CareTrust REIT (CTRE) Competitors

CareTrust REIT (NASDAQ:CTRE) and Sabra Health Care REIT (NASDAQ:SBRA) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership and risk.

Do analysts prefer CTRE or SBRA?

CareTrust REIT currently has a consensus target price of $23.57, suggesting a potential downside of 0.71%. Sabra Health Care REIT has a consensus target price of $15.54, suggesting a potential upside of 15.72%. Given Sabra Health Care REIT's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Sabra Health Care REIT is more favorable than CareTrust REIT.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CareTrust REIT	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.71
Sabra Health Care REIT	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in CTRE or SBRA?

87.8% of CareTrust REIT shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.4% of Sabra Health Care REIT shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.8% of CareTrust REIT shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Sabra Health Care REIT shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more risk and volatility, CTRE or SBRA?

CareTrust REIT has a beta of 1.05, suggesting that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sabra Health Care REIT has a beta of 1.16, suggesting that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CTRE or SBRA?

Sabra Health Care REIT received 86 more outperform votes than CareTrust REIT when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.89% of users gave CareTrust REIT an outperform vote while only 60.02% of users gave Sabra Health Care REIT an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
CareTrust REIT	Outperform Votes 414 64.89%	Underperform Votes 224 35.11%
Sabra Health Care REIT	Outperform Votes 500 60.02%	Underperform Votes 333 39.98%

Is CTRE or SBRA more profitable?

CareTrust REIT has a net margin of 24.67% compared to Sabra Health Care REIT's net margin of 2.12%. CareTrust REIT's return on equity of 5.14% beat Sabra Health Care REIT's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CareTrust REIT	24.67%	5.14%	2.98%
Sabra Health Care REIT	2.12%	0.47%	0.25%

Is CTRE or SBRA a better dividend stock?

CareTrust REIT pays an annual dividend of $1.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. Sabra Health Care REIT pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.9%. CareTrust REIT pays out 236.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Sabra Health Care REIT pays out 2,400.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Does the media prefer CTRE or SBRA?

In the previous week, CareTrust REIT had 1 more articles in the media than Sabra Health Care REIT. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for CareTrust REIT and 2 mentions for Sabra Health Care REIT. Sabra Health Care REIT's average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat CareTrust REIT's score of 0.21 indicating that Sabra Health Care REIT is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
CareTrust REIT	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Sabra Health Care REIT	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has better earnings and valuation, CTRE or SBRA?

CareTrust REIT has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Sabra Health Care REIT. CareTrust REIT is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sabra Health Care 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
CareTrust REIT	$217.77M	14.72	$53.74M	$0.49	48.45
Sabra Health Care REIT	$647.51M	4.80	$13.76M	$0.05	268.60

Summary

CareTrust REIT beats Sabra Health Care REIT on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.