Ventas (VTR) Competitors

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

Is WELL or VTR a better dividend stock?

Welltower pays an annual dividend of $2.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Ventas pays an annual dividend of $1.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Welltower pays out 154.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Ventas pays out 581.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Welltower has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years and Ventas has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years.

Which has more risk & volatility, WELL or VTR?

Welltower has a beta of 0.94, indicating that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ventas has a beta of 0.89, indicating that its stock price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate WELL or VTR?

Welltower currently has a consensus price target of $163.25, suggesting a potential upside of 8.18%. Ventas has a consensus price target of $73.00, suggesting a potential upside of 15.03%. Given Ventas' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Ventas is more favorable than Welltower.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Welltower	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.92
Ventas	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.92

Which has higher earnings and valuation, WELL or VTR?

Welltower has higher revenue and earnings than Ventas. Welltower is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ventas, 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
Welltower	$8.41B	11.73	$951.68M	$1.74	86.72
Ventas	$5.08B	5.64	$81.15M	$0.33	192.31

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in WELL or VTR?

94.8% of Welltower shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.2% of Ventas shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Welltower shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Ventas shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer WELL or VTR?

Welltower received 179 more outperform votes than Ventas when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.33% of users gave Welltower an outperform vote while only 56.13% of users gave Ventas an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Welltower	Outperform Votes 742 60.33%	Underperform Votes 488 39.67%
Ventas	Outperform Votes 563 56.13%	Underperform Votes 440 43.87%

Does the media refer more to WELL or VTR?

In the previous week, Welltower had 2 more articles in the media than Ventas. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Welltower and 12 mentions for Ventas. Ventas' average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat Welltower's score of 0.92 indicating that Ventas is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Welltower	9 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Ventas	8 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is WELL or VTR more profitable?

Welltower has a net margin of 11.91% compared to Ventas' net margin of 1.65%. Welltower's return on equity of 3.15% beat Ventas' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Welltower	11.91%	3.15%	2.00%
Ventas	1.65%	0.82%	0.32%

Summary

Welltower beats Ventas on 16 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.