Rayonier (RYN) Competitors

Omega Healthcare Investors (NYSE:OHI) and Rayonier (NYSE:RYN) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of OHI or RYN?

65.3% of Omega Healthcare Investors shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.1% of Rayonier shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of Omega Healthcare Investors shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Rayonier shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in OHI or RYN?

Omega Healthcare Investors received 142 more outperform votes than Rayonier when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.70% of users gave Omega Healthcare Investors an outperform vote while only 54.09% of users gave Rayonier an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Omega Healthcare Investors	Outperform Votes 446 57.70%	Underperform Votes 327 42.30%
Rayonier	Outperform Votes 304 54.09%	Underperform Votes 258 45.91%

Which has higher valuation & earnings, OHI or RYN?

Omega Healthcare Investors has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Rayonier. Rayonier is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Omega Healthcare Investors, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Omega Healthcare Investors	$1.08B	10.01	$406.33M	$1.61	23.32
Rayonier	$1.23B	3.02	$359.10M	$2.33	10.27

Is OHI or RYN more profitable?

Omega Healthcare Investors has a net margin of 38.65% compared to Rayonier's net margin of 28.44%. Omega Healthcare Investors' return on equity of 9.71% beat Rayonier's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Omega Healthcare Investors	38.65%	9.71%	4.35%
Rayonier	28.44%	3.86%	1.99%

Does the media favor OHI or RYN?

In the previous week, Omega Healthcare Investors had 3 more articles in the media than Rayonier. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Omega Healthcare Investors and 9 mentions for Rayonier. Omega Healthcare Investors' average media sentiment score of 1.55 beat Rayonier's score of 0.96 indicating that Omega Healthcare Investors is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Omega Healthcare Investors	11 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Rayonier	2 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts rate OHI or RYN?

Omega Healthcare Investors currently has a consensus target price of $42.00, indicating a potential upside of 11.88%. Rayonier has a consensus target price of $27.50, indicating a potential upside of 14.97%. Given Rayonier's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Rayonier is more favorable than Omega Healthcare Investors.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Omega Healthcare Investors	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
Rayonier	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25

Which has more risk and volatility, OHI or RYN?

Omega Healthcare Investors has a beta of 0.73, suggesting that its stock price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Rayonier has a beta of 1.07, suggesting that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is OHI or RYN a better dividend stock?

Omega Healthcare Investors pays an annual dividend of $2.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.1%. Rayonier pays an annual dividend of $1.09 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Omega Healthcare Investors pays out 166.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Rayonier pays out 46.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Summary

Omega Healthcare Investors beats Rayonier on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.