LTC vs. HR, RYN, PCH, SBRA, EPR, MPW, NHI, SHO, GEO, and DRH
Should you be buying LTC Properties stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of LTC Properties include Healthcare Realty Trust (HR), Rayonier (RYN), PotlatchDeltic (PCH), Sabra Health Care REIT (SBRA), EPR Properties (EPR), Medical Properties Trust (MPW), National Health Investors (NHI), Sunstone Hotel Investors (SHO), The GEO Group (GEO), and DiamondRock Hospitality (DRH). These companies are all part of the "specialized reits" industry.
Healthcare Realty Trust (NYSE:HR) and LTC Properties (NYSE:LTC) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, earnings, dividends, risk, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
Healthcare Realty Trust received 2 more outperform votes than LTC Properties when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 56.35% of users gave LTC Properties an outperform vote while only 51.22% of users gave Healthcare Realty Trust an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Healthcare Realty Trust had 1 more articles in the media than LTC Properties. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Healthcare Realty Trust and 3 mentions for LTC Properties. LTC Properties' average media sentiment score of 1.78 beat Healthcare Realty Trust's score of 1.06 indicating that Healthcare Realty Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.
LTC Properties has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Healthcare Realty Trust. Healthcare Realty Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than LTC Properties, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Healthcare Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.9%. LTC Properties pays an annual dividend of $2.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.6%. Healthcare Realty Trust pays out -93.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. LTC Properties pays out 118.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Healthcare Realty Trust has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Healthcare Realty Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Healthcare Realty Trust currently has a consensus target price of $17.20, suggesting a potential upside of 9.90%. LTC Properties has a consensus target price of $33.40, suggesting a potential downside of 2.71%. Given LTC Properties' higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Healthcare Realty Trust is more favorable than LTC Properties.
69.3% of LTC Properties shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Healthcare Realty Trust shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of LTC Properties shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Healthcare Realty Trust has a beta of 0.78, meaning that its share price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, LTC Properties has a beta of 0.86, meaning that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.
LTC Properties has a net margin of 40.60% compared to LTC Properties' net margin of -37.53%. Healthcare Realty Trust's return on equity of 9.09% beat LTC Properties' return on equity.
Summary
LTC Properties beats Healthcare Realty Trust on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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