OUT vs. NHI, CDP, HIW, LXP, BNL, SITC, NSA, ABR, HASI, and MPW
Should you be buying OUTFRONT Media stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of OUTFRONT Media include National Health Investors (NHI), COPT Defense Properties (CDP), Highwoods Properties (HIW), LXP Industrial Trust (LXP), Broadstone Net Lease (BNL), SITE Centers (SITC), National Storage Affiliates Trust (NSA), Arbor Realty Trust (ABR), Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital (HASI), and Medical Properties Trust (MPW). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
National Health Investors (NYSE:NHI) and OUTFRONT Media (NYSE:OUT) 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.
National Health Investors has a net margin of 42.40% compared to National Health Investors' net margin of -23.64%. OUTFRONT Media's return on equity of 10.65% beat National Health Investors' return on equity.
National Health Investors pays an annual dividend of $3.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.7%. OUTFRONT Media pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.1%. National Health Investors pays out 115.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. OUTFRONT Media pays out -44.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. OUTFRONT Media is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
62.5% of National Health Investors shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.3% of National Health Investors shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of OUTFRONT Media 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.
National Health Investors has a beta of 0.94, suggesting that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, OUTFRONT Media has a beta of 1.86, suggesting that its stock price is 86% more volatile than the S&P 500.
National Health Investors has higher earnings, but lower revenue than OUTFRONT Media. OUTFRONT Media is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than National Health Investors, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
National Health Investors currently has a consensus target price of $59.22, indicating a potential downside of 5.74%. OUTFRONT Media has a consensus target price of $14.50, indicating a potential downside of 13.64%. Given OUTFRONT Media's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe National Health Investors is more favorable than OUTFRONT Media.
National Health Investors received 67 more outperform votes than OUTFRONT Media when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 57.73% of users gave OUTFRONT Media an outperform vote while only 56.42% of users gave National Health Investors an outperform vote.
In the previous week, National Health Investors and National Health Investors both had 5 articles in the media. OUTFRONT Media's average media sentiment score of 0.64 beat National Health Investors' score of 0.45 indicating that National Health Investors is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
National Health Investors beats OUTFRONT Media on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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