SHO vs IQ Comparison

Sunstone Hotel Investors Inc is a real estate investment trust that acquires, owns, manages, and renovates the full-service hotel and select-service hotel properties across various states in the United States. Its firm's portfolio consists upper upscale and luxury hotels located in convention, resort destination and urban markets. Its majority of the hotels operate under a brand owned by Marriott, Hilton, Hyatt, Four Seasons or Montage. It operates geographically in Califiornia which generates the majority of its revenue; Florida; and Hawaii. Sunstone's sole source of income is hotel revenue from its hotel ownership segment.

Iqiyi is a leading streaming video-on-demand company in China that generates revenue through a mostly subscription basis and has about 100 million paying subscribers and 500 million monthly average users on its platform. The platform also provides user-generated content in long-form videos free of charge to nonpaying users, monetized through video-brand ads and performance-based ads. The company self-produces much of the subscription content and also generates revenue through content distribution, gaming, and IP licensing. Iqiyi competes in a crowded industry with Tencent Video, Alibaba's Youku, ByteDance's MangoTV, and Tencent-backed Bilibili. The company is 45.5% and 5.1% owned by Baidu and Xiaomi, respectively. Baidu also held 89.3% of the voting power as of end-February 2023.