profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
Sunstone Hotel Investors
$12.79+0.71% today
+35.6% in 1 year
1-year low $8.731-year high $13.01
Trading close to its highest price of the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2022 to 2025.
0%20% a year
You pay $91.92 for every $1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
of earnings would pay off all its debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What Sunstone Hotel Investors sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from $912 million in 2022 to $960 million in 2025, with $24.6 million of profit last year.
SalesProfit
Sunstone Hotel Investors handed back more cash to shareholders than it generated last year.
Buybacks $108M$86M
Free cash flow 2025$182M
Bought back its own shares$108M
Paid as dividends$86M
Cash vs. debt$109M vs. $925M
Sunstone Hotel Investors vs. similar companies
Sunstone Hotel Investors grows the slowest of these 5 and is the most expensive for its profits.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunstone Hotel Investors | 91.9× · Very expensive | ||
 Host Hotels & Resorts | 23.2× · Fair price | ||
 Ryman Hospitality Properties | 38.3× · Expensive | ||
 Apple Hospitality REIT | 26.2× · Fair price | ||
 Covivio Hotels | 10.1× · Cheap |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Sunstone Hotel Investors's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 912 | 986 | 906 | 960 | |
| 448 | 477 | 422 | 442 | |
| 99 | 119 | 79 | 76 | |
| 249 | 387 | 214 | 208 | |
| 87 | 207 | 43 | 25 | |
| 0.34 | 0.93 | 0.14 | 0.04 | |
| 49.1% | 48.3% | 46.6% | 46.0% | |
| 10.9% | 12.0% | 8.7% | 7.9% | |
| 9.6% | 21.0% | 4.8% | 2.6% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 3,083 | 3,149 | 3,107 | 3,029 |
| Cash | 101 | 426 | 107 | 109 |
| Total debt | 832 | 831 | 853 | 925 |
| Total liabilities | 998 | 983 | 1,003 | 1,084 |
| 2,085 | 2,167 | 2,104 | 1,945 | |
| 213 | 206 | 203 | 194 | |
| 3.3% | 6.9% | 2.4% | 2.0% | |
| 4.2% | 9.5% | 2.1% | 1.3% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 209 | 198 | 170 | 182 | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| 209 | 198 | 170 | 182 | |
| Dividends paid | 25 | 60 | 91 | 86 |
| 112 | 60 | 31 | 108 | |
| 11 | 11 | 10 | 9 |
Valuation
- 91.9×
- 151.5×
- –
- 1.1×
- 2.4×
- 12.4×
- 14.7×
- 8.0%
- 1.1%
- 3.4%
Profitability
- 46.0%
- 7.9%
- 2.6%
- 22.8%
- 3.0%
- 2.7%
- 1.9%
- 1.3%
- 3.0%
- –
Growth
- +1.7%
- −51.0%
- −53.8%
- +48.4%
- −2.7%
Financial health
- 3.8×
- 0.50
- 31.5%
- 1.7×
- 2.61
- 2.49
- 0.33
How it ranks in Real Estate
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Bottom 31%of 743
Bottom 12%of 749
Bottom 5%of 663
Bottom 24%of 759
Top 32%of 759
What analysts expect
- Average price target
- $10.50
- Range
- $10.00 – $11.00
These targets were collected on May 20, 2026 and our analyst feed has not updated since, so we no longer compare them with today's price.
Recent earnings
Our results feed has not updated since May 21, 2026. Results reported after that are not in this table yet.
| Date | EPS | Expected | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 2026 | 0.27 | 0.07 | +315.4% |
| Feb 27, 2026 | 0.20 | 0.01 | +1,900.0% |
| Nov 7, 2025 | 0.17 | 0.15 | +13.3% |
| Aug 6, 2025 | 0.28 | 0.26 | +7.7% |
| May 6, 2025 | 0.21 | 0.18 | +16.7% |
| Feb 21, 2025 | 0.16 | 0.14 | +14.3% |
| Nov 12, 2024 | 0.18 | – | – |
| Aug 7, 2024 | 0.28 | 0.27 | +3.7% |
3.4%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$34a year at today's yield, before tax
+48.4%2020 to 2025
Raised4 yearsin a row, in our data
Paid per share, each year
$1.41 in 2015 → $0.36 in 2025
How safe it looks
351.6% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 47.5%
News
No recent news on file.
Insider trades
Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
1/7Passes 1 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
35No pass
Benjamin Graham
61Pass
Philip Fisher
33No pass
Peter Lynch
24No pass
Joel Greenblatt
43No pass
Charlie Munger
29No pass
Terry Smith
33No pass
Questions about Sunstone Hotel Investors
Is Sunstone Hotel Investors a good stock to buy?
A business with weak numbers, priced as if everything goes right. 1 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the Sunstone Hotel Investors AI analysis
What does Sunstone Hotel Investors do?
Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc. is a lodging real estate investment trust (REIT) that as of the date of this release has interests in 19 hotels comprised of 9,997 rooms. It is in REIT - Hotel & Motel.
Does Sunstone Hotel Investors pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 3.4% a year. In 2025 it paid out $86.4 million in dividends.
Is Sunstone Hotel Investors stock halal?
No. Sunstone Hotel Investors does not pass our halal screen: its debt is 41% of its market value, at or above the 33% limit. How we check
How has Sunstone Hotel Investors stock done over the past year?
Up 35.6% over the past twelve months, to $12.79. It traded between $8.73 and $13.01, close to its high.
Who are Sunstone Hotel Investors's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are Host Hotels & Resorts, Ryman Hospitality Properties, Apple Hospitality REIT and Covivio Hotels. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with Sunstone Hotel Investors's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 13, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.