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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 business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, earnings, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.

Ventas pays an annual dividend of $1.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Regency Centers pays an annual dividend of $2.82 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. 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. Regency Centers pays out 133.0% 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 has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Regency Centers has raised 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.

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 company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Regency Centers shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Ventas had 1 more articles in the media than Regency Centers. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Ventas and 7 mentions for Regency Centers. Ventas' average media sentiment score of 1.43 beat Regency Centers' score of 1.22 indicating that Ventas is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

Ventas presently has a consensus price target of $72.90, indicating a potential upside of 12.57%. Regency Centers has a consensus price target of $78.00, indicating a potential upside of 12.49%. Given Ventas' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Ventas is more favorable than Regency Centers.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Ventas
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Regency Centers
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.77

Regency Centers has a net margin of 27.21% compared to Ventas' net margin of 2.80%. Regency Centers' return on equity of 5.98% beat Ventas' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Ventas2.80% 1.36% 0.56%
Regency Centers 27.21%5.98%3.22%

Ventas has a beta of 0.87, suggesting that its share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Regency Centers has a beta of 1, suggesting that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.

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$4.92B5.94$81.15M$0.33196.24
Regency Centers$1.45B8.66$400.39M$2.1232.71

Summary

Regency Centers beats Ventas on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding VTR and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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VTR vs. The Competition

MetricVentasREIT IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$29.23B$8.40B$12.00B$20.65B
Dividend Yield2.96%5.70%5.54%3.72%
P/E Ratio196.2441.2719.2027.84
Price / Sales5.945.0125.6642.37
Price / Cash20.7418.3921.4522.32
Price / Book2.511.672.284.57
Net Income$81.15M$128.99M$992.82M$989.30M
7 Day Performance2.91%0.49%-0.20%0.20%
1 Month Performance1.58%2.90%3.93%5.53%
1 Year Performance23.45%-4.21%539.44%10.30%

Ventas Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
VTR
Ventas
4.57 of 5 stars
$64.76
+2.3%
$72.90
+12.6%
+23.4%$29.23B$4.92B196.24450Positive News
REG
Regency Centers
3.8157 of 5 stars
$69.92
-1.2%
$78.00
+11.6%
+8.3%$12.69B$1.47B32.98440News Coverage
Positive News
BRX
Brixmor Property Group
4.1717 of 5 stars
$25.83
-0.7%
$30.30
+17.3%
+8.9%$7.91B$1.29B24.60500News Coverage
Positive News
FRT
Federal Realty Investment Trust
4.6135 of 5 stars
$94.31
-1.6%
$112.07
+18.8%
-10.7%$8.09B$1.20B27.02320News Coverage
Analyst Downgrade
KIM
Kimco Realty
3.9723 of 5 stars
$21.20
-1.9%
$24.70
+16.5%
+4.4%$14.34B$2.04B27.53640Positive News
LTC
LTC Properties
2.2581 of 5 stars
$35.19
-0.4%
$38.00
+8.0%
-0.6%$1.62B$209.85M18.1420News Coverage
NHI
National Health Investors
4.2226 of 5 stars
$70.43
-0.5%
$85.75
+21.8%
-0.4%$3.29B$335.18M22.3620News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Upgrade
NNN
NNN REIT
3.5688 of 5 stars
$43.29
-0.5%
$44.62
+3.1%
-2.7%$8.14B$884.71M20.2380
O
Realty Income
3.5005 of 5 stars
$57.50
-0.3%
$61.15
+6.4%
+2.5%$51.93B$5.27B52.27400Positive News
Dividend Announcement
WELL
Welltower
4.6676 of 5 stars
$154.11
+0.9%
$168.18
+9.1%
+48.8%$100.78B$7.99B88.57510Positive News
AMT
American Tower
4.1081 of 5 stars
$219.75
-0.9%
$240.25
+9.3%
+4.0%$102.87B$10.13B56.494,691Positive News
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This page (NYSE:VTR) was last updated on 7/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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