EPR Properties (EPR) Competitors

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

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 6.2%. Omega Healthcare Investors pays an annual dividend of $2.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.2%. 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. 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 has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Omega Healthcare Investors is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

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%

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in EPR or OHI?

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

Which has better earnings and valuation, 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	$649.20M	6.74	$173.05M	$1.63	35.27
Omega Healthcare Investors	$1.08B	9.97	$406.33M	$1.61	23.21

Which has more volatility and risk, EPR or OHI?

EPR Properties has a beta of 1.27, meaning that its share price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Omega Healthcare Investors has a beta of 0.69, meaning that its share price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer EPR or OHI?

EPR Properties presently has a consensus target price of $54.57, indicating a potential downside of 5.07%. Omega Healthcare Investors has a consensus target price of $41.88, indicating a potential upside of 12.04%. Given Omega Healthcare Investors' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Omega Healthcare Investors is more favorable than EPR Properties.

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

Does the media favor EPR or OHI?

In the previous week, EPR Properties and EPR Properties both had 8 articles in the media. Omega Healthcare Investors' average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat EPR Properties' score of 0.53 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	3 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Omega Healthcare Investors	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community favor EPR or OHI?

Omega Healthcare Investors received 57 more outperform votes than EPR Properties when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 57.72% of users gave EPR Properties an outperform vote while only 57.62% of users gave Omega Healthcare Investors an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
EPR Properties	Outperform Votes 389 57.72%	Underperform Votes 285 42.28%
Omega Healthcare Investors	Outperform Votes 446 57.62%	Underperform Votes 328 42.38%

Summary

Omega Healthcare Investors beats EPR Properties on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.