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Best Hotel & Motel REIT Stocks to Buy Now (2025)

Top hotel & motel reit stocks in 2025 ranked by overall Zen Rating. "A" Rated stocks have returned an average of +32.52% per year, and are the best hotel & motel reit stocks to buy now. Learn More.

According to Zen Ratings, our proprietary rating system that evaluates 115 factors proven to drive growth in stocks and assigns each stock in our system an overall letter grade as well as 7 individual Component Grades for Value, Growth, Momentum, Sentiment, Safety, Financials, and proprietary AI algorithms, the 3 best hotel & motel reit stocks to buy right now are:

Host Hotels & Resorts (NASDAQ:HST) is the #1 top hotel & motel reit stock out of 16 with a Zen Rating of C. Stocks with a rating of C have had an average return of +7.53% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Host Hotels & Resorts (NASDAQ:HST) is: Value: C, Growth: D, Momentum: C, Sentiment: A, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Host Hotels & Resorts (NASDAQ:HST) has a Due Diligence Score of 21, which is 5 points higher than the hotel & motel reit industry average of 16.

HST passed 8 out of 38 due diligence checks and has weak fundamentals. Host Hotels & Resorts has seen its stock lose -0.89% over the past year, overperforming other hotel & motel reit stocks by 18 percentage points.

Host Hotels & Resorts has an average 1 year price target of $18.50, an upside of 6.81% from Host Hotels & Resorts's current stock price of $17.32.

Host Hotels & Resorts stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 7 analysts covering Host Hotels & Resorts, 28.57% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 14.29% have issued a Buy, 57.14% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Braemar Hotels & Resorts (NYSE:BHR) is the #2 top hotel & motel reit stock out of 16 with a Zen Rating of C. Stocks with a rating of C have had an average return of +7.53% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Braemar Hotels & Resorts (NYSE:BHR) is: Value: C, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: B, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: D.

Braemar Hotels & Resorts (NYSE:BHR) has a Due Diligence Score of 16, which is equal to the hotel & motel reit industry average of 16.

BHR passed 5 out of 38 due diligence checks and has weak fundamentals. Braemar Hotels & Resorts has seen its stock lose -12.82% over the past year, overperforming other hotel & motel reit stocks by 6 percentage points.

Xenia Hotels & Resorts (NYSE:XHR) is the #3 top hotel & motel reit stock out of 16 with a Zen Rating of C. Stocks with a rating of C have had an average return of +7.53% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Xenia Hotels & Resorts (NYSE:XHR) is: Value: C, Growth: D, Momentum: C, Sentiment: B, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Xenia Hotels & Resorts (NYSE:XHR) has a Due Diligence Score of 19, which is 3 points higher than the hotel & motel reit industry average of 16.

XHR passed 7 out of 38 due diligence checks and has weak fundamentals. Xenia Hotels & Resorts has seen its stock lose -9.16% over the past year, overperforming other hotel & motel reit stocks by 10 percentage points.

Xenia Hotels & Resorts has an average 1 year price target of $15.50, an upside of 18.77% from Xenia Hotels & Resorts's current stock price of $13.05.

Xenia Hotels & Resorts stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 2 analysts covering Xenia Hotels & Resorts, 50% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 50% have issued a Buy, 0% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Out of 14 hotel & motel reit stocks that have issued dividends in the past year, the 3 hotel & motel reit stocks with the highest dividend yields are:

Park Hotels & Resorts (NYSE:PK) has an annual dividend yield of 13.78%, which is 9 percentage points higher than the hotel & motel reit industry average of 4.28%. Park Hotels & Resorts's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% seven times in the last 10 years. Park Hotels & Resorts's dividend has not shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Park Hotels & Resorts's dividend payout ratio of -2,000% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Apple Hospitality Reit (NYSE:APLE) has an annual dividend yield of 8.27%, which is 4 percentage points higher than the hotel & motel reit industry average of 4.28%. Apple Hospitality Reit's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% four times in the last 10 years. Apple Hospitality Reit's dividend has not shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Apple Hospitality Reit's dividend payout ratio of 136.5% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Rlj Lodging Trust (NYSE:RLJ) has an annual dividend yield of 6.56%, which is 2 percentage points higher than the hotel & motel reit industry average of 4.28%. Rlj Lodging Trust's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% three times in the last 10 years. Rlj Lodging Trust's dividend has not shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Rlj Lodging Trust's dividend payout ratio of 211.5% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Hotel & motel reit stocks were up 0.36% in the last day, and up 3.31% over the last week. Host Hotels & Resorts was the among the top gainers in the reit - hotel & motel industry, gaining 3% yesterday.

Host Hotels & Resorts shares are trading higher after the company reported better-than-expected Q3 financial results and raised Q3 financial results and raised its FY25 FFO guidance.

Based on the Valuation rating, one of the 7 components of a stocks overall Zen Ratings grade, which evaluates factors including estimated earnings yield, earnings before interest and taxes/enterprise value, cash flow yield, free cash flow to price, and price-to-earnings growth (PEG ratio), the 3 most undervalued hotel & motel reit stocks right now are:

Apple Hospitality Reit (NYSE:APLE) is the most undervalued hotel & motel reit stock based on its Valuation Rating of C. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Apple Hospitality Reit has a valuation score of 43, which is 22 points higher than the hotel & motel reit industry average of 21. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Apple Hospitality Reit's stock has dropped -25.24% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the hotel & motel reit industry by -6 percentage points.

Host Hotels & Resorts (NASDAQ:HST) is the second most undervalued hotel & motel reit stock based on its Valuation Rating of C. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Host Hotels & Resorts has a valuation score of 29, which is 8 points higher than the hotel & motel reit industry average of 21. It passed 2 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Host Hotels & Resorts's stock has dropped -0.89% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the hotel & motel reit industry by 18 percentage points.

Diamondrock Hospitality Co (NYSE:DRH) is the third most undervalued hotel & motel reit stock based on its Valuation Rating of C. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Diamondrock Hospitality Co has a valuation score of 43, which is 22 points higher than the hotel & motel reit industry average of 21. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Diamondrock Hospitality Co's stock has dropped -3.14% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the hotel & motel reit industry by 16 percentage points.

54.55% of hotel & motel reit stocks rated by analysts are a hold right now. On average, analysts expect hotel & motel reit stocks to rise by 15.77% over the next year.

0% of hotel & motel reit stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 0% of hotel & motel reit stocks are rated B (Buy), 53.85% are rated C (Hold), 46.15% are rated D (Sell), and 0% are rated F (Strong Sell).