Diversified Healthcare Trust (DHC) Competitors

PotlatchDeltic (NASDAQ:PCH) and Diversified Healthcare Trust (NASDAQ:DHC) are both construction companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment and earnings.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in PCH or DHC?

86.1% of PotlatchDeltic shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.0% of Diversified Healthcare Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of PotlatchDeltic shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Diversified Healthcare Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer PCH or DHC?

In the previous week, Diversified Healthcare Trust had 1 more articles in the media than PotlatchDeltic. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Diversified Healthcare Trust and 4 mentions for PotlatchDeltic. Diversified Healthcare Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.88 beat PotlatchDeltic's score of 1.02 indicating that Diversified Healthcare Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
PotlatchDeltic	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Diversified Healthcare Trust	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community favor PCH or DHC?

PotlatchDeltic received 10 more outperform votes than Diversified Healthcare Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 53.67% of users gave Diversified Healthcare Trust an outperform vote while only 52.75% of users gave PotlatchDeltic an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
PotlatchDeltic	Outperform Votes 288 52.75%	Underperform Votes 258 47.25%
Diversified Healthcare Trust	Outperform Votes 278 53.67%	Underperform Votes 240 46.33%

Which has more volatility & risk, PCH or DHC?

PotlatchDeltic has a beta of 1.17, meaning that its share price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Diversified Healthcare Trust has a beta of 2.45, meaning that its share price is 145% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is PCH or DHC a better dividend stock?

PotlatchDeltic pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. Diversified Healthcare Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. PotlatchDeltic pays out 295.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Diversified Healthcare Trust pays out -3.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Do analysts recommend PCH or DHC?

PotlatchDeltic presently has a consensus price target of $48.57, indicating a potential upside of 21.73%. Diversified Healthcare Trust has a consensus price target of $3.75, indicating a potential upside of 9.01%. Given PotlatchDeltic's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe PotlatchDeltic is more favorable than Diversified Healthcare Trust.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
PotlatchDeltic	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.86
Diversified Healthcare Trust	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, PCH or DHC?

PotlatchDeltic has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Diversified Healthcare Trust. Diversified Healthcare Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than PotlatchDeltic, 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
PotlatchDeltic	$1.10B	2.85	$21.88M	$0.61	65.41
Diversified Healthcare Trust	$1.51B	0.55	-$293.57M	-$1.22	-2.82

Is PCH or DHC more profitable?

PotlatchDeltic has a net margin of 2.06% compared to Diversified Healthcare Trust's net margin of -26.09%. PotlatchDeltic's return on equity of 1.05% beat Diversified Healthcare Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
PotlatchDeltic	2.06%	1.05%	0.65%
Diversified Healthcare Trust	-26.09%	-17.55%	-7.20%

Summary

PotlatchDeltic beats Diversified Healthcare Trust on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.