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VTR vs. REG, BRX, FRT, KIM, LTC, NHI, NNN, O, WELL, and AMT

Should you be buying Ventas stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ventas include Regency Centers (REG), Brixmor Property Group (BRX), Federal Realty Investment Trust (FRT), Kimco Realty (KIM), LTC Properties (LTC), National Health Investors (NHI), NNN REIT (NNN), Realty Income (O), Welltower (WELL), and American Tower (AMT). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

Ventas vs. Its Competitors

Ventas (NYSE:VTR) and Regency Centers (NASDAQ:REG) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment and earnings.

In the previous week, Ventas had 7 more articles in the media than Regency Centers. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for Ventas and 22 mentions for Regency Centers. Ventas' average media sentiment score of 1.42 beat Regency Centers' score of 1.14 indicating that Ventas is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Ventas
25 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Regency Centers
12 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
8 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Ventas pays an annual dividend of $1.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Regency Centers pays an annual dividend of $2.82 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Ventas pays out 446.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Regency Centers pays out 131.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Ventas has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Regency Centers has increased its dividend for 5 consecutive years. Regency Centers is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Ventas$5.30B5.98$81.15M$0.43162.15
Regency Centers$1.45B8.91$400.39M$2.1433.34

Ventas has a beta of 0.87, indicating that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Regency Centers has a beta of 1.09, indicating that its stock price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Regency Centers has a net margin of 27.00% compared to Ventas' net margin of 3.61%. Regency Centers' return on equity of 6.05% beat Ventas' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Ventas3.61% 1.75% 0.74%
Regency Centers 27.00%6.05%3.22%

Ventas presently has a consensus price target of $74.36, suggesting a potential upside of 6.66%. Regency Centers has a consensus price target of $78.67, suggesting a potential upside of 10.27%. Given Regency Centers' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Regency Centers is more favorable than Ventas.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Ventas
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.92
Regency Centers
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67

94.2% of Ventas shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.1% of Regency Centers shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of Ventas shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Regency Centers shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Regency Centers beats Ventas on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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VTR vs. The Competition

MetricVentasREIT IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$31.69B$8.54B$12.62B$21.48B
Dividend Yield2.81%5.35%5.42%3.53%
P/E Ratio162.1583.44245.6029.70
Price / Sales5.985.3330.5751.37
Price / Cash22.1718.9522.1224.52
Price / Book2.701.732.314.58
Net Income$81.15M$130.30M$1.01B$1.00B
7 Day Performance2.71%0.75%1.04%0.66%
1 Month Performance1.78%7.93%3.13%4.64%
1 Year Performance7.27%-6.55%543.62%15.96%

Ventas Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
VTR
Ventas
4.7512 of 5 stars
$69.72
+0.4%
$74.36
+6.7%
+6.3%$31.69B$5.30B162.15450Positive News
REG
Regency Centers
4.2774 of 5 stars
$73.08
-0.8%
$79.00
+8.1%
-2.9%$13.27B$1.45B34.15440News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
BRX
Brixmor Property Group
4.5163 of 5 stars
$27.79
-1.5%
$30.42
+9.5%
+2.9%$8.50B$1.29B25.26500Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑
FRT
Federal Realty Investment Trust
4.7804 of 5 stars
$101.68
-1.0%
$110.79
+9.0%
-12.4%$8.77B$1.20B25.74320Positive News
Analyst Upgrade
Short Interest ↓
KIM
Kimco Realty
4.4135 of 5 stars
$22.53
-1.0%
$24.75
+9.9%
-4.3%$15.25B$2.04B27.14640News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
LTC
LTC Properties
3.2506 of 5 stars
$36.57
-0.1%
$39.25
+7.3%
-1.1%$1.68B$209.85M20.0920News Coverage
NHI
National Health Investors
4.2217 of 5 stars
$78.62
+0.3%
$84.20
+7.1%
-4.4%$3.73B$335.18M25.1220Positive News
NNN
NNN REIT
3.8793 of 5 stars
$43.00
-0.8%
$44.17
+2.7%
-10.7%$8.12B$869.27M20.4880
O
Realty Income
3.9884 of 5 stars
$59.15
-0.2%
$62.00
+4.8%
-3.9%$54.08B$5.27B57.42400Trending News
Dividend Increase
Analyst Forecast
WELL
Welltower
4.5791 of 5 stars
$169.59
+1.1%
$175.00
+3.2%
+30.9%$113.43B$7.99B95.81510Positive News
AMT
American Tower
4.862 of 5 stars
$193.49
-2.4%
$244.73
+26.5%
-17.8%$90.60B$10.13B70.364,691Positive News
High Trading Volume

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This page (NYSE:VTR) was last updated on 9/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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