MPW vs. RHP, OHI, EPR, SBRA, HR, NHI, PEB, RLJ, DRH, and SVC
Should you be buying Medical Properties Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Medical Properties Trust include Ryman Hospitality Properties (RHP), Omega Healthcare Investors (OHI), EPR Properties (EPR), Sabra Health Care REIT (SBRA), Healthcare Realty Trust (HR), National Health Investors (NHI), Pebblebrook Hotel Trust (PEB), RLJ Lodging Trust (RLJ), DiamondRock Hospitality (DRH), and Service Properties Trust (SVC). These companies are all part of the "specialized reits" industry.
Medical Properties Trust vs.
Ryman Hospitality Properties (NYSE:RHP) and Medical Properties Trust (NYSE:MPW) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, risk, community ranking, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and profitability.
Medical Properties Trust received 73 more outperform votes than Ryman Hospitality Properties when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.15% of users gave Medical Properties Trust an outperform vote while only 58.64% of users gave Ryman Hospitality Properties an outperform vote.
Medical Properties Trust has a net margin of 58.50% compared to Ryman Hospitality Properties' net margin of 7.14%. Ryman Hospitality Properties' return on equity of 441.61% beat Medical Properties Trust's return on equity.
92.8% of Ryman Hospitality Properties shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.3% of Medical Properties Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.3% of Ryman Hospitality Properties shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Medical Properties Trust shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Ryman Hospitality Properties currently has a consensus target price of $106.80, indicating a potential upside of 23.65%. Medical Properties Trust has a consensus target price of $14.82, indicating a potential upside of 87.81%. Given Medical Properties Trust's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Medical Properties Trust is more favorable than Ryman Hospitality Properties.
In the previous week, Medical Properties Trust had 12 more articles in the media than Ryman Hospitality Properties. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Medical Properties Trust and 4 mentions for Ryman Hospitality Properties. Medical Properties Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.26 beat Ryman Hospitality Properties' score of 1.06 indicating that Medical Properties Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Medical Properties Trust has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Ryman Hospitality Properties. Medical Properties Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ryman Hospitality Properties, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Ryman Hospitality Properties pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Medical Properties Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 14.7%. Ryman Hospitality Properties pays out 43.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Medical Properties Trust pays out 77.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Ryman Hospitality Properties has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Medical Properties Trust has raised its dividend for 8 consecutive years. Medical Properties Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Ryman Hospitality Properties has a beta of 1.56, suggesting that its stock price is 56% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Medical Properties Trust has a beta of 0.96, suggesting that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Medical Properties Trust beats Ryman Hospitality Properties on 12 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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.
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.
Medical Properties Trust Competitors List
