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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:

Chatham Lodging Trust (NYSE:CLDT) is the #1 top hotel & motel reit stock out of 16 with a Zen Rating of B. Stocks with a rating of B have had an average return of +19.88% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Chatham Lodging Trust (NYSE:CLDT) is: Value: C, Growth: B, Momentum: C, Sentiment: B, Safety: D, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Chatham Lodging Trust (NYSE:CLDT) has a Due Diligence Score of 11, which is -9 points lower than the hotel & motel reit industry average of 20. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates CLDT as a "B".

CLDT passed 4 out of 38 due diligence checks and has weak fundamentals. Chatham Lodging Trust has seen its stock lose -26.25% over the past year, underperforming other hotel & motel reit stocks by -4 percentage points.

Chatham Lodging Trust has an average 1 year price target of $12.00, an upside of 62.38% from Chatham Lodging Trust's current stock price of $7.39.

Chatham Lodging Trust stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 1 analyst covering Chatham Lodging Trust, 100% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 0% have issued a Buy, 0% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Apple Hospitality Reit (NYSE:APLE) 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 Apple Hospitality Reit (NYSE:APLE) is: Value: C, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Apple Hospitality Reit (NYSE:APLE) has a Due Diligence Score of 47, which is 27 points higher than the hotel & motel reit industry average of 20.

APLE passed 18 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Apple Hospitality Reit has seen its stock lose -18.7% over the past year, overperforming other hotel & motel reit stocks by 3 percentage points.

Apple Hospitality Reit has an average 1 year price target of $17.25, an upside of 30.48% from Apple Hospitality Reit's current stock price of $13.22.

Apple Hospitality Reit stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 4 analysts covering Apple Hospitality Reit, 25% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 50% have issued a Buy, 25% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Diamondrock Hospitality Co (NYSE:DRH) 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 Diamondrock Hospitality Co (NYSE:DRH) is: Value: C, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: F, Safety: B, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Diamondrock Hospitality Co (NYSE:DRH) has a Due Diligence Score of 21, which is 1 points higher than the hotel & motel reit industry average of 20.

DRH passed 9 out of 38 due diligence checks and has weak fundamentals. Diamondrock Hospitality Co has seen its stock lose -16.93% over the past year, overperforming other hotel & motel reit stocks by 5 percentage points.

Diamondrock Hospitality Co has an average 1 year price target of $10.08, an upside of 27.63% from Diamondrock Hospitality Co's current stock price of $7.90.

Diamondrock Hospitality Co stock has a consensus Hold recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 3 analysts covering Diamondrock Hospitality Co, 0% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 0% have issued a Buy, 100% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Out of 4 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 12.32%, which is 8 percentage points higher than the hotel & motel reit industry average of 4.74%. Park Hotels & Resorts's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% six times in the last 10 years. Park Hotels & Resorts's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Park Hotels & Resorts's dividend payout ratio of 137.3% 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 7.03%, which is 2 percentage points higher than the hotel & motel reit industry average of 4.74%. 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 113.5% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Summit Hotel Properties (NYSE:INN) has an annual dividend yield of 4.25%, which is the same as the hotel & motel reit industry average of 4.74%. Summit Hotel Properties's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% one times in the last 10 years. Summit Hotel Properties's dividend has not shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Summit Hotel Properties's dividend payout ratio of 139.1% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Hotel & motel reit stocks were down -1.61% in the last day, and down -1.02% over the last week.

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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 71, which is 36 points higher than the hotel & motel reit industry average of 35. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Apple Hospitality Reit's stock has dropped -18.7% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the hotel & motel reit industry by 3 percentage points.

Ryman Hospitality Properties (NYSE:RHP) 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.

Ryman Hospitality Properties has a valuation score of 57, which is 22 points higher than the hotel & motel reit industry average of 35. It passed 4 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Ryman Hospitality Properties's stock has dropped -17.33% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the hotel & motel reit industry by 5 percentage points.

Park Hotels & Resorts (NYSE:PK) 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.

Park Hotels & Resorts has a valuation score of 71, which is 36 points higher than the hotel & motel reit industry average of 35. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Park Hotels & Resorts's stock has dropped -35.64% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the hotel & motel reit industry by -13 percentage points.

45.45% of hotel & motel reit stocks rated by analysts are a buy right now. On average, analysts expect hotel & motel reit stocks to rise by 32.21% over the next year.

0% of hotel & motel reit stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 7.14% of hotel & motel reit stocks are rated B (Buy), 57.14% are rated C (Hold), 28.57% are rated D (Sell), and 7.14% are rated F (Strong Sell).