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MPW vs. CUBE, RHP, HR, EPR, SBRA, RYN, GEO, NHI, PCH, and CXW

Should you be buying Medical Properties Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Medical Properties Trust include CubeSmart (CUBE), Ryman Hospitality Properties (RHP), Healthcare Realty Trust (HR), EPR Properties (EPR), Sabra Healthcare REIT (SBRA), Rayonier (RYN), Geo Group (GEO), National Health Investors (NHI), Potlatch (PCH), and CoreCivic (CXW). These companies are all part of the "specialized reits" industry.

Medical Properties Trust vs. Its Competitors

CubeSmart (NYSE:CUBE) and Medical Properties Trust (NYSE:MPW) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, valuation, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability and analyst recommendations.

CubeSmart has a beta of 0.96, meaning that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Medical Properties Trust has a beta of 1.29, meaning that its stock price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500.

CubeSmart has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Medical Properties Trust. Medical Properties Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CubeSmart, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
CubeSmart$929.08M10.68$391.18M$1.6925.75
Medical Properties Trust$995.55M2.64-$2.41B-$2.77-1.58

CubeSmart pays an annual dividend of $2.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. Medical Properties Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.3%. CubeSmart pays out 123.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Medical Properties Trust pays out -11.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. CubeSmart has raised its dividend for 16 consecutive years. Medical Properties Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

97.6% of CubeSmart shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.8% of Medical Properties Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 1.7% of CubeSmart shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Medical Properties Trust shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, CubeSmart had 6 more articles in the media than Medical Properties Trust. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for CubeSmart and 6 mentions for Medical Properties Trust. CubeSmart's average media sentiment score of 1.26 beat Medical Properties Trust's score of 0.67 indicating that CubeSmart is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
CubeSmart
9 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Medical Properties Trust
4 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

CubeSmart currently has a consensus target price of $47.38, suggesting a potential upside of 8.88%. Medical Properties Trust has a consensus target price of $5.67, suggesting a potential upside of 29.38%. Given Medical Properties Trust's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Medical Properties Trust is more favorable than CubeSmart.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
CubeSmart
0 Sell rating(s)
10 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.41
Medical Properties Trust
1 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.14

CubeSmart has a net margin of 37.05% compared to Medical Properties Trust's net margin of -174.35%. CubeSmart's return on equity of 13.57% beat Medical Properties Trust's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
CubeSmart37.05% 13.57% 6.05%
Medical Properties Trust -174.35%-31.14%-10.91%

Summary

CubeSmart beats Medical Properties Trust on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding MPW and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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MPW vs. The Competition

MetricMedical Properties TrustREIT IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$2.63B$8.41B$12.11B$20.72B
Dividend Yield7.31%5.72%5.54%3.72%
P/E Ratio-1.5841.1520.0428.07
Price / Sales2.644.9325.7138.44
Price / CashN/A18.2021.7022.53
Price / Book0.541.672.284.58
Net Income-$2.41B$128.99M$1.00B$985.54M
7 Day Performance-1.68%1.53%2.25%2.79%
1 Month Performance-1.22%3.36%4.63%5.46%
1 Year Performance4.53%0.97%538.61%15.06%

Medical Properties Trust Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MPW
Medical Properties Trust
3.9117 of 5 stars
$4.38
-1.8%
$5.67
+29.4%
+7.9%$2.63B$995.55M-1.58120Analyst Downgrade
CUBE
CubeSmart
3.3561 of 5 stars
$42.14
-0.5%
$47.38
+12.4%
-1.7%$9.61B$929.08M24.943,104News Coverage
Ex-Dividend
RHP
Ryman Hospitality Properties
4.6101 of 5 stars
$98.39
-1.0%
$114.43
+16.3%
+4.4%$5.90B$2.34B20.851,929Positive News
HR
Healthcare Realty Trust
2.7527 of 5 stars
$15.71
-0.3%
$16.40
+4.4%
-4.8%$5.52B$1.22B-14.41580Positive News
EPR
EPR Properties
3.8489 of 5 stars
$57.67
+0.7%
$56.43
-2.2%
+43.4%$4.39B$698.07M35.3860Insider Trade
SBRA
Sabra Healthcare REIT
1.2764 of 5 stars
$18.36
+0.5%
$19.67
+7.1%
+21.2%$4.37B$720.03M31.1240News Coverage
Positive News
RYN
Rayonier
4.1256 of 5 stars
$22.01
-0.5%
$27.75
+26.1%
-17.5%$3.43B$1.26B9.45420
GEO
Geo Group
3.1321 of 5 stars
$23.87
+0.4%
$38.00
+59.2%
+73.6%$3.37B$2.42B125.6416,500Analyst Revision
NHI
National Health Investors
3.8137 of 5 stars
$69.88
-0.1%
$85.75
+22.7%
+3.4%$3.26B$335.18M22.1820News Coverage
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PCH
Potlatch
4.3065 of 5 stars
$38.28
-1.6%
$48.57
+26.9%
+6.6%$3.01B$1.06B62.751,383News Coverage
Positive News
CXW
CoreCivic
2.9049 of 5 stars
$21.09
+1.5%
$35.00
+66.0%
+60.7%$2.30B$1.96B27.7511,649Analyst Downgrade

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