CareTrust REIT (CTRE) Competitors

Nomura (NYSE:NMR) and CareTrust REIT (NASDAQ:CTRE) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, valuation, community ranking and profitability.

Which has more volatility and risk, NMR or CTRE?

Nomura has a beta of 0.65, indicating that its share price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CareTrust REIT has a beta of 0.88, indicating that its share price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend NMR or CTRE?

CareTrust REIT has a consensus price target of $31.00, indicating a potential upside of 6.38%. Given CareTrust REIT's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe CareTrust REIT is more favorable than Nomura.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Nomura	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
CareTrust REIT	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer NMR or CTRE?

CareTrust REIT received 185 more outperform votes than Nomura when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.72% of users gave CareTrust REIT an outperform vote while only 53.74% of users gave Nomura an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Nomura	Outperform Votes 237 53.74%	Underperform Votes 204 46.26%
CareTrust REIT	Outperform Votes 422 64.72%	Underperform Votes 230 35.28%

Which has higher valuation & earnings, NMR or CTRE?

Nomura has higher revenue and earnings than CareTrust REIT. Nomura is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CareTrust REIT, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Nomura	$1.67T	0.01	$1.14B	$0.73	7.60
CareTrust REIT	$228.26M	23.96	$125.08M	$0.79	36.89

Does the media prefer NMR or CTRE?

In the previous week, Nomura and Nomura both had 11 articles in the media. CareTrust REIT's average media sentiment score of 1.33 beat Nomura's score of 0.11 indicating that CareTrust REIT is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Nomura	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
CareTrust REIT	10 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is NMR or CTRE more profitable?

CareTrust REIT has a net margin of 42.22% compared to Nomura's net margin of 7.96%. Nomura's return on equity of 9.19% beat CareTrust REIT's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Nomura	7.96%	9.19%	0.56%
CareTrust REIT	42.22%	5.59%	4.39%

Is NMR or CTRE a better dividend stock?

Nomura pays an annual dividend of $0.26 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. CareTrust REIT pays an annual dividend of $1.34 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Nomura pays out 35.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. CareTrust REIT pays out 169.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Nomura is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in NMR or CTRE?

15.1% of Nomura shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.8% of CareTrust REIT shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of Nomura shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of CareTrust REIT shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

CareTrust REIT beats Nomura on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.