LTC vs. CXW, SVC, RLJ, PEB, DRH, INN, DHC, UHT, CLDT, and NHI
Should you be buying LTC Properties stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of LTC Properties include CoreCivic (CXW), Service Properties Trust (SVC), RLJ Lodging Trust (RLJ), Pebblebrook Hotel Trust (PEB), DiamondRock Hospitality (DRH), Summit Hotel Properties (INN), Diversified Healthcare Trust (DHC), Universal Health Realty Income Trust (UHT), Chatham Lodging Trust (CLDT), and National Health Investors (NHI). These companies are all part of the "specialized reits" industry.
LTC Properties (NYSE:LTC) and CoreCivic (NYSE:CXW) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, dividends, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, risk and profitability.
69.3% of LTC Properties shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.1% of CoreCivic shares are held by institutional investors. 2.0% of LTC Properties shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of CoreCivic shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
LTC Properties has a beta of 0.86, suggesting that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CoreCivic has a beta of 0.81, suggesting that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, LTC Properties had 10 more articles in the media than CoreCivic. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for LTC Properties and 5 mentions for CoreCivic. LTC Properties' average media sentiment score of 0.49 beat CoreCivic's score of 0.08 indicating that LTC Properties is being referred to more favorably in the media.
CoreCivic received 54 more outperform votes than LTC Properties when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.04% of users gave CoreCivic an outperform vote while only 56.35% of users gave LTC Properties an outperform vote.
LTC Properties currently has a consensus target price of $33.40, indicating a potential downside of 0.48%. CoreCivic has a consensus target price of $19.00, indicating a potential upside of 24.26%. Given CoreCivic's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe CoreCivic is more favorable than LTC Properties.
LTC Properties has a net margin of 40.60% compared to CoreCivic's net margin of 3.56%. LTC Properties' return on equity of 9.09% beat CoreCivic's return on equity.
LTC Properties has higher earnings, but lower revenue than CoreCivic. LTC Properties is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CoreCivic, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
LTC Properties beats CoreCivic on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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