CTRE vs. HHH, GRP.U, BXMT, EPR, SKT, SLG, CUZ, MAC, IRT, and HASI
Should you be buying CareTrust REIT stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CareTrust REIT include Howard Hughes (HHH), Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple (GRP.U), Blackstone Mortgage Trust (BXMT), EPR Properties (EPR), Tanger (SKT), SL Green Realty (SLG), Cousins Properties (CUZ), Macerich (MAC), Independence Realty Trust (IRT), and Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital (HASI). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
CareTrust REIT (NASDAQ:CTRE) and Howard Hughes (NYSE:HHH) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, community ranking, risk, earnings and dividends.
CareTrust REIT has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Howard Hughes. Howard Hughes is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CareTrust REIT, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
CareTrust REIT has a net margin of 24.67% compared to Howard Hughes' net margin of -53.88%. CareTrust REIT's return on equity of 5.14% beat Howard Hughes' return on equity.
CareTrust REIT received 413 more outperform votes than Howard Hughes when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.89% of users gave CareTrust REIT an outperform vote while only 20.00% of users gave Howard Hughes an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Howard Hughes had 1 more articles in the media than CareTrust REIT. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Howard Hughes and 5 mentions for CareTrust REIT. Howard Hughes' average media sentiment score of 0.51 beat CareTrust REIT's score of 0.26 indicating that Howard Hughes is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
CareTrust REIT presently has a consensus price target of $23.57, suggesting a potential downside of 6.54%. Howard Hughes has a consensus price target of $97.00, suggesting a potential upside of 46.08%. Given Howard Hughes' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Howard Hughes is more favorable than CareTrust REIT.
87.8% of CareTrust REIT shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.8% of Howard Hughes shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.8% of CareTrust REIT shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 33.0% of Howard Hughes shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
CareTrust REIT has a beta of 1.03, suggesting that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Howard Hughes has a beta of 1.49, suggesting that its share price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
CareTrust REIT beats Howard Hughes on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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