts expect earnings to fall.
- **Price / sales: 2.1×**. Each dollar of revenue is priced at 2.1×.
- **Price / book: 1.3×**. The shares trade at 1.3× book value; book value is a meaningful part of the valuation.
- **Earnings yield: 2.0%**. The inverse of the P/E: 2.0% of the price is earned each year.

## Profitability
- **Net margin: 2.6%**. 2.6% of each dollar of sales reaches the bottom line.
- **Return on equity: 1.3%**. 1.3% on shareholders' equity is weak; the business earns little on the capital its owners have in it.
- **Return on assets: 1.8%**. Each dollar of assets produces 1.8% of profit.

## Growth
- **Revenue growth (1 yr): 6.0%** (3-yr 1.7%/yr, 5-yr 29.1%/yr). Revenue grew 6.0% over the last year, against 29.1% a year compounded over five years: growth is slowing.
- **EPS growth (1 yr): -71.4%** (3-yr -51.0%/yr). Earnings per share fell 71.4%, slower than revenue, so margins compressed.

## Financial health
- **Debt to equity: 0.47**. Debt is 0.47 times equity: a conservative balance sheet.
- **Piotroski F-score: 5/9**. 5 of 9 checks pass: mixed.

## Dividends
- **Dividend yield: 3.25%** ($0.36 per share, trailing). Sunstone Hotel Investors Inc. Sunstone Hotel Investors Inc. yields 3.25%, a modest yield more typical of a growth-oriented payer.
- **Payout ratio: 352%**. The dividend exceeds earnings (352% payout), which is rarely sustainable outside REITs and one-off years.
- **Consecutive years of increases: 4**. 4 straight years of increases.
- **Dividend growth (5 yr): 48.4%/yr** (1-yr 5.9%). The dividend has compounded at 48.4% a year over five years, doubling roughly every 1 years at that pace.

## Price and momentum
- **Total return (1 yr): 19.6%** (YTD 25.9%, 3-mo -2.9%). The shares are up 19.6% over twelve months including dividends.
- **From 52-week high: -8.4%** (27.3% above the low). Trading 8% below its 52-week high.
- **200-day average: above**. The price sits above its 200-day moving average, the usual definition of an uptrend.
- **RSI (14-day): 45**. An RSI of 45 is neutral.
- **Beta (1 yr): 0.71** (volatility 23%). Beta of 0.71 against the S&P 500: the shares move roughly with the market.

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