GEO vs. OHI, CUBE, RHP, HR, EPR, SBRA, RYN, NHI, PCH, and MPW
Should you be buying The GEO Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of The GEO Group include Omega Healthcare Investors (OHI), CubeSmart (CUBE), Ryman Hospitality Properties (RHP), Healthcare Realty Trust (HR), EPR Properties (EPR), Sabra Health Care REIT (SBRA), Rayonier (RYN), National Health Investors (NHI), PotlatchDeltic (PCH), and Medical Properties Trust (MPW). These companies are all part of the "specialized reits" industry.
The GEO Group vs. Its Competitors
The GEO Group (NYSE:GEO) and Omega Healthcare Investors (NYSE:OHI) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, earnings, profitability, community ranking, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, The GEO Group had 6 more articles in the media than Omega Healthcare Investors. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for The GEO Group and 7 mentions for Omega Healthcare Investors. Omega Healthcare Investors' average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat The GEO Group's score of 0.30 indicating that Omega Healthcare Investors is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Omega Healthcare Investors has a net margin of 38.65% compared to The GEO Group's net margin of 2.00%. Omega Healthcare Investors' return on equity of 9.71% beat The GEO Group's return on equity.
The GEO Group pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Omega Healthcare Investors pays an annual dividend of $2.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.2%. The GEO Group pays out 526.3% 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. Omega Healthcare Investors is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
The GEO Group presently has a consensus price target of $38.00, indicating a potential upside of 43.40%. Omega Healthcare Investors has a consensus price target of $41.88, indicating a potential upside of 13.21%. Given The GEO Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe The GEO Group is more favorable than Omega Healthcare Investors.
76.1% of The GEO Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.3% of Omega Healthcare Investors shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.3% of The GEO Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Omega Healthcare Investors shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
The GEO Group has a beta of 0.76, suggesting that its stock price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Omega Healthcare Investors has a beta of 0.69, suggesting that its stock price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Omega Healthcare Investors has lower revenue, but higher earnings than The GEO Group. Omega Healthcare Investors is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than The GEO Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
The GEO Group received 83 more outperform votes than Omega Healthcare Investors when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.37% of users gave The GEO Group an outperform vote while only 57.62% of users gave Omega Healthcare Investors an outperform vote.
Summary
The GEO Group beats Omega Healthcare Investors on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:GEO) was last updated on 6/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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