CTRE vs. BXMT, SBRA, SLG, CUZ, GRP.U, EPR, HHH, MAC, SKT, and NSA
Should you be buying CareTrust REIT stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CareTrust REIT include Blackstone Mortgage Trust (BXMT), Sabra Health Care REIT (SBRA), SL Green Realty (SLG), Cousins Properties (CUZ), Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple (GRP.U), EPR Properties (EPR), Howard Hughes (HHH), Macerich (MAC), Tanger (SKT), and National Storage Affiliates Trust (NSA). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
CareTrust REIT (NASDAQ:CTRE) and Blackstone Mortgage Trust (NYSE:BXMT) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, profitability, valuation, dividends and earnings.
CareTrust REIT has a beta of 1.05, suggesting that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Blackstone Mortgage Trust has a beta of 1.42, suggesting that its share price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500.
87.8% of CareTrust REIT shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.2% of Blackstone Mortgage Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 1.8% of CareTrust REIT shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Blackstone Mortgage Trust shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Blackstone Mortgage Trust has higher revenue and earnings than CareTrust REIT. CareTrust REIT is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Blackstone Mortgage Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Blackstone Mortgage Trust received 24 more outperform votes than CareTrust REIT when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.89% of users gave CareTrust REIT an outperform vote while only 64.79% of users gave Blackstone Mortgage Trust an outperform vote.
CareTrust REIT presently has a consensus price target of $23.57, suggesting a potential downside of 3.04%. Blackstone Mortgage Trust has a consensus price target of $19.93, suggesting a potential upside of 11.27%. Given Blackstone Mortgage Trust's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Blackstone Mortgage Trust is more favorable than CareTrust REIT.
In the previous week, Blackstone Mortgage Trust had 15 more articles in the media than CareTrust REIT. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Blackstone Mortgage Trust and 3 mentions for CareTrust REIT. CareTrust REIT's average media sentiment score of 0.87 beat Blackstone Mortgage Trust's score of 0.62 indicating that CareTrust REIT is being referred to more favorably in the media.
CareTrust REIT has a net margin of 24.67% compared to Blackstone Mortgage Trust's net margin of 0.24%. Blackstone Mortgage Trust's return on equity of 10.72% beat CareTrust REIT's return on equity.
CareTrust REIT pays an annual dividend of $1.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. Blackstone Mortgage Trust pays an annual dividend of $2.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.8%. CareTrust REIT pays out 236.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Blackstone Mortgage Trust pays out 8,266.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Summary
CareTrust REIT beats Blackstone Mortgage Trust on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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