Sabra Health Care REIT (SBRA) Competitors

Corporate Office Properties Trust (NYSE:OFC) and Sabra Health Care REIT (NASDAQ:SBRA) are both mid-cap real estate companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, risk, media sentiment, community ranking, dividends and earnings.

Do analysts rate OFC or SBRA?

Corporate Office Properties Trust presently has a consensus price target of $29.00, indicating a potential upside of ∞. Sabra Health Care REIT has a consensus price target of $15.71, indicating a potential upside of 9.62%. Given Sabra Health Care REIT's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Corporate Office Properties Trust is more favorable than Sabra Health Care REIT.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Corporate Office Properties Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
Sabra Health Care REIT	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.55

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of OFC or SBRA?

99.4% of Sabra Health Care REIT shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of Corporate Office Properties Trust shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Sabra Health Care REIT shares are held by company 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.

Is OFC or SBRA more profitable?

Corporate Office Properties Trust has a net margin of 27.43% compared to Corporate Office Properties Trust's net margin of 7.58%. Sabra Health Care REIT's return on equity of 10.93% beat Corporate Office Properties Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Corporate Office Properties Trust	27.43%	10.93%	4.49%
Sabra Health Care REIT	7.58%	1.74%	0.91%

Which has more risk and volatility, OFC or SBRA?

Corporate Office Properties Trust has a beta of 1.03, indicating that its stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sabra Health Care REIT has a beta of 1.17, indicating that its stock price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is OFC or SBRA a better dividend stock?

Corporate Office Properties Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.14 per share. Sabra Health Care REIT pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.4%. Corporate Office Properties Trust pays out 67.5% 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. Corporate Office Properties Trust has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Sabra Health Care REIT has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Sabra Health Care REIT is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Which has better earnings & valuation, OFC or SBRA?

Corporate Office Properties Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Sabra Health Care REIT. Corporate Office 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Corporate Office Properties Trust	$739.03M	0.00	$173.03M	$1.69	N/A
Sabra Health Care REIT	$647.51M	5.13	$13.76M	$0.20	71.70

Does the media favor OFC or SBRA?

In the previous week, Sabra Health Care REIT had 8 more articles in the media than Corporate Office Properties Trust. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Sabra Health Care REIT and 2 mentions for Corporate Office Properties Trust. Corporate Office Properties Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.56 beat Sabra Health Care REIT's score of 1.49 indicating that Sabra Health Care REIT is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Corporate Office Properties Trust	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Sabra Health Care REIT	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer OFC or SBRA?

Sabra Health Care REIT received 144 more outperform votes than Corporate Office Properties Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.95% of users gave Sabra Health Care REIT an outperform vote while only 51.15% of users gave Corporate Office Properties Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Corporate Office Properties Trust	Outperform Votes 356 51.15%	Underperform Votes 340 48.85%
Sabra Health Care REIT	Outperform Votes 500 59.95%	Underperform Votes 334 40.05%

Summary

Sabra Health Care REIT beats Corporate Office Properties Trust on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.