EPR vs. CUBE, OHI, RHP, HR, RYN, PCH, SBRA, MPW, NHI, and SHO
Should you be buying EPR Properties stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of EPR Properties include CubeSmart (CUBE), Omega Healthcare Investors (OHI), Ryman Hospitality Properties (RHP), Healthcare Realty Trust (HR), Rayonier (RYN), PotlatchDeltic (PCH), Sabra Health Care REIT (SBRA), Medical Properties Trust (MPW), National Health Investors (NHI), and Sunstone Hotel Investors (SHO). These companies are all part of the "specialized reits" industry.
EPR Properties (NYSE:EPR) and CubeSmart (NYSE:CUBE) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk and profitability.
CubeSmart has higher revenue and earnings than EPR Properties. EPR Properties is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CubeSmart, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
74.7% of EPR Properties shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.6% of CubeSmart shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.1% of EPR Properties shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of CubeSmart shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
EPR Properties pays an annual dividend of $3.42 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.4%. CubeSmart pays an annual dividend of $2.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. EPR Properties pays out 168.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. CubeSmart pays out 113.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
CubeSmart received 56 more outperform votes than EPR Properties when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.78% of users gave CubeSmart an outperform vote while only 58.51% of users gave EPR Properties an outperform vote.
In the previous week, EPR Properties had 1 more articles in the media than CubeSmart. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for EPR Properties and 6 mentions for CubeSmart. CubeSmart's average media sentiment score of 0.37 beat EPR Properties' score of 0.18 indicating that CubeSmart is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
EPR Properties presently has a consensus price target of $47.25, indicating a potential upside of 16.70%. CubeSmart has a consensus price target of $46.33, indicating a potential upside of 11.59%. Given EPR Properties' higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe EPR Properties is more favorable than CubeSmart.
EPR Properties has a beta of 1.64, suggesting that its stock price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CubeSmart has a beta of 0.72, suggesting that its stock price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500.
CubeSmart has a net margin of 38.64% compared to EPR Properties' net margin of 25.39%. CubeSmart's return on equity of 14.48% beat EPR Properties' return on equity.
Summary
CubeSmart beats EPR Properties on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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