EPR Properties (EPR) Competitors

Omega Healthcare Investors (NYSE:OHI) and EPR Properties (NYSE:EPR) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, valuation, dividends and risk.

Which has more risk and volatility, OHI or EPR?

Omega Healthcare Investors has a beta of 0.73, suggesting that its share price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, EPR Properties has a beta of 1.26, suggesting that its share price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is OHI or EPR more profitable?

Omega Healthcare Investors has a net margin of 38.65% compared to EPR Properties' net margin of 28.87%. Omega Healthcare Investors' return on equity of 9.71% beat EPR Properties' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Omega Healthcare Investors	38.65%	9.71%	4.35%
EPR Properties	28.87%	8.22%	3.52%

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

65.3% of Omega Healthcare Investors shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.7% of EPR Properties shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of Omega Healthcare Investors shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of EPR Properties shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer OHI or EPR?

Omega Healthcare Investors received 59 more outperform votes than EPR Properties when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.70% of users gave Omega Healthcare Investors an outperform vote while only 57.68% of users gave EPR Properties an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Omega Healthcare Investors	Outperform Votes 446 57.70%	Underperform Votes 327 42.30%
EPR Properties	Outperform Votes 387 57.68%	Underperform Votes 284 42.32%

Is OHI or EPR a better dividend stock?

Omega Healthcare Investors pays an annual dividend of $2.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.4%. EPR Properties pays an annual dividend of $3.54 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.8%. Omega Healthcare Investors pays out 166.5% 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 217.2% 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 has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Omega Healthcare Investors is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, OHI or EPR?

Omega Healthcare Investors has higher revenue and earnings than EPR Properties. Omega Healthcare Investors is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than EPR 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
Omega Healthcare Investors	$1.08B	9.69	$406.33M	$1.61	22.56
EPR Properties	$649.20M	6.12	$173.05M	$1.63	32.03

Does the media prefer OHI or EPR?

In the previous week, Omega Healthcare Investors had 2 more articles in the media than EPR Properties. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Omega Healthcare Investors and 12 mentions for EPR Properties. Omega Healthcare Investors' average media sentiment score of 1.64 beat EPR Properties' score of 0.88 indicating that Omega Healthcare Investors is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Omega Healthcare Investors	13 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
EPR Properties	4 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts recommend OHI or EPR?

Omega Healthcare Investors presently has a consensus price target of $42.00, suggesting a potential upside of 15.65%. EPR Properties has a consensus price target of $54.00, suggesting a potential upside of 3.43%. Given Omega Healthcare Investors' higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Omega Healthcare Investors is more favorable than EPR Properties.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Omega Healthcare Investors	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
EPR Properties	1 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.38

Summary

Omega Healthcare Investors beats EPR Properties on 15 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.