MPW vs. CUBE, OHI, RHP, HR, RYN, PCH, SBRA, EPR, NHI, and SHO
Should you be buying Medical Properties Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Medical Properties Trust include CubeSmart (CUBE), Omega Healthcare Investors (OHI), Ryman Hospitality Properties (RHP), Healthcare Realty Trust (HR), Rayonier (RYN), PotlatchDeltic (PCH), Sabra Health Care REIT (SBRA), EPR Properties (EPR), National Health Investors (NHI), and Sunstone Hotel Investors (SHO). These companies are all part of the "specialized reits" industry.
CubeSmart (NYSE:CUBE) and Medical Properties Trust (NYSE:MPW) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, media sentiment, risk, earnings and valuation.
CubeSmart has a net margin of 38.64% compared to CubeSmart's net margin of -2.40%. Medical Properties Trust's return on equity of 14.48% beat CubeSmart's return on equity.
CubeSmart has higher revenue and earnings than Medical Properties Trust. Medical Properties Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CubeSmart, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
CubeSmart has a beta of 0.72, meaning that its stock price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Medical Properties Trust has a beta of 1.19, meaning that its stock price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500.
CubeSmart currently has a consensus price target of $46.17, suggesting a potential upside of 9.12%. Medical Properties Trust has a consensus price target of $5.80, suggesting a potential upside of 8.12%. Given Medical Properties Trust's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe CubeSmart is more favorable than Medical Properties Trust.
97.6% of CubeSmart shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.8% of Medical Properties Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 1.7% of CubeSmart shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Medical Properties Trust shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
CubeSmart pays an annual dividend of $2.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. Medical Properties Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.2%. 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. Medical Properties Trust pays out -27.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. CubeSmart has increased its dividend for 14 consecutive years. Medical Properties Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, Medical Properties Trust had 10 more articles in the media than CubeSmart. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Medical Properties Trust and 13 mentions for CubeSmart. CubeSmart's average media sentiment score of 1.22 beat Medical Properties Trust's score of 0.40 indicating that Medical Properties Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
CubeSmart received 21 more outperform votes than Medical Properties Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.68% of users gave CubeSmart an outperform vote while only 57.76% of users gave Medical Properties Trust an outperform vote.
Summary
CubeSmart beats Medical Properties Trust on 16 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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