MPW vs. CUBE, OHI, HR, RHP, RYN, SBRA, EPR, PCH, NHI, and GEO
Should you be buying Medical Properties Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Medical Properties Trust include CubeSmart (CUBE), Omega Healthcare Investors (OHI), Healthcare Realty Trust (HR), Ryman Hospitality Properties (RHP), Rayonier (RYN), Sabra Health Care REIT (SBRA), EPR Properties (EPR), PotlatchDeltic (PCH), National Health Investors (NHI), and The GEO Group (GEO). These companies are all part of the "specialized reits" industry.
CubeSmart (NYSE:CUBE) and Medical Properties Trust (NYSE:MPW) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, earnings and risk.
CubeSmart has higher revenue and 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 received 22 more outperform votes than Medical Properties Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.54% of users gave CubeSmart an outperform vote while only 57.68% of users gave Medical Properties Trust an outperform vote.
In the previous week, CubeSmart had 8 more articles in the media than Medical Properties Trust. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for CubeSmart and 14 mentions for Medical Properties Trust. CubeSmart's average media sentiment score of 0.81 beat Medical Properties Trust's score of 0.12 indicating that Medical Properties Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
97.6% of CubeSmart shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.8% of Medical Properties Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.7% of CubeSmart shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Medical Properties Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
CubeSmart has a beta of 0.8, meaning that its share price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Medical Properties Trust has a beta of 1.27, meaning that its share price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500.
CubeSmart pays an annual dividend of $2.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Medical Properties Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.3%. CubeSmart pays out 113.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Medical Properties Trust pays out -27.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. CubeSmart has increased its dividend for 14 consecutive years. Medical Properties Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
CubeSmart has a net margin of 38.64% compared to CubeSmart's net margin of 0.00%. Medical Properties Trust's return on equity of 14.48% beat CubeSmart's return on equity.
CubeSmart presently has a consensus price target of $46.36, indicating a potential downside of 2.66%. Medical Properties Trust has a consensus price target of $5.61, indicating a potential upside of 5.82%. Given CubeSmart's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Medical Properties Trust is more favorable than CubeSmart.
Summary
CubeSmart beats Medical Properties Trust on 16 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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