HHH vs. EPR, SBRA, SKT, CTRE, GRP.U, SLG, SITC, NSA, MAC, and CUZ
Should you be buying Howard Hughes stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Howard Hughes include EPR Properties (EPR), Sabra Health Care REIT (SBRA), Tanger (SKT), CareTrust REIT (CTRE), Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple (GRP.U), SL Green Realty (SLG), SITE Centers (SITC), National Storage Affiliates Trust (NSA), Macerich (MAC), and Cousins Properties (CUZ). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
EPR Properties (NYSE:EPR) and Howard Hughes (NYSE:HHH) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk and valuation.
EPR Properties received 376 more outperform votes than Howard Hughes when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.72% of users gave EPR Properties an outperform vote while only 20.00% of users gave Howard Hughes an outperform vote.
In the previous week, EPR Properties had 3 more articles in the media than Howard Hughes. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for EPR Properties and 4 mentions for Howard Hughes. Howard Hughes' average media sentiment score of 1.12 beat EPR Properties' score of 0.83 indicating that EPR Properties is being referred to more favorably in the media.
EPR Properties presently has a consensus price target of $48.05, suggesting a potential upside of 17.22%. Howard Hughes has a consensus price target of $97.00, suggesting a potential upside of 50.57%. Given EPR Properties' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Howard Hughes is more favorable than EPR Properties.
EPR Properties has a beta of 1.65, indicating that its share price is 65% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Howard Hughes has a beta of 1.48, indicating that its share price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500.
EPR Properties has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Howard Hughes. Howard Hughes is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than EPR Properties, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
74.7% of EPR Properties shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.8% of Howard Hughes shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.9% of EPR Properties shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 33.0% of Howard Hughes shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
EPR Properties has a net margin of 24.52% compared to EPR Properties' net margin of -53.88%. Howard Hughes' return on equity of 6.96% beat EPR Properties' return on equity.
Summary
EPR Properties beats Howard Hughes on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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