LTC vs. HR, RYN, PCH, SBRA, EPR, MPW, NHI, SHO, GEO, and DRH
Should you be buying LTC Properties stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of LTC Properties include 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), The GEO Group (GEO), and DiamondRock Hospitality (DRH). These companies are all part of the "specialized reits" industry.
LTC Properties (NYSE:LTC) and Healthcare Realty Trust (NYSE:HR) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, earnings and valuation.
Healthcare Realty Trust received 2 more outperform votes than LTC Properties when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 56.35% of users gave LTC Properties an outperform vote while only 51.22% of users gave Healthcare Realty Trust an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Healthcare Realty Trust had 3 more articles in the media than LTC Properties. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Healthcare Realty Trust and 3 mentions for LTC Properties. Healthcare Realty Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.34 beat LTC Properties' score of 0.72 indicating that Healthcare Realty Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
LTC Properties currently has a consensus price target of $33.40, suggesting a potential downside of 1.91%. Healthcare Realty Trust has a consensus price target of $17.20, suggesting a potential upside of 9.76%. Given Healthcare Realty Trust's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Healthcare Realty Trust is more favorable than LTC Properties.
69.3% of LTC Properties shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.0% of LTC Properties shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Healthcare Realty Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
LTC Properties has a beta of 0.86, indicating that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Healthcare Realty Trust has a beta of 0.78, indicating that its share price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.
LTC Properties pays an annual dividend of $2.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.7%. Healthcare Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.9%. LTC Properties pays out 118.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Healthcare Realty Trust pays out -93.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Healthcare Realty Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
LTC Properties has a net margin of 40.60% compared to Healthcare Realty Trust's net margin of -37.53%. LTC Properties' return on equity of 9.09% beat Healthcare Realty Trust's return on equity.
LTC Properties has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Healthcare Realty Trust. Healthcare Realty Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than LTC Properties, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
LTC Properties beats Healthcare Realty Trust on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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