MPW vs. NHI, EPR, SBRA, DRH, PEB, RLJ, CXW, LTC, SVC, and HR
Should you be buying Medical Properties Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Medical Properties Trust include National Health Investors (NHI), EPR Properties (EPR), Sabra Health Care REIT (SBRA), DiamondRock Hospitality (DRH), Pebblebrook Hotel Trust (PEB), RLJ Lodging Trust (RLJ), CoreCivic (CXW), LTC Properties (LTC), Service Properties Trust (SVC), and Healthcare Realty Trust (HR). These companies are all part of the "specialized reits" industry.
Medical Properties Trust (NYSE:MPW) and National Health Investors (NYSE:NHI) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk and profitability.
71.8% of Medical Properties Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.5% of National Health Investors shares are held by institutional investors. 1.2% of Medical Properties Trust shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.3% of National Health Investors shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Medical Properties Trust received 65 more outperform votes than National Health Investors when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.09% of users gave Medical Properties Trust an outperform vote while only 56.22% of users gave National Health Investors an outperform vote.
Medical Properties Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.3%. National Health Investors pays an annual dividend of $3.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%. Medical Properties Trust pays out -63.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. National Health Investors pays out 115.0% 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Medical Properties Trust currently has a consensus price target of $5.75, indicating a potential upside of 18.07%. National Health Investors has a consensus price target of $60.50, indicating a potential downside of 6.52%. Given Medical Properties Trust's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Medical Properties Trust is more favorable than National Health Investors.
National Health Investors has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Medical Properties Trust. Medical Properties Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than National Health Investors, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Medical Properties Trust and Medical Properties Trust both had 8 articles in the media. Medical Properties Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.43 beat National Health Investors' score of 0.62 indicating that Medical Properties Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.
National Health Investors has a net margin of 42.40% compared to Medical Properties Trust's net margin of -2.40%. National Health Investors' return on equity of 10.65% beat Medical Properties Trust's return on equity.
Medical Properties Trust has a beta of 1.19, suggesting that its share price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, National Health Investors has a beta of 0.95, suggesting that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
National Health Investors beats Medical Properties Trust on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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