VTR vs. CUBE, OHI, EXR, RHP, HR, PSA, WELL, ESS, SBAC, and ARE
Should you be buying Ventas stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ventas include CubeSmart (CUBE), Omega Healthcare Investors (OHI), Extra Space Storage (EXR), Ryman Hospitality Properties (RHP), Healthcare Realty Trust (HR), Public Storage (PSA), Welltower (WELL), Essex Property Trust (ESS), SBA Communications (SBAC), and Alexandria Real Estate Equities (ARE). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
Ventas (NYSE:VTR) and CubeSmart (NYSE:CUBE) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, risk, community ranking, profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings and valuation.
CubeSmart has a net margin of 38.64% compared to Ventas' net margin of -1.58%. CubeSmart's return on equity of 14.48% beat Ventas' return on equity.
Ventas has a beta of 1.25, indicating that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CubeSmart has a beta of 0.72, indicating that its share price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500.
94.2% of Ventas shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.6% of CubeSmart shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Ventas shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of CubeSmart 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.
Ventas pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. CubeSmart pays an annual dividend of $2.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. Ventas pays out -947.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. CubeSmart pays out 113.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Ventas presently has a consensus target price of $51.25, indicating a potential upside of 9.53%. CubeSmart has a consensus target price of $46.33, indicating a potential upside of 11.00%. Given CubeSmart's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe CubeSmart is more favorable than Ventas.
CubeSmart has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Ventas. Ventas is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CubeSmart, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Ventas received 110 more outperform votes than CubeSmart when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.78% of users gave CubeSmart an outperform vote while only 56.49% of users gave Ventas an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Ventas had 8 more articles in the media than CubeSmart. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Ventas and 8 mentions for CubeSmart. Ventas' average media sentiment score of 0.77 beat CubeSmart's score of 0.71 indicating that Ventas is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
CubeSmart beats Ventas on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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