EPR Properties (EPR) Competitors

Regency Centers (NASDAQ:REG) and EPR Properties (NYSE:EPR) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and risk.

Is REG or EPR a better dividend stock?

Regency Centers pays an annual dividend of $2.82 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. EPR Properties pays an annual dividend of $3.54 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.7%. Regency Centers pays out 131.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. EPR Properties pays out 174.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Regency Centers has increased its dividend for 5 consecutive years and EPR Properties has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years.

Do analysts recommend REG or EPR?

Regency Centers presently has a consensus target price of $79.00, indicating a potential upside of 9.60%. EPR Properties has a consensus target price of $57.07, indicating a potential upside of 7.59%. Given Regency Centers' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Regency Centers is more favorable than EPR Properties.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Regency Centers	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75
EPR Properties	1 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Does the media prefer REG or EPR?

In the previous week, EPR Properties had 1 more articles in the media than Regency Centers. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for EPR Properties and 11 mentions for Regency Centers. Regency Centers' average media sentiment score of 1.23 beat EPR Properties' score of 0.97 indicating that Regency Centers is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Regency Centers	6 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
EPR Properties	9 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is REG or EPR more profitable?

Regency Centers has a net margin of 27.00% compared to EPR Properties' net margin of 25.28%. EPR Properties' return on equity of 7.66% beat Regency Centers' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Regency Centers	27.00%	6.05%	3.22%
EPR Properties	25.28%	7.66%	3.21%

Which has more risk and volatility, REG or EPR?

Regency Centers has a beta of 1.09, indicating that its stock price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, EPR Properties has a beta of 1.32, indicating that its stock price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, REG or EPR?

Regency Centers has higher revenue and earnings than EPR Properties. EPR Properties is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Regency Centers, 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
Regency Centers	$1.45B	9.00	$400.39M	$2.14	33.68
EPR Properties	$698.07M	5.78	$146.07M	$2.03	26.13

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of REG or EPR?

96.1% of Regency Centers shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.7% of EPR Properties shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Regency Centers shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of EPR 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.

Summary

Regency Centers beats EPR Properties on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.