CTRE vs. SITC, RPAI, RLJ, WRE, TWO, DOC, AMH, KIM, UDR, and HST
Should you be buying CareTrust REIT stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CareTrust REIT include SITE Centers (SITC), Retail Properties of America (RPAI), RLJ Lodging Trust (RLJ), Washington Real Estate Investment Trust (WRE), Two Harbors Investment (TWO), Healthpeak Properties (DOC), American Homes 4 Rent (AMH), Kimco Realty (KIM), UDR (UDR), and Host Hotels & Resorts (HST). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
CareTrust REIT (NASDAQ:CTRE) and SITE Centers (NYSE:SITC) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, profitability, media sentiment and risk.
CareTrust REIT has a beta of 1.03, suggesting that its stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SITE Centers has a beta of 1.6, suggesting that its stock price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500.
CareTrust REIT pays an annual dividend of $1.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. SITE Centers pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. CareTrust REIT pays out 223.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. SITE Centers pays out 51.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
SITE Centers has higher revenue and earnings than CareTrust REIT. SITE Centers is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CareTrust REIT, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
CareTrust REIT presently has a consensus target price of $24.50, indicating a potential downside of 4.18%. SITE Centers has a consensus target price of $14.38, indicating a potential downside of 0.31%. Given SITE Centers' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe SITE Centers is more favorable than CareTrust REIT.
In the previous week, SITE Centers had 2 more articles in the media than CareTrust REIT. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for SITE Centers and 7 mentions for CareTrust REIT. CareTrust REIT's average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat SITE Centers' score of 0.57 indicating that CareTrust REIT is being referred to more favorably in the media.
CareTrust REIT received 394 more outperform votes than SITE Centers when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.74% of users gave CareTrust REIT an outperform vote while only 29.58% of users gave SITE Centers an outperform vote.
87.8% of CareTrust REIT shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.7% of SITE Centers shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.8% of CareTrust REIT shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 10.1% of SITE Centers shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
SITE Centers has a net margin of 43.36% compared to CareTrust REIT's net margin of 27.47%. SITE Centers' return on equity of 11.83% beat CareTrust REIT's return on equity.
Summary
SITE Centers beats CareTrust REIT on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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