Stocks · Real Estate · REIT - Hotel & Motel
Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc. SHO
$11.32 -0.61% Close, Oct 5, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $2.12B
High qualityStrong trend
Next earnings report: Nov 6, 2026
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Three things to know
- Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $0.25, up 1084.1% year over year.
- Net debt is 3.7× EBITDA, a high level of leverage.
- The stock is in an uptrend: above its 200-day average for 125 trading days, with the 50-day average above the 200-day.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Real Estate sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 6, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Top 49%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Top 1%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 39%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 28%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 50%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 5%
- Gross marginBottom 26%
- Operating marginBottom 21%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Top 13%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 31%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 17%
- Interest coverTop 37%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 45%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 48%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 27%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 14%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Bottom 27%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 21%
- 6-month returnTop 9%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 13%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 6%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 1%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 6%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 12%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 15%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 21%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 12%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 50%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 32%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 17%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 6.8% | 7.3% | ↑ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | 46.2% | 1084.1% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 54.4% | 20.7% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | 7.8% | 9.0% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | 14.9% | 11.5% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 7.3% | 6.8% | ↑ | Top 49% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | 1084.1% | 46.2% | ↑ | Top 1% |
| Gross margin | 20.7% | 54.4% | ↓ | Bottom 26% |
| Operating margin | 9.0% | 7.8% | ↑ | Bottom 21% |
| Net margin | 5.3% | 2.2% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 11.5% | 14.9% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 61.8% | — | Top 5% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 1.7% | — | Bottom 28% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 3.00×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -4.8%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.4%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +11.4 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 3.66×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 1.8×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 3.99%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 2.11%
- Shareholder yield
- 6.09%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -5.5%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -3.6%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 6, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 4
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 5 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +100.0%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -1.9%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 4 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $13.00
- Target vs current price
- +14.8%
- Analysts with a rating
- 28
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 29%
- Consensus rating
- Hold
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 2026 | +66.9% | -3.3% | -7.5% | -5.8% | — |
| May 5, 2026 | +410.0% | +3.2% | +5.8% | +14.1% | +20.5% |
| Feb 27, 2026 | +346.6% | -3.9% | -0.8% | -4.2% | +9.9% |
| Nov 7, 2025 | +19.6% | +1.8% | +1.6% | -3.8% | -2.5% |
| Aug 6, 2025 | -60.6% | -0.1% | +2.6% | +8.2% | +3.5% |
| May 6, 2025 | -87.5% | -3.3% | +6.9% | +3.5% | +2.0% |
| Feb 21, 2025 | +25.6% | -5.8% | -7.4% | -13.2% | -21.1% |
| Nov 12, 2024 | -118.5% | -3.5% | -7.7% | +12.4% | +3.5% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 2026 | $0.14 | $0.08 | +66.9% | $277.1M |
| May 5, 2026 | $0.08 | $0.02 | +410.0% | $259.7M |
| Feb 27, 2026 | $0.04 | -$0.02 | +346.6% | $237.0M |
| Nov 7, 2025 | -$0.02 | -$0.02 | +19.6% | $229.3M |
| Aug 6, 2025 | $0.03 | $0.09 | -60.6% | $259.8M |
| May 6, 2025 | $0.01 | $0.08 | -87.5% | $234.1M |
| Feb 21, 2025 | -$0.02 | -$0.03 | +25.6% | $214.8M |
| Nov 12, 2024 | -$0.00 | $0.02 | -118.5% | $226.4M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 46.0× | 28.1× | 63th | Bottom 45% |
| P/E (forward) | 38.2× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 12.5× | — | — | Top 27% |
| EV / Sales | 2.99× | — | — | Top 14% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 5.45% | — | — | Top 48% |
| Earnings yield | 2.18% | — | — | Bottom 45% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 11.3× – 421.1× since Dec 31, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- +21.3%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- +1084.1%
- Change in P/E multiple
- -46.8%
Most of the move came from earnings growth.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✓ Price above 20-day average
- ✓ Price above 50-day average
- ✓ Price above 200-day average
- ✓ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✓ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 3
- Days above the 200-day average
- 125
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -1.3%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +1.9%
- Distance from 50-day average
- +1.1%
- Distance from 200-day average
- +10.1%
- RSI (14)
- 58.0
- Relative volume
- 0.95×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 16.3%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 0th percentile · Low for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.71
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.42
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -5.0%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -37.6%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 2021 | Apr 8, 2025 | -43.1% | 1035 days | Not yet recovered |
| Oct 23, 2020 | Oct 28, 2020 | -12.2% | 3 days | 8 days (Nov 9, 2020) |
| Jan 20, 2021 | Jan 27, 2021 | -11.9% | 5 days | 12 days (Feb 12, 2021) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $2.12B
- P/E (TTM)
- 46.0
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $0.25
- Revenue (TTM)
- $1.00B
- Dividend yield
- 3.18%
- 52-week range
- $8.69 – $12.07
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $509.1M | $912.1M | $986.5M | $905.8M | $960.1M |
| Gross profit | $206.8M | $447.7M | $477.0M | $421.7M | $45.6M |
| Operating income | -$85.4M | $99.3M | $118.7M | $78.6M | $74.8M |
| Net income | $34.3M | $87.3M | $206.7M | $43.3M | $24.6M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.16 | $0.34 | $0.93 | $0.14 | $0.04 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $226.4M | $214.8M | $234.1M | $259.8M | $229.3M | $237.0M | $259.7M | $277.1M |
| Net income | $3.2M | $836,000 | $5.3M | $10.8M | $1.3M | $7.2M | $18.6M | $26.0M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.00 | -$0.02 | $0.01 | $0.03 | -$0.02 | $0.04 | $0.08 | $0.14 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $28.4M | $209.4M | $198.1M | $170.4M | $181.8M |
| Capital expenditure | -$63.7M | -$128.6M | $0 | $0 | -$103.0M |
| Free cash flow | -$35.3M | $80.8M | $198.1M | $170.4M | $78.7M |
| Dividends paid | -$13.7M | -$24.8M | -$59.8M | -$59.8M | -$86.4M |
| Net share buybacks | $33.6M | -$111.8M | -$59.8M | -$31.4M | -$108.1M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $94.4M
- Total assets
- $3.03B
- Total liabilities
- $1.15B
- Total debt
- $974.9M
- Net debt
- $880.5M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $1.88B
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 6, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | $0.09 | Oct 15, 2026 |
| Jun 30, 2026 | $0.09 | Jul 15, 2026 |
| Mar 31, 2026 | $0.09 | Apr 15, 2026 |
| Dec 31, 2025 | $0.09 | Jan 15, 2026 |
| Sep 30, 2025 | $0.09 | Oct 15, 2025 |
| Jun 30, 2025 | $0.09 | Jul 15, 2025 |
| Mar 31, 2025 | $0.09 | Apr 15, 2025 |
| Dec 31, 2024 | $0.09 | Jan 15, 2025 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 15,557,261
- Days to cover
- 6.96
- Change vs previous report
- +15.2%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.