EPR vs. MPW, NHI, DRH, PEB, RLJ, CXW, LTC, SVC, HR, and RHP
Should you be buying EPR Properties stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of EPR Properties include Medical Properties Trust (MPW), National Health Investors (NHI), DiamondRock Hospitality (DRH), Pebblebrook Hotel Trust (PEB), RLJ Lodging Trust (RLJ), CoreCivic (CXW), LTC Properties (LTC), Service Properties Trust (SVC), Healthcare Realty Trust (HR), and Ryman Hospitality Properties (RHP). These companies are all part of the "specialized reits" industry.
EPR Properties (NYSE:EPR) and Medical Properties Trust (NYSE:MPW) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, community ranking and valuation.
Medical Properties Trust received 36 more outperform votes than EPR Properties when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 58.72% of users gave EPR Properties an outperform vote while only 58.09% of users gave Medical Properties Trust an outperform vote.
74.7% of EPR Properties shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.8% of Medical Properties Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 1.9% of EPR Properties shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Medical Properties Trust shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
EPR Properties has a net margin of 24.52% compared to Medical Properties Trust's net margin of -2.40%. EPR Properties' return on equity of 6.96% beat Medical Properties Trust's return on equity.
EPR Properties has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Medical Properties Trust. Medical Properties Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than EPR Properties, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
EPR Properties currently has a consensus price target of $48.05, indicating a potential upside of 17.24%. Medical Properties Trust has a consensus price target of $5.75, indicating a potential upside of 27.49%. Given Medical Properties Trust's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Medical Properties Trust is more favorable than EPR Properties.
EPR Properties has a beta of 1.65, meaning that its share price is 65% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Medical Properties Trust has a beta of 1.2, meaning that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Medical Properties Trust had 7 more articles in the media than EPR Properties. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Medical Properties Trust and 7 mentions for EPR Properties. Medical Properties Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.28 beat EPR Properties' score of 1.12 indicating that Medical Properties Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
EPR Properties pays an annual dividend of $3.42 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.3%. Medical Properties Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.3%. EPR Properties pays out 173.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Medical Properties Trust pays out -63.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Medical Properties Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
EPR Properties beats Medical Properties Trust on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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