NYSE:STORStore Capital Competitors & Alternatives

Welltower (NYSE:WELL) and Store Capital (NYSE:STOR) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership and risk.

Dividends

Welltower pays an annual dividend of $2.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. Store Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.3%. Welltower pays out 58.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Store Capital pays out 70.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Store Capital has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years. Store Capital is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

88.4% of Welltower shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.3% of Store Capital shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Welltower shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Store Capital shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Welltower and Store Capital's net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current recommendations and price targets for Welltower and Store Capital, as reported by MarketBeat.

Welltower presently has a consensus price target of $61.75, suggesting a potential upside of 22.16%. Store Capital has a consensus price target of $26.25, suggesting a potential upside of 18.67%. Given Welltower's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Welltower is more favorable than Store Capital.

Volatility and Risk

Welltower has a beta of 0.84, indicating that its stock price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Store Capital has a beta of 0.95, indicating that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Welltower and Store Capital's revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

Welltower has higher revenue and earnings than Store Capital. Store Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Welltower, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

Store Capital beats Welltower on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

Store Capital (NYSE:STOR) and Alexandria Real Estate Equities (NYSE:ARE) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and risk.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Store Capital and Alexandria Real Estate Equities, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

Store Capital currently has a consensus price target of $26.25, suggesting a potential upside of 18.67%. Alexandria Real Estate Equities has a consensus price target of $135.4167, suggesting a potential downside of 16.54%. Given Store Capital's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Store Capital is more favorable than Alexandria Real Estate Equities.

Volatility & Risk

Store Capital has a beta of 0.95, meaning that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alexandria Real Estate Equities has a beta of 0.83, meaning that its stock price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Store Capital and Alexandria Real Estate Equities' net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

92.3% of Store Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.3% of Alexandria Real Estate Equities shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of Store Capital shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Alexandria Real Estate Equities shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Dividends

Store Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.3%. Alexandria Real Estate Equities pays an annual dividend of $4.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Store Capital pays out 70.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Alexandria Real Estate Equities pays out 60.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Store Capital has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years and Alexandria Real Estate Equities has increased its dividend for 9 consecutive years.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Store Capital and Alexandria Real Estate Equities' revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

Alexandria Real Estate Equities has higher revenue and earnings than Store Capital. Store Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Alexandria Real Estate Equities, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

Alexandria Real Estate Equities beats Store Capital on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

Realty Income (NYSE:O) and Store Capital (NYSE:STOR) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, valuation and institutional ownership.

Volatility and Risk

Realty Income has a beta of 0.66, suggesting that its stock price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Store Capital has a beta of 0.95, suggesting that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Dividends

Realty Income pays an annual dividend of $2.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. Store Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.3%. Realty Income pays out 84.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Store Capital pays out 70.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Realty Income has raised its dividend for 24 consecutive years and Store Capital has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years. Store Capital is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Realty Income and Store Capital's revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

Realty Income has higher revenue and earnings than Store Capital. Store Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Realty Income, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

73.7% of Realty Income shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.3% of Store Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Realty Income shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Store Capital shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Realty Income and Store Capital's net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations for Realty Income and Store Capital, as provided by MarketBeat.

Realty Income presently has a consensus price target of $72.2143, suggesting a potential upside of 26.71%. Store Capital has a consensus price target of $26.25, suggesting a potential upside of 18.67%. Given Realty Income's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Realty Income is more favorable than Store Capital.

Summary

Realty Income beats Store Capital on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

Simon Property Group (NYSE:SPG) and Store Capital (NYSE:STOR) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, valuation and institutional ownership.

Risk and Volatility

Simon Property Group has a beta of 1.34, meaning that its share price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Store Capital has a beta of 0.95, meaning that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

90.2% of Simon Property Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.3% of Store Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.9% of Simon Property Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Store Capital shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares Simon Property Group and Store Capital's net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

Dividends

Simon Property Group pays an annual dividend of $5.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.1%. Store Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.3%. Simon Property Group pays out 43.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Store Capital pays out 70.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Simon Property Group has increased its dividend for 10 consecutive years and Store Capital has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years. Simon Property Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for Simon Property Group and Store Capital, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

Simon Property Group presently has a consensus target price of $98.50, suggesting a potential upside of 53.95%. Store Capital has a consensus target price of $26.25, suggesting a potential upside of 18.67%. Given Simon Property Group's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Simon Property Group is more favorable than Store Capital.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Simon Property Group and Store Capital's top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

Simon Property Group has higher revenue and earnings than Store Capital. Simon Property Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Store Capital, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

Simon Property Group beats Store Capital on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

Store Capital (NYSE:STOR) and Weyerhaeuser (NYSE:WY) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership and dividends.

Profitability

This table compares Store Capital and Weyerhaeuser's net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

92.3% of Store Capital shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.1% of Weyerhaeuser shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of Store Capital shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Weyerhaeuser shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Store Capital and Weyerhaeuser's gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

Store Capital has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Weyerhaeuser. Store Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Weyerhaeuser, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and price targets for Store Capital and Weyerhaeuser, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

Store Capital currently has a consensus target price of $26.25, suggesting a potential upside of 18.67%. Weyerhaeuser has a consensus target price of $27.50, suggesting a potential upside of 16.08%. Given Store Capital's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Store Capital is more favorable than Weyerhaeuser.

Dividends

Store Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.3%. Weyerhaeuser pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.7%. Store Capital pays out 70.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Weyerhaeuser pays out 348.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Store Capital has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years and Weyerhaeuser has raised its dividend for 8 consecutive years. Store Capital is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Volatility & Risk

Store Capital has a beta of 0.95, suggesting that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Weyerhaeuser has a beta of 1.89, suggesting that its share price is 89% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Store Capital beats Weyerhaeuser on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

Store Capital (NYSE:STOR) and Essex Property Trust (NYSE:ESS) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, dividends, earnings, valuation, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

92.3% of Store Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.6% of Essex Property Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of Store Capital shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.5% of Essex Property Trust shares are owned 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.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for Store Capital and Essex Property Trust, as reported by MarketBeat.

Store Capital currently has a consensus target price of $26.25, indicating a potential upside of 18.67%. Essex Property Trust has a consensus target price of $291.3077, indicating a potential upside of 29.28%. Given Essex Property Trust's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Essex Property Trust is more favorable than Store Capital.

Risk & Volatility

Store Capital has a beta of 0.95, suggesting that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Essex Property Trust has a beta of 0.67, suggesting that its share price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Store Capital and Essex Property Trust's gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

Essex Property Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Store Capital. Store Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Essex Property Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

This table compares Store Capital and Essex Property Trust's net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

Dividends

Store Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.3%. Essex Property Trust pays an annual dividend of $8.31 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Store Capital pays out 70.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Essex Property Trust pays out 62.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Store Capital has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years and Essex Property Trust has raised its dividend for 26 consecutive years.

Summary

Essex Property Trust beats Store Capital on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.