HR vs. RHP, OHI, EPR, MPW, NHI, DRH, PEB, RLJ, CXW, and CUBE
Should you be buying Healthcare Realty Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Healthcare Realty Trust include Ryman Hospitality Properties (RHP), Omega Healthcare Investors (OHI), EPR Properties (EPR), Medical Properties Trust (MPW), National Health Investors (NHI), DiamondRock Hospitality (DRH), Pebblebrook Hotel Trust (PEB), RLJ Lodging Trust (RLJ), CoreCivic (CXW), and CubeSmart (CUBE). These companies are all part of the "specialized reits" industry.
Healthcare Realty Trust (NYSE:HR) and Ryman Hospitality Properties (NYSE:RHP) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, dividends and institutional ownership.
94.5% of Ryman Hospitality Properties shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Healthcare Realty Trust shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.0% of Ryman Hospitality Properties shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Ryman Hospitality Properties has a net margin of 14.42% compared to Healthcare Realty Trust's net margin of -20.71%. Ryman Hospitality Properties' return on equity of 75.64% beat Healthcare Realty Trust's return on equity.
Ryman Hospitality Properties received 11 more outperform votes than Healthcare Realty Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.67% of users gave Ryman Hospitality Properties an outperform vote while only 51.38% of users gave Healthcare Realty Trust an outperform vote.
Healthcare Realty Trust has a beta of 0.79, meaning that its share price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ryman Hospitality Properties has a beta of 1.57, meaning that its share price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Healthcare Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.8%. Ryman Hospitality Properties pays an annual dividend of $4.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Healthcare Realty Trust pays out -167.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ryman Hospitality Properties pays out 84.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Healthcare Realty Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Healthcare Realty Trust presently has a consensus price target of $17.20, indicating a potential upside of 21.64%. Ryman Hospitality Properties has a consensus price target of $118.00, indicating a potential upside of 10.22%. Given Healthcare Realty Trust's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Healthcare Realty Trust is more favorable than Ryman Hospitality Properties.
Ryman Hospitality Properties has higher revenue and earnings than Healthcare Realty Trust. Healthcare Realty Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ryman Hospitality Properties, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Healthcare Realty Trust had 5 more articles in the media than Ryman Hospitality Properties. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Healthcare Realty Trust and 2 mentions for Ryman Hospitality Properties. Healthcare Realty Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.40 beat Ryman Hospitality Properties' score of 0.78 indicating that Healthcare Realty Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Ryman Hospitality Properties beats Healthcare Realty Trust on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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