HR vs. WY, VTR, CUBE, OHI, RHP, RYN, PCH, SBRA, EPR, and MPW
Should you be buying Healthcare Realty Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Healthcare Realty Trust include Weyerhaeuser (WY), Ventas (VTR), CubeSmart (CUBE), Omega Healthcare Investors (OHI), Ryman Hospitality Properties (RHP), Rayonier (RYN), PotlatchDeltic (PCH), Sabra Health Care REIT (SBRA), EPR Properties (EPR), and Medical Properties Trust (MPW). These companies are all part of the "specialized reits" industry.
Healthcare Realty Trust (NYSE:HR) and Weyerhaeuser (NYSE:WY) are both real estate companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, community ranking, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
83.0% of Weyerhaeuser shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Healthcare Realty Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Weyerhaeuser shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Weyerhaeuser has higher revenue and earnings than Healthcare Realty Trust. Healthcare Realty Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Weyerhaeuser, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Healthcare Realty Trust currently has a consensus price target of $17.20, suggesting a potential upside of 9.90%. Weyerhaeuser has a consensus price target of $37.67, suggesting a potential upside of 24.72%. Given Weyerhaeuser's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Weyerhaeuser is more favorable than Healthcare Realty Trust.
Healthcare Realty Trust has a beta of 0.78, meaning that its share price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Weyerhaeuser has a beta of 1.47, meaning that its share price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Healthcare Realty Trust had 1 more articles in the media than Weyerhaeuser. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Healthcare Realty Trust and 4 mentions for Weyerhaeuser. Healthcare Realty Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.78 beat Weyerhaeuser's score of 0.71 indicating that Healthcare Realty Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Weyerhaeuser has a net margin of 10.57% compared to Healthcare Realty Trust's net margin of -37.53%. Weyerhaeuser's return on equity of 7.00% beat Healthcare Realty Trust's return on equity.
Weyerhaeuser received 219 more outperform votes than Healthcare Realty Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.80% of users gave Weyerhaeuser an outperform vote while only 51.22% of users gave Healthcare Realty Trust an outperform vote.
Healthcare Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.9%. Weyerhaeuser pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Healthcare Realty Trust pays out -93.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Weyerhaeuser pays out 72.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Healthcare Realty Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
Weyerhaeuser beats Healthcare Realty Trust on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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