Healthcare Realty Trust (HR) Competitors

Healthcare Realty Trust (NYSE:HR) and Weyerhaeuser (NYSE:WY) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, profitability and dividends.

Do analysts recommend HR or WY?

Healthcare Realty Trust currently has a consensus target price of $16.80, indicating a potential upside of 13.86%. Weyerhaeuser has a consensus target price of $33.25, indicating a potential upside of 20.53%. Given Weyerhaeuser's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Weyerhaeuser is more favorable than Healthcare Realty Trust.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Healthcare Realty Trust	1 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.80
Weyerhaeuser	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.70

Does the MarketBeat Community favor HR or WY?

Weyerhaeuser received 228 more outperform votes than Healthcare Realty Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.09% of users gave Weyerhaeuser an outperform vote while only 49.56% of users gave Healthcare Realty Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Healthcare Realty Trust	Outperform Votes 336 49.56%	Underperform Votes 342 50.44%
Weyerhaeuser	Outperform Votes 564 64.09%	Underperform Votes 316 35.91%

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of HR or WY?

83.0% of Weyerhaeuser shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of Healthcare Realty Trust shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Weyerhaeuser shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, HR or WY?

Weyerhaeuser has higher revenue and earnings than Healthcare Realty Trust. Healthcare Realty Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Weyerhaeuser, 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
Healthcare Realty Trust	$1.22B	4.25	-$278.26M	-$1.09	-13.54
Weyerhaeuser	$7.09B	2.82	$396M	$0.50	55.17

Which has more volatility & risk, HR or WY?

Healthcare Realty Trust has a beta of 0.88, suggesting that its stock price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Weyerhaeuser has a beta of 1.16, suggesting that its stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor HR or WY?

In the previous week, Weyerhaeuser had 5 more articles in the media than Healthcare Realty Trust. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Weyerhaeuser and 8 mentions for Healthcare Realty Trust. Healthcare Realty Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.20 beat Weyerhaeuser's score of 1.00 indicating that Healthcare Realty Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Healthcare Realty Trust	6 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Weyerhaeuser	8 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is HR or WY a better dividend stock?

Healthcare Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.4%. Weyerhaeuser pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Healthcare Realty Trust pays out -113.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Weyerhaeuser pays out 168.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Weyerhaeuser has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years. Healthcare Realty Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Is HR or WY more profitable?

Weyerhaeuser has a net margin of 5.56% compared to Healthcare Realty Trust's net margin of -51.60%. Weyerhaeuser's return on equity of 3.86% beat Healthcare Realty Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Healthcare Realty Trust	-51.60%	-11.20%	-5.69%
Weyerhaeuser	5.56%	3.86%	2.30%

Summary

Weyerhaeuser beats Healthcare Realty Trust on 17 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.