CXW vs. RHP, HR, RYN, PCH, SBRA, EPR, MPW, NHI, SHO, and GEO
Should you be buying CoreCivic stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CoreCivic include Ryman Hospitality Properties (RHP), Healthcare Realty Trust (HR), Rayonier (RYN), PotlatchDeltic (PCH), Sabra Health Care REIT (SBRA), EPR Properties (EPR), Medical Properties Trust (MPW), National Health Investors (NHI), Sunstone Hotel Investors (SHO), and The GEO Group (GEO). These companies are all part of the "specialized reits" industry.
Ryman Hospitality Properties (NYSE:RHP) and CoreCivic (NYSE:CXW) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations and earnings.
In the previous week, Ryman Hospitality Properties had 4 more articles in the media than CoreCivic. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Ryman Hospitality Properties and 3 mentions for CoreCivic. Ryman Hospitality Properties' average media sentiment score of 0.62 beat CoreCivic's score of 0.50 indicating that CoreCivic is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Ryman Hospitality Properties presently has a consensus price target of $118.29, suggesting a potential upside of 12.58%. CoreCivic has a consensus price target of $19.00, suggesting a potential upside of 18.38%. Given Ryman Hospitality Properties' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe CoreCivic is more favorable than Ryman Hospitality Properties.
Ryman Hospitality Properties has higher revenue and earnings than CoreCivic. Ryman Hospitality Properties is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CoreCivic, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
94.5% of Ryman Hospitality Properties shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.1% of CoreCivic shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.0% of Ryman Hospitality Properties shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of CoreCivic shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Ryman Hospitality Properties has a net margin of 13.35% compared to Ryman Hospitality Properties' net margin of 3.34%. CoreCivic's return on equity of 56.37% beat Ryman Hospitality Properties' return on equity.
Ryman Hospitality Properties has a beta of 1.59, meaning that its share price is 59% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CoreCivic has a beta of 0.81, meaning that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.
CoreCivic received 40 more outperform votes than Ryman Hospitality Properties when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.10% of users gave CoreCivic an outperform vote while only 57.52% of users gave Ryman Hospitality Properties an outperform vote.
Summary
Ryman Hospitality Properties beats CoreCivic on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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