Healthpeak Properties (DOC) Competitors

VICI Properties (NYSE:VICI) and Healthpeak Properties (NYSE:DOC) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, dividends and analyst recommendations.

Is VICI or DOC a better dividend stock?

VICI Properties pays an annual dividend of $1.73 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.4%. Healthpeak Properties pays an annual dividend of $1.22 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.0%. VICI Properties pays out 69.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Healthpeak Properties pays out 305.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. VICI Properties has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years.

Do analysts prefer VICI or DOC?

VICI Properties presently has a consensus target price of $35.18, indicating a potential upside of 10.20%. Healthpeak Properties has a consensus target price of $23.45, indicating a potential upside of 34.10%. Given Healthpeak Properties' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Healthpeak Properties is more favorable than VICI Properties.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
VICI Properties	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.73
Healthpeak Properties	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.82

Is VICI or DOC more profitable?

VICI Properties has a net margin of 69.59% compared to Healthpeak Properties' net margin of 9.00%. VICI Properties' return on equity of 10.24% beat Healthpeak Properties' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
VICI Properties	69.59%	10.24%	6.02%
Healthpeak Properties	9.00%	2.61%	1.21%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor VICI or DOC?

Healthpeak Properties received 211 more outperform votes than VICI Properties when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.09% of users gave VICI Properties an outperform vote while only 62.29% of users gave Healthpeak Properties an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
VICI Properties	Outperform Votes 306 66.09%	Underperform Votes 157 33.91%
Healthpeak Properties	Outperform Votes 517 62.29%	Underperform Votes 313 37.71%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in VICI or DOC?

97.7% of VICI Properties shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.6% of Healthpeak Properties shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of VICI Properties shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Healthpeak Properties shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has higher valuation & earnings, VICI or DOC?

VICI Properties has higher revenue and earnings than Healthpeak Properties. VICI Properties is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Healthpeak Properties, 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
VICI Properties	$3.88B	8.69	$2.51B	$2.50	12.77
Healthpeak Properties	$543.46M	22.36	$243.14M	$0.40	43.73

Does the media favor VICI or DOC?

In the previous week, Healthpeak Properties had 7 more articles in the media than VICI Properties. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Healthpeak Properties and 19 mentions for VICI Properties. VICI Properties' average media sentiment score of 1.43 beat Healthpeak Properties' score of 1.30 indicating that VICI Properties is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
VICI Properties	15 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Healthpeak Properties	22 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk & volatility, VICI or DOC?

VICI Properties has a beta of 0.74, suggesting that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Healthpeak Properties has a beta of 1.05, suggesting that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

VICI Properties beats Healthpeak Properties on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.