MPW vs. SBRA, EPR, NHI, PEB, DRH, CXW, RLJ, 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 Sabra Health Care REIT (SBRA), EPR Properties (EPR), National Health Investors (NHI), Pebblebrook Hotel Trust (PEB), DiamondRock Hospitality (DRH), CoreCivic (CXW), RLJ Lodging Trust (RLJ), 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 Sabra Health Care REIT (NASDAQ:SBRA) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation and profitability.
Sabra Health Care REIT received 87 more outperform votes than Medical Properties Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.95% of users gave Sabra Health Care REIT an outperform vote while only 57.84% of users gave Medical Properties Trust an outperform vote.
Sabra Health Care REIT has a net margin of 7.58% compared to Medical Properties Trust's net margin of -2.40%. Sabra Health Care REIT's return on equity of 1.74% beat Medical Properties Trust's return on equity.
Medical Properties Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.7%. Sabra Health Care REIT pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.3%. Medical Properties Trust pays out -27.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Sabra Health Care REIT pays out 600.0% 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 has a beta of 1.19, suggesting that its share price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sabra Health Care REIT has a beta of 1.17, suggesting that its share price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Medical Properties Trust had 9 more articles in the media than Sabra Health Care REIT. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Medical Properties Trust and 9 mentions for Sabra Health Care REIT. Medical Properties Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat Sabra Health Care REIT's score of 1.03 indicating that Medical Properties Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.
71.8% of Medical Properties Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.4% of Sabra Health Care REIT shares are held by institutional investors. 1.5% of Medical Properties Trust shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Sabra Health Care REIT 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.
Medical Properties Trust currently has a consensus price target of $5.75, indicating a potential upside of 11.65%. Sabra Health Care REIT has a consensus price target of $15.71, indicating a potential upside of 8.33%. Given Medical Properties Trust's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Medical Properties Trust is more favorable than Sabra Health Care REIT.
Sabra Health Care REIT has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Medical Properties Trust. Medical Properties Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sabra Health Care REIT, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Sabra Health Care REIT beats Medical Properties Trust on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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