EPR vs. MPW, NHI, DRH, PEB, RLJ, CXW, LTC, SVC, HR, and RHP
Should you be buying EPR Properties stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of EPR Properties include Medical Properties Trust (MPW), National Health Investors (NHI), DiamondRock Hospitality (DRH), Pebblebrook Hotel Trust (PEB), RLJ Lodging Trust (RLJ), CoreCivic (CXW), LTC Properties (LTC), Service Properties Trust (SVC), Healthcare Realty Trust (HR), and Ryman Hospitality Properties (RHP). These companies are all part of the "specialized reits" industry.
Medical Properties Trust (NYSE:MPW) and EPR Properties (NYSE:EPR) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, media sentiment, community ranking, analyst recommendations, earnings and valuation.
71.8% of Medical Properties Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.7% of EPR Properties shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.2% of Medical Properties Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of EPR Properties shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Medical Properties Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.1%. EPR Properties pays an annual dividend of $3.42 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.3%. Medical Properties Trust pays out -63.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. EPR Properties pays out 173.6% 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. Medical Properties Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, Medical Properties Trust had 5 more articles in the media than EPR Properties. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Medical Properties Trust and 8 mentions for EPR Properties. EPR Properties' average media sentiment score of 1.25 beat Medical Properties Trust's score of 0.72 indicating that Medical Properties Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.
EPR Properties has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Medical Properties Trust. Medical Properties Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than EPR Properties, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Medical Properties Trust currently has a consensus price target of $5.75, suggesting a potential upside of 25.96%. EPR Properties has a consensus price target of $48.05, suggesting a potential upside of 16.84%. Given EPR Properties' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Medical Properties Trust is more favorable than EPR Properties.
EPR Properties has a net margin of 24.52% compared to EPR Properties' net margin of -2.40%. Medical Properties Trust's return on equity of 6.96% beat EPR Properties' return on equity.
Medical Properties Trust has a beta of 1.2, suggesting that its stock price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, EPR Properties has a beta of 1.65, suggesting that its stock price is 65% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Medical Properties Trust received 36 more outperform votes than EPR Properties when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 58.72% of users gave EPR Properties an outperform vote while only 58.09% of users gave Medical Properties Trust an outperform vote.
Summary
EPR Properties beats Medical Properties Trust on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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