BRSP vs. MPW, GRP.U, EPR, SKT, SITC, BXMT, BNL, NHI, CDP, and HIW
Should you be buying BrightSpire Capital stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BrightSpire Capital include Medical Properties Trust (MPW), Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple (GRP.U), EPR Properties (EPR), Tanger (SKT), SITE Centers (SITC), Blackstone Mortgage Trust (BXMT), Broadstone Net Lease (BNL), National Health Investors (NHI), COPT Defense Properties (CDP), and Highwoods Properties (HIW). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
BrightSpire Capital (NYSE:BRSP) and Medical Properties Trust (NYSE:MPW) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, community ranking and institutional ownership.
In the previous week, Medical Properties Trust had 17 more articles in the media than BrightSpire Capital. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Medical Properties Trust and 3 mentions for BrightSpire Capital. Medical Properties Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.20 beat BrightSpire Capital's score of 0.26 indicating that Medical Properties Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Medical Properties Trust has a net margin of -2.40% compared to BrightSpire Capital's net margin of -33.20%. BrightSpire Capital's return on equity of 9.36% beat Medical Properties Trust's return on equity.
BrightSpire Capital has a beta of 1.87, indicating that its share price is 87% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Medical Properties Trust has a beta of 1.19, indicating that its share price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500.
56.6% of BrightSpire Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.8% of Medical Properties Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.9% of BrightSpire Capital shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Medical Properties Trust shares are owned by 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.
BrightSpire Capital has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Medical Properties Trust. BrightSpire Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Medical Properties Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Medical Properties Trust received 401 more outperform votes than BrightSpire Capital when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.76% of users gave Medical Properties Trust an outperform vote while only 44.44% of users gave BrightSpire Capital an outperform vote.
BrightSpire Capital pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.2%. Medical Properties Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.2%. BrightSpire Capital pays out -145.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Medical Properties Trust pays out -27.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. BrightSpire Capital is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
BrightSpire Capital presently has a consensus target price of $7.33, suggesting a potential upside of 21.21%. Medical Properties Trust has a consensus target price of $5.80, suggesting a potential upside of 8.12%. Given BrightSpire Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe BrightSpire Capital is more favorable than Medical Properties Trust.
Summary
BrightSpire Capital and Medical Properties Trust tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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