DOC vs. AMH, KIM, HST, WPC, UDR, GLPI, ELS, LAMR, MAA, and REG
Should you be buying Healthpeak Properties stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Healthpeak Properties include American Homes 4 Rent (AMH), Kimco Realty (KIM), Host Hotels & Resorts (HST), W. P. Carey (WPC), UDR (UDR), Gaming and Leisure Properties (GLPI), Equity LifeStyle Properties (ELS), Lamar Advertising (LAMR), Mid-America Apartment Communities (MAA), and Regency Centers (REG). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
American Homes 4 Rent (NYSE:AMH) 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 institutional ownership, earnings, risk, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment and dividends.
American Homes 4 Rent has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Healthpeak Properties. American Homes 4 Rent is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Healthpeak Properties, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Healthpeak Properties had 16 more articles in the media than American Homes 4 Rent. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Healthpeak Properties and 8 mentions for American Homes 4 Rent. American Homes 4 Rent's average media sentiment score of 0.66 beat Healthpeak Properties' score of 0.59 indicating that Healthpeak Properties is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
91.9% of American Homes 4 Rent shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.6% of Healthpeak Properties shares are held by institutional investors. 6.3% of American Homes 4 Rent shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Healthpeak Properties shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
American Homes 4 Rent pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Healthpeak Properties pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.4%. American Homes 4 Rent pays out 104.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Healthpeak Properties pays out 342.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. American Homes 4 Rent has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years.
American Homes 4 Rent currently has a consensus price target of $39.67, suggesting a potential upside of 8.94%. Healthpeak Properties has a consensus price target of $18.36, suggesting a potential downside of 2.32%. Given Healthpeak Properties' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe American Homes 4 Rent is more favorable than Healthpeak Properties.
American Homes 4 Rent received 95 more outperform votes than Healthpeak Properties when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.59% of users gave American Homes 4 Rent an outperform vote while only 62.85% of users gave Healthpeak Properties an outperform vote.
American Homes 4 Rent has a beta of 0.7, suggesting that its share price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Healthpeak Properties has a beta of 1.02, suggesting that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500.
American Homes 4 Rent has a net margin of 23.42% compared to American Homes 4 Rent's net margin of 8.56%. Healthpeak Properties' return on equity of 5.14% beat American Homes 4 Rent's return on equity.
Summary
American Homes 4 Rent beats Healthpeak Properties on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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