WisdomTree (WT) Competitors

WisdomTree (NYSE:WT) and CareTrust REIT (NASDAQ:CTRE) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, dividends, community ranking, earnings, risk, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Do analysts rate WT or CTRE?

WisdomTree presently has a consensus target price of $12.42, indicating a potential upside of 30.36%. CareTrust REIT has a consensus target price of $31.00, indicating a potential upside of 7.63%. Given WisdomTree's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe WisdomTree is more favorable than CareTrust REIT.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
WisdomTree	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.43
CareTrust REIT	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Is WT or CTRE more profitable?

CareTrust REIT has a net margin of 42.22% compared to WisdomTree's net margin of 15.59%. WisdomTree's return on equity of 24.67% beat CareTrust REIT's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
WisdomTree	15.59%	24.67%	10.27%
CareTrust REIT	42.22%	5.59%	4.39%

Does the media refer more to WT or CTRE?

In the previous week, CareTrust REIT had 6 more articles in the media than WisdomTree. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for CareTrust REIT and 5 mentions for WisdomTree. WisdomTree's average media sentiment score of 1.49 beat CareTrust REIT's score of 1.37 indicating that WisdomTree is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
WisdomTree	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
CareTrust REIT	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, WT or CTRE?

CareTrust REIT has lower revenue, but higher earnings than WisdomTree. WisdomTree is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CareTrust REIT, 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
WisdomTree	$438.98M	3.19	$66.69M	$0.35	27.21
CareTrust REIT	$246.41M	22.41	$125.08M	$0.92	31.31

Is WT or CTRE a better dividend stock?

WisdomTree pays an annual dividend of $0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. CareTrust REIT pays an annual dividend of $1.34 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. WisdomTree pays out 34.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. CareTrust REIT pays out 145.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. CareTrust REIT has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years. CareTrust REIT is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of WT or CTRE?

78.6% of WisdomTree shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.8% of CareTrust REIT shares are held by institutional investors. 9.3% of WisdomTree shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of CareTrust REIT shares are held by company 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.

Which has more risk and volatility, WT or CTRE?

WisdomTree has a beta of 1.07, indicating that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CareTrust REIT has a beta of 0.88, indicating that its share price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in WT or CTRE?

CareTrust REIT received 404 more outperform votes than WisdomTree when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.72% of users gave CareTrust REIT an outperform vote while only 60.00% of users gave WisdomTree an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
WisdomTree	Outperform Votes 18 60.00%	Underperform Votes 12 40.00%
CareTrust REIT	Outperform Votes 422 64.72%	Underperform Votes 230 35.28%

Summary

CareTrust REIT beats WisdomTree on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.