HR vs. RHP, OHI, EPR, MPW, NHI, DRH, PEB, RLJ, CXW, and CUBE
Should you be buying Healthcare Realty Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Healthcare Realty Trust include Ryman Hospitality Properties (RHP), Omega Healthcare Investors (OHI), EPR Properties (EPR), Medical Properties Trust (MPW), National Health Investors (NHI), DiamondRock Hospitality (DRH), Pebblebrook Hotel Trust (PEB), RLJ Lodging Trust (RLJ), CoreCivic (CXW), and CubeSmart (CUBE). These companies are all part of the "specialized reits" industry.
Ryman Hospitality Properties (NYSE:RHP) and Healthcare Realty Trust (NYSE:HR) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, community ranking and institutional ownership.
Ryman Hospitality Properties received 11 more outperform votes than Healthcare Realty Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.67% of users gave Ryman Hospitality Properties an outperform vote while only 51.38% of users gave Healthcare Realty Trust an outperform vote.
Ryman Hospitality Properties has a net margin of 13.35% compared to Ryman Hospitality Properties' net margin of -20.71%. Healthcare Realty Trust's return on equity of 56.86% beat Ryman Hospitality Properties' return on equity.
Ryman Hospitality Properties has a beta of 1.59, suggesting that its share price is 59% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Healthcare Realty Trust has a beta of 0.78, suggesting that its share price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Ryman Hospitality Properties had 3 more articles in the media than Healthcare Realty Trust. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Ryman Hospitality Properties and 10 mentions for Healthcare Realty Trust. Ryman Hospitality Properties' average media sentiment score of 0.81 beat Healthcare Realty Trust's score of 0.18 indicating that Healthcare Realty Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
94.5% of Ryman Hospitality Properties shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.0% of Ryman Hospitality Properties shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Healthcare Realty Trust shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Ryman Hospitality Properties has higher revenue and earnings than Healthcare Realty Trust. Healthcare Realty Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ryman Hospitality Properties, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Ryman Hospitality Properties currently has a consensus price target of $118.00, indicating a potential upside of 12.96%. Healthcare Realty Trust has a consensus price target of $17.20, indicating a potential upside of 15.59%. Given Ryman Hospitality Properties' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Healthcare Realty Trust is more favorable than Ryman Hospitality Properties.
Ryman Hospitality Properties pays an annual dividend of $4.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Healthcare Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.3%. Ryman Hospitality Properties pays out 91.1% 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 pays out -167.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ryman Hospitality Properties has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Healthcare Realty Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
Ryman Hospitality Properties beats Healthcare Realty Trust on 16 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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