SBRA vs. EPR, NHI, PEB, RLJ, DRH, SVC, LTC, CXW, INN, and UHT
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), National Health Investors (NHI), Pebblebrook Hotel Trust (PEB), RLJ Lodging Trust (RLJ), DiamondRock Hospitality (DRH), Service Properties Trust (SVC), LTC Properties (LTC), CoreCivic (CXW), Summit Hotel Properties (INN), and Universal Health Realty Income Trust (UHT). These companies are all part of the "specialized reits" industry.
Sabra Health Care REIT vs.
Sabra Health Care REIT (NASDAQ:SBRA) and EPR Properties (NYSE:EPR) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, earnings, community ranking, valuation and media sentiment.
Sabra Health Care REIT has a beta of 1.3, suggesting that its share price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, EPR Properties has a beta of 1.68, suggesting that its share price is 68% more volatile than the S&P 500.
87.2% of Sabra Health Care REIT shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.6% of EPR Properties shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of Sabra Health Care REIT shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of EPR Properties shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Sabra Health Care REIT pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.2%. EPR Properties pays an annual dividend of $3.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.2%. Sabra Health Care REIT pays out -352.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. EPR Properties pays out 163.4% 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
EPR Properties has higher revenue and earnings than Sabra Health Care REIT. Sabra Health Care REIT is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than EPR Properties, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Sabra Health Care REIT and Sabra Health Care REIT both had 6 articles in the media. Sabra Health Care REIT's average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat EPR Properties' score of 0.69 indicating that Sabra Health Care REIT is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Sabra Health Care REIT presently has a consensus price target of $14.50, suggesting a potential upside of 35.64%. EPR Properties has a consensus price target of $50.33, suggesting a potential upside of 40.95%. Given EPR Properties' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe EPR Properties is more favorable than Sabra Health Care REIT.
Sabra Health Care REIT received 127 more outperform votes than EPR Properties when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.79% of users gave Sabra Health Care REIT an outperform vote while only 60.00% of users gave EPR Properties an outperform vote.
EPR Properties has a net margin of 26.78% compared to Sabra Health Care REIT's net margin of -12.42%. EPR Properties' return on equity of 6.86% beat Sabra Health Care REIT's return on equity.
Summary
EPR Properties beats Sabra Health Care REIT on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding SBRA and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
Sabra Health Care REIT Competitors List
