MPW vs. CUBE, HR, RHP, SBRA, EPR, RYN, NHI, PCH, GEO, 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), Healthcare Realty Trust (HR), Ryman Hospitality Properties (RHP), Sabra Healthcare REIT (SBRA), EPR Properties (EPR), Rayonier (RYN), National Health Investors (NHI), Potlatch (PCH), Geo Group (GEO), and CoreCivic (CXW). These companies are all part of the "specialized reits" industry.
Medical Properties Trust vs. Its Competitors
Medical Properties Trust (NYSE:MPW) and CubeSmart (NYSE:CUBE) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, risk, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and valuation.
Medical Properties Trust has a beta of 1.35, meaning that its share price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CubeSmart has a beta of 0.94, meaning that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Medical Properties Trust currently has a consensus target price of $5.40, indicating a potential upside of 10.09%. CubeSmart has a consensus target price of $46.00, indicating a potential upside of 15.94%. Given CubeSmart's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe CubeSmart is more favorable than Medical Properties Trust.
Medical Properties Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.5%. CubeSmart pays an annual dividend of $2.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. Medical Properties Trust pays out -13.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. CubeSmart pays out 126.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. 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.
71.8% of Medical Properties Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.6% of CubeSmart shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.3% of Medical Properties Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of CubeSmart shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, CubeSmart had 1 more articles in the media than Medical Properties Trust. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for CubeSmart and 7 mentions for Medical Properties Trust. Medical Properties Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.33 beat CubeSmart's score of 1.08 indicating that Medical Properties Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.
CubeSmart has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.
CubeSmart has a net margin of 35.44% compared to Medical Properties Trust's net margin of -155.20%. CubeSmart's return on equity of 13.12% beat Medical Properties Trust's return on equity.
Summary
CubeSmart beats Medical Properties Trust on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:MPW) was last updated on 9/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
