EPR Properties (EPR) Competitors

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

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

74.7% of EPR Properties shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.3% of Omega Healthcare Investors shares are held by institutional investors. 2.3% of EPR Properties shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Omega Healthcare Investors shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, EPR or OHI?

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
EPR Properties	$641.00M	5.90	$173.05M	$1.60	31.09
Omega Healthcare Investors	$1.05B	10.53	$406.33M	$1.55	24.87

Does the media refer more to EPR or OHI?

In the previous week, Omega Healthcare Investors had 4 more articles in the media than EPR Properties. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Omega Healthcare Investors and 10 mentions for EPR Properties. Omega Healthcare Investors' average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat EPR Properties' score of 1.01 indicating that Omega Healthcare Investors is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
EPR Properties	8 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Omega Healthcare Investors	8 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is EPR or OHI a better dividend stock?

EPR Properties pays an annual dividend of $3.54 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.1%. Omega Healthcare Investors pays an annual dividend of $2.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.0%. EPR Properties pays out 221.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Omega Healthcare Investors pays out 172.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in EPR or OHI?

Omega Healthcare Investors received 61 more outperform votes than EPR Properties when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 57.72% of users gave EPR Properties an outperform vote while only 57.70% of users gave Omega Healthcare Investors an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
EPR Properties	Outperform Votes 385 57.72%	Underperform Votes 282 42.28%
Omega Healthcare Investors	Outperform Votes 446 57.70%	Underperform Votes 327 42.30%

Which has more risk and volatility, EPR or OHI?

EPR Properties has a beta of 1.3, indicating that its share price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Omega Healthcare Investors has a beta of 0.75, indicating that its share price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate EPR or OHI?

EPR Properties presently has a consensus target price of $51.00, indicating a potential upside of 2.52%. Omega Healthcare Investors has a consensus target price of $42.00, indicating a potential upside of 8.94%. Given Omega Healthcare Investors' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Omega Healthcare Investors is more favorable than EPR Properties.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
EPR Properties	2 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.22
Omega Healthcare Investors	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Is EPR or OHI 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
EPR Properties	28.87%	8.22%	3.52%
Omega Healthcare Investors	38.65%	9.71%	4.35%

Summary

Omega Healthcare Investors beats EPR Properties on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.