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Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc. key statistics and ratios

In fiscal 2025, Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc. had return on equity of 0.4%, a net margin of 0.9% and debt equal to 47.8% of equity. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.

Financial ratios

US$ thousands unless shown otherwise. Fiscal years, plus the last twelve months (LTM) when newer.

Fiscal year2016Dec 20162017Dec 20172018Dec 20182019Dec 20192020Dec 20202021Dec 20212022Dec 20222023Dec 20232024Dec 20242025Dec 2025LTMJun 2026
Operating margin15.9%15.6%25.8%————————
Net margin9.9%11.0%20.4%10.9%−155.9%2.7%8.0%19.4%3.1%0.9%4.2%
Free-cash-flow margin8.9%16.1%12.6%17.5%−62.8%−6.9%8.9%8.9%1.4%8.2%9.8%
Return on equity4.7%5.3%9.1%4.7%−18.1%0.6%3.4%9.0%1.3%0.4%2.2%
Return on assets3.1%3.5%6.0%3.1%−12.1%0.5%2.4%6.2%0.9%0.3%1.4%
Asset turnover0.320.310.300.280.080.170.300.320.290.310.33
Current ratio1.393.003.902.814.791.600.56————
Debt to equity45.2%39.4%37.2%41.1%36.7%28.8%39.1%37.8%40.2%47.8%52.1%
Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest)3.8x3.6x6.3x————————
Effective tax rate−0.4%−5.6%0.7%−0.1%—0.3%0.4%2.2%−2.6%0.9%—
Capital spending as % of revenue15.3%9.6%13.7%8.6%19.2%12.5%14.1%11.2%17.4%10.7%10.0%
Free cash flow ÷ net income89.9%145.6%61.9%159.8%—−260.1%111.3%45.9%46.8%958.6%234.0%
Dividends ÷ net income193.6%123.8%75.1%139.5%—100.9%34.2%31.2%327.7%>999%201.9%
Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow215.4%85.0%121.5%113.0%——164.9%132.1%909.4%240.1%131.9%

Returns use average equity or assets over the year. Return on equity is left blank when equity is negative or so small that the ratio says nothing (above ±200%); interest cover is left blank above 200 times. Price-based ratios such as P/E are on the valuation page.

Financial health

1 of 4 checks passed · June 30, 2026
  • Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities The company doesn't report a short-term split. Not assessable.
  • Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities Not assessable from the reported split. Not assessable.
  • More cash than debt $94m of cash against $968m of debt.
  • Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 51% of equity.
  • Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 27% to 51% over five years.
  • A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $198m of operating cash flow against $968m of debt.
  • Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Interest not separately reported. Not assessable.

From Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc.'s latest balance sheet as filed. Checks are fixed, documented rules (methodology), counted only where the company reports the figures — a dot means the filing doesn't break the item out. Descriptions of reported data, not advice.

Moat

44 /100

Weak moat

How hard Sunstone Hotel Investors's competitive advantage looks for rivals to wear away, judged from 10 years of its own filings: returns on capital, pricing power, profit durability, cash conversion and discipline.

  • Returns on capital 2 / 20

    Net income has been a median 2.9% of total assets over 10 years.

  • Durability 2 / 20

    Net margin has been a median 8.7%; its worst year was -95.5%.

  • Cash conversion 12 / 20

    Free cash flow was positive in 8 of 9 years, at a median 5.9% of revenue.

  • Discipline 20 / 20

    The diluted share count fell 12.2% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 1.0% of revenue.

AI disruption exposure: Low. In this industry, the business rests on physical assets, regulated networks or products AI itself depends on.

A rules-based reading of reported figures, not a forecast and not investment advice. How the score is built: methodology.

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Figures from Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc.'s SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved October 29, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc.