Healthpeak Properties (DOC) Competitors

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

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of DOC or ARES?

93.6% of Healthpeak Properties shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.0% of Ares Management shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Healthpeak Properties shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Ares Management shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor DOC or ARES?

Ares Management received 93 more outperform votes than Healthpeak Properties when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.97% of users gave Ares Management an outperform vote while only 62.32% of users gave Healthpeak Properties an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Healthpeak Properties	Outperform Votes 516 62.32%	Underperform Votes 312 37.68%
Ares Management	Outperform Votes 609 68.97%	Underperform Votes 274 31.03%

Does the media refer more to DOC or ARES?

In the previous week, Healthpeak Properties had 16 more articles in the media than Ares Management. MarketBeat recorded 39 mentions for Healthpeak Properties and 23 mentions for Ares Management. Ares Management's average media sentiment score of 1.45 beat Healthpeak Properties' score of 0.67 indicating that Ares Management is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Healthpeak Properties	14 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	8 Neutral mention(s)	5 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Ares Management	19 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts recommend DOC or ARES?

Healthpeak Properties presently has a consensus target price of $23.42, suggesting a potential upside of 32.15%. Ares Management has a consensus target price of $165.00, suggesting a potential upside of 10.57%. Given Healthpeak Properties' higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Healthpeak Properties is more favorable than Ares Management.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Healthpeak Properties	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75
Ares Management	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75

Which has higher earnings and valuation, DOC or ARES?

Ares Management has higher revenue and earnings than Healthpeak Properties. Healthpeak Properties is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ares Management, 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
Healthpeak Properties	$543.46M	22.81	$243.14M	$0.40	44.30
Ares Management	$3.88B	12.12	$440.96M	$2.03	73.51

Is DOC or ARES more profitable?

Ares Management has a net margin of 11.35% compared to Healthpeak Properties' net margin of 9.00%. Ares Management's return on equity of 16.64% beat Healthpeak Properties' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Healthpeak Properties	9.00%	2.61%	1.21%
Ares Management	11.35%	16.64%	3.41%

Which has more volatility and risk, DOC or ARES?

Healthpeak Properties has a beta of 1.02, meaning that its stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ares Management has a beta of 1.32, meaning that its stock price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is DOC or ARES a better dividend stock?

Healthpeak Properties pays an annual dividend of $1.22 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.9%. Ares Management pays an annual dividend of $3.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. 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. Ares Management pays out 183.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Summary

Ares Management beats Healthpeak Properties on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.