CTRE vs. MAC, MPW, APLE, SLG, HASI, CUZ, HHH, SBRA, EPR, and GRP.U
Should you be buying CareTrust REIT stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CareTrust REIT include Macerich (MAC), Medical Properties Trust (MPW), Apple Hospitality REIT (APLE), SL Green Realty (SLG), Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital (HASI), Cousins Properties (CUZ), Howard Hughes (HHH), Sabra Health Care REIT (SBRA), EPR Properties (EPR), and Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple (GRP.U). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
CareTrust REIT (NASDAQ:CTRE) and Macerich (NYSE:MAC) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, dividends, risk, institutional ownership and earnings.
CareTrust REIT pays an annual dividend of $1.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Macerich pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. CareTrust REIT pays out 223.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Macerich pays out -43.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
87.8% of CareTrust REIT shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.4% of Macerich shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of CareTrust REIT shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Macerich shares are owned 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.
Macerich received 61 more outperform votes than CareTrust REIT when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.95% of users gave CareTrust REIT an outperform vote while only 51.74% of users gave Macerich an outperform vote.
CareTrust REIT has a net margin of 27.47% compared to Macerich's net margin of -38.96%. CareTrust REIT's return on equity of 5.04% beat Macerich's return on equity.
CareTrust REIT has a beta of 1.03, suggesting that its stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Macerich has a beta of 2.38, suggesting that its stock price is 138% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Macerich had 10 more articles in the media than CareTrust REIT. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Macerich and 1 mentions for CareTrust REIT. CareTrust REIT's average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat Macerich's score of 0.10 indicating that CareTrust REIT is being referred to more favorably in the media.
CareTrust REIT currently has a consensus price target of $23.86, suggesting a potential downside of 4.88%. Macerich has a consensus price target of $14.71, suggesting a potential downside of 5.31%. Given CareTrust REIT's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe CareTrust REIT is more favorable than Macerich.
CareTrust REIT has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Macerich. Macerich is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CareTrust REIT, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
CareTrust REIT beats Macerich on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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