Company Analysis

Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc. (SHO)

NYSE: SHO · Hotels & Motels · Aliso Viejo, CA · filing with the SEC since 2004
Grade4.6
◀ Past 4.3● Present 4.1▶ Future 5.6

The grade of Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
4.6/10
◀ Past4.330% of the headline
● Present4.140% of the headline
▶ Future5.630% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

All nine metrics read as filed from the record.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

4.3/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
6.8/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

No warning events in its filings since 2017.

weight 33% of this tense · 68th percentile among 28 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show no warning events in the scan: no bankruptcy or receivership notice, no debt default notice, no exchange listing notice, no restatement warning, no auditor change, no material cyber incident and no late-report notice (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
1.9/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

-2.7% a year over 8 filed years; profitable in 7 of 8.

weight 45% of this tense · 19th percentile among 27 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc.'s 8 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $1.2 billion in fiscal 2018 to $960 million in fiscal 2025, down 2.7% a year; it rose in 4 of 7 years; the deepest fall was 77% from fiscal 2018 to fiscal 2020; net income was positive in 7 of 8 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span-2.7%bottom 2% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosebottom 9% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 43% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak76.9%bottom 9% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed
5.3/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count shrank 3.0% a year. 77% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 1 sales, 0 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 53rd percentile among 23 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc.'s diluted share count shrank about 3.0% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 77% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 1 sale and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-09-30 (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearsbottom 40% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowtop 34% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

4.1/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
6.1/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 1%: 1¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 36%: owes 36¢ per asset dollar.

weight 33% of this tense · 61st percentile among 26 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc. earned about 1 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money. Leverage: it owed about 36 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 4.1% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetstop 6% of its family
  • return on equitybottom 39% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforebottom 48% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
2.3/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

bottom 23% of 27 in its family; net margin 2.6%.

weight 45% of this tense · 23rd percentile among 27 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc.'s standing among 27 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $960 million in fiscal 2025 ranks in the bottom 20% by size; a net margin of 2.6% ranks in the bottom 39%; revenue growth of 1.7% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 9% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$960Mbottom 20% of its family
  • net margin2.6%bottom 39% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth1.7%bottom 9% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

as filed
5.0/10

What are the people in charge doing?

bottom 50% of 20 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2022.

weight 22% of this tense · 50th percentile among 20 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Giglia, Bryan Albert (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, as filed), filing under that title since 2022-03-08, 4.7 years (bottom 26% of its family); the 12 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 10.4 years (top 32%); 4 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 12 people in charge now (top 45%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge4 in three years among 12 peopletop 45% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed10.4 yearstop 32% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record4.7 yearsbottom 26% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

5.6/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
7.2/10

How much room does it have to grow?

top 28% of 26 in its family for room to expand.

weight 22% of this tense · 72nd percentile among 26 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $109 million against debt of $918 million leaves -26.7% of its assets as net cash, top 35% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 18.9% of revenue (top 21%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets-26.7%top 35% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue18.9%top 21% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
5.4/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 46% of 27 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 45% of this tense · 54th percentile among 27 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 1.7% a year over the last three filed years against -2.7% over all 8, speeding up (top 24% of its family); the newest year grew 6% (top 28%); capital spending grew -8.2% a year (bottom 15%) (its annual reports). Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc. reported 3 product lines in fiscal 2025: Occupancy at $583 million (61%), Food and Beverage at $279 million (29%), Hotel Other at $99 million (10%); 3 of 3 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span+4.4 points a yeartop 24% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth6.0%top 28% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending-8.2%bottom 15% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
4.8/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

bottom 48% of 27 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 33% of this tense · 48th percentile among 27 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $960 million in fiscal 2025 came in 6.4% above the $903 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 2% of its family); net income of $25 million against a prior three-year average of $114 million (bottom 28%); a net margin of 2.6% against 11.9% before (bottom 17%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace6.4%top 2% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average-78%bottom 28% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average-9.3 pointsbottom 17% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton SHO · research, not advice