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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 better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation and risk.

Ventas presently has a consensus price target of $75.27, suggesting a potential upside of 10.28%. Regency Centers has a consensus price target of $78.42, suggesting a potential upside of 11.10%. 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

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

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

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$4.92B6.30$81.15M$0.43158.73
Regency Centers$1.45B8.81$400.39M$2.1432.98

In the previous week, Ventas had 8 more articles in the media than Regency Centers. MarketBeat recorded 31 mentions for Ventas and 23 mentions for Regency Centers. Regency Centers' average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat Ventas' score of 1.19 indicating that Regency Centers is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Ventas
21 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Regency Centers
17 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Regency Centers beats Ventas on 13 of the 18 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$30.94B$8.50B$12.68B$21.55B
Dividend Yield2.75%5.31%5.42%3.49%
P/E Ratio158.3184.39245.2729.98
Price / Sales6.305.1930.9653.00
Price / Cash22.3619.3322.2424.77
Price / Book2.641.722.324.56
Net Income$81.15M$130.30M$1.01B$999.02M
7 Day Performance-1.38%1.39%0.70%2.13%
1 Month Performance0.73%7.94%3.33%5.37%
1 Year Performance5.94%-8.80%542.00%14.67%

Ventas Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
VTR
Ventas
4.7937 of 5 stars
$68.52
+0.7%
$75.27
+9.9%
+5.2%$31.17B$4.92B159.49450Positive News
Analyst Forecast
REG
Regency Centers
4.39 of 5 stars
$70.97
-0.5%
$78.42
+10.5%
-5.9%$12.88B$1.45B33.16440Positive News
Analyst Forecast
BRX
Brixmor Property Group
4.5489 of 5 stars
$28.08
+0.3%
$30.75
+9.5%
-0.9%$8.57B$1.33B25.52500Positive News
Analyst Forecast
FRT
Federal Realty Investment Trust
4.7649 of 5 stars
$101.17
-0.5%
$109.31
+8.0%
-14.8%$8.73B$1.24B25.61320Positive News
Analyst Downgrade
Short Interest ↓
KIM
Kimco Realty
4.4462 of 5 stars
$22.36
-0.1%
$24.85
+11.1%
-8.1%$15.14B$2.09B26.94640
LTC
LTC Properties
3.3174 of 5 stars
$36.22
+0.0%
$39.25
+8.4%
-5.9%$1.67B$217.64M19.9020News Coverage
NHI
National Health Investors
4.2432 of 5 stars
$78.97
+0.9%
$84.20
+6.6%
-8.5%$3.75B$335.18M25.2320
NNN
NNN REIT
4.0521 of 5 stars
$42.99
-0.1%
$44.33
+3.1%
-12.8%$8.12B$869.27M20.4780News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
O
Realty Income
3.978 of 5 stars
$60.21
-0.3%
$62.36
+3.6%
-4.3%$55.05B$5.43B58.46400Positive News
WELL
Welltower
4.6302 of 5 stars
$168.83
-0.2%
$175.80
+4.1%
+27.7%$112.92B$7.99B95.38510Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Options Volume
AMT
American Tower
4.847 of 5 stars
$192.05
-1.6%
$244.73
+27.4%
-19.0%$89.93B$10.13B69.844,691Positive News

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This page (NYSE:VTR) was last updated on 9/17/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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