ABR vs. MPW, LXP, OUT, NSA, CDP, DEI, HIW, NHI, BNL, and FCPT
Should you be buying Arbor Realty Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Arbor Realty Trust include Medical Properties Trust (MPW), LXP Industrial Trust (LXP), OUTFRONT Media (OUT), National Storage Affiliates Trust (NSA), COPT Defense Properties (CDP), Douglas Emmett (DEI), Highwoods Properties (HIW), National Health Investors (NHI), Broadstone Net Lease (BNL), and Four Corners Property Trust (FCPT). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
Arbor Realty Trust (NYSE:ABR) and Medical Properties Trust (NYSE:MPW) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, profitability and media sentiment.
In the previous week, Medical Properties Trust had 20 more articles in the media than Arbor Realty Trust. MarketBeat recorded 41 mentions for Medical Properties Trust and 21 mentions for Arbor Realty Trust. Arbor Realty Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.25 beat Medical Properties Trust's score of 0.70 indicating that Arbor Realty Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.
57.3% of Arbor Realty Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.8% of Medical Properties Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 3.7% of Arbor Realty Trust shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Medical Properties Trust shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Arbor Realty Trust has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Medical Properties Trust. Medical Properties Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Arbor Realty Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Arbor Realty Trust has a beta of 1.96, indicating that its stock price is 96% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Medical Properties Trust has a beta of 1.19, indicating that its stock price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Arbor Realty Trust presently has a consensus price target of $14.71, indicating a potential upside of 14.64%. Medical Properties Trust has a consensus price target of $5.75, indicating a potential upside of 22.47%. Given Medical Properties Trust's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Medical Properties Trust is more favorable than Arbor Realty Trust.
Medical Properties Trust received 128 more outperform votes than Arbor Realty Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.69% of users gave Arbor Realty Trust an outperform vote while only 58.09% of users gave Medical Properties Trust an outperform vote.
Arbor Realty Trust has a net margin of 26.05% compared to Medical Properties Trust's net margin of -2.40%. Arbor Realty Trust's return on equity of 17.04% beat Medical Properties Trust's return on equity.
Arbor Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.4%. Medical Properties Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.8%. Arbor Realty Trust pays out 106.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Medical Properties Trust pays out -63.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Summary
Arbor Realty Trust beats Medical Properties Trust on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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