VTR vs. WELL, PSA, EXR, WY, CUBE, OHI, RHP, HR, RYN, and PCH
Should you be buying Ventas stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ventas include Welltower (WELL), Public Storage (PSA), Extra Space Storage (EXR), Weyerhaeuser (WY), CubeSmart (CUBE), Omega Healthcare Investors (OHI), Ryman Hospitality Properties (RHP), Healthcare Realty Trust (HR), Rayonier (RYN), and PotlatchDeltic (PCH). These companies are all part of the "specialized reits" industry.
Ventas (NYSE:VTR) and Welltower (NYSE:WELL) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking, profitability and dividends.
94.2% of Ventas shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.8% of Welltower shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Ventas shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Welltower 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.
Welltower has higher revenue and earnings than Ventas. Ventas is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Welltower, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Ventas currently has a consensus target price of $51.46, indicating a potential upside of 2.39%. Welltower has a consensus target price of $98.07, indicating a potential downside of 5.40%. Given Ventas' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Ventas is more favorable than Welltower.
Ventas has a beta of 1.25, suggesting that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Welltower has a beta of 1.07, suggesting that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Ventas pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Welltower pays an annual dividend of $2.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Ventas pays out -947.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Welltower pays out 301.2% 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, Ventas had 8 more articles in the media than Welltower. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Ventas and 12 mentions for Welltower. Welltower's average media sentiment score of 1.23 beat Ventas' score of 0.13 indicating that Welltower is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Welltower received 176 more outperform votes than Ventas when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.86% of users gave Welltower an outperform vote while only 56.37% of users gave Ventas an outperform vote.
Welltower has a net margin of 6.37% compared to Ventas' net margin of -1.58%. Welltower's return on equity of 1.77% beat Ventas' return on equity.
Summary
Welltower beats Ventas on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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