SBRA vs. EPR, PCH, NHI, MPW, DRH, PEB, RLJ, CXW, RYN, and HR
Should you be buying Sabra Health Care REIT stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sabra Health Care REIT include EPR Properties (EPR), PotlatchDeltic (PCH), National Health Investors (NHI), Medical Properties Trust (MPW), DiamondRock Hospitality (DRH), Pebblebrook Hotel Trust (PEB), RLJ Lodging Trust (RLJ), CoreCivic (CXW), Rayonier (RYN), and Healthcare Realty Trust (HR). These companies are all part of the "specialized reits" industry.
EPR Properties (NYSE:EPR) and Sabra Health Care REIT (NASDAQ:SBRA) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, risk, valuation and institutional ownership.
76.1% of EPR Properties shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.4% of Sabra Health Care REIT shares are held by institutional investors. 1.9% of EPR Properties shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Sabra Health Care REIT shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
EPR Properties has a net margin of 24.52% compared to EPR Properties' net margin of 2.12%. Sabra Health Care REIT's return on equity of 6.96% beat EPR Properties' return on equity.
Sabra Health Care REIT received 123 more outperform votes than EPR Properties when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.02% of users gave Sabra Health Care REIT an outperform vote while only 58.81% of users gave EPR Properties an outperform vote.
EPR Properties presently has a consensus target price of $48.55, suggesting a potential upside of 17.10%. Sabra Health Care REIT has a consensus target price of $15.35, suggesting a potential upside of 8.22%. Given Sabra Health Care REIT's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe EPR Properties is more favorable than Sabra Health Care REIT.
EPR Properties has higher revenue and earnings than Sabra Health Care REIT. EPR Properties 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.
EPR Properties pays an annual dividend of $3.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.0%. Sabra Health Care REIT pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.5%. EPR Properties pays out 167.5% 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. EPR Properties has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years.
EPR Properties has a beta of 1.65, meaning that its stock price is 65% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sabra Health Care REIT has a beta of 1.16, meaning that its stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, EPR Properties had 5 more articles in the media than Sabra Health Care REIT. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for EPR Properties and 3 mentions for Sabra Health Care REIT. EPR Properties' average media sentiment score of 1.61 beat Sabra Health Care REIT's score of 0.22 indicating that Sabra Health Care REIT is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
EPR Properties beats Sabra Health Care REIT on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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