GEO vs. HR, RHP, RYN, PCH, SBRA, MPW, EPR, NHI, SHO, and DRH
Should you be buying The GEO Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of The GEO Group include Healthcare Realty Trust (HR), Ryman Hospitality Properties (RHP), Rayonier (RYN), PotlatchDeltic (PCH), Sabra Health Care REIT (SBRA), Medical Properties Trust (MPW), EPR Properties (EPR), National Health Investors (NHI), Sunstone Hotel Investors (SHO), and DiamondRock Hospitality (DRH). These companies are all part of the "specialized reits" industry.
The GEO Group (NYSE:GEO) and Healthcare Realty Trust (NYSE:HR) are both business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, community ranking, risk, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership and valuation.
The GEO Group has higher revenue and earnings than Healthcare Realty Trust. Healthcare Realty Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than The GEO Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
76.1% of The GEO Group shares are held by institutional investors. 5.0% of The GEO Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Healthcare Realty Trust shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
The GEO Group currently has a consensus target price of $17.00, suggesting a potential upside of 26.58%. Healthcare Realty Trust has a consensus target price of $17.30, suggesting a potential upside of 4.50%. Given The GEO Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe The GEO Group is more favorable than Healthcare Realty Trust.
In the previous week, The GEO Group had 8 more articles in the media than Healthcare Realty Trust. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for The GEO Group and 2 mentions for Healthcare Realty Trust. Healthcare Realty Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.84 beat The GEO Group's score of 1.04 indicating that Healthcare Realty Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
The GEO Group has a beta of 0.64, suggesting that its share price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Healthcare Realty Trust has a beta of 0.86, suggesting that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.
The GEO Group received 182 more outperform votes than Healthcare Realty Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.71% of users gave The GEO Group an outperform vote while only 51.15% of users gave Healthcare Realty Trust an outperform vote.
The GEO Group has a net margin of 4.51% compared to Healthcare Realty Trust's net margin of -37.53%. The GEO Group's return on equity of 8.88% beat Healthcare Realty Trust's return on equity.
Summary
The GEO Group beats Healthcare Realty Trust on 14 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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