PEB vs BXMT Comparison

Pebblebrook Hotel Trust currently owns upper upscale and luxury hotels with 11,052 rooms across 44 hotels in the United States. Pebblebrook acquired LaSalle Hotel Properties, which owned 10,451 rooms across 41 US hotels, in November 2018, though management has sold many of those hotels over the past few years. Pebblebrook's portfolio consists mostly of independent hotels with no brand affiliations, though the combined company does own and operate some hotels under the Marriott, Starwood, InterContinental, Hilton, and Hyatt brands.

Blackstone Mortgage Trust Inc is an externally managed real estate finance company that originates, acquires, and manages senior loans and other debt or credit-oriented investments collateralized by or relating to commercial real estate in North America, Europe, and Australia. Its portfolio is composed of senior loans secured by high-quality, institutional assets located in main markets, and sponsored by experienced, well-capitalized real estate investment owners and operators. The group finances its investments in a variety of ways, including borrowing under secured credit facilities, issuing collateralized loan obligations, or CLOs, other securitization transactions, syndicating senior loans and/or participations, and other forms of asset-level financing.