EPR vs. CUBE, OHI, HR, RHP, 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), Healthcare Realty Trust (HR), Ryman Hospitality Properties (RHP), 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.
CubeSmart (NYSE:CUBE) and EPR Properties (NYSE:EPR) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, media sentiment and dividends.
CubeSmart pays an annual dividend of $2.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. EPR Properties pays an annual dividend of $3.42 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.5%. 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. 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. EPR Properties has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years. EPR Properties is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
97.6% of CubeSmart shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.7% of EPR Properties shares are held by institutional investors. 1.7% of CubeSmart shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of EPR Properties shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
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.
CubeSmart has a beta of 0.77, meaning that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, EPR Properties has a beta of 1.68, meaning that its share price is 68% more volatile than the S&P 500.
CubeSmart received 56 more outperform votes than EPR Properties when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.68% of users gave CubeSmart an outperform vote while only 58.42% of users gave EPR Properties an outperform vote.
CubeSmart has a net margin of 38.64% compared to CubeSmart's net margin of 25.39%. EPR Properties' return on equity of 14.48% beat CubeSmart's return on equity.
CubeSmart presently has a consensus target price of $46.17, indicating a potential upside of 8.63%. EPR Properties has a consensus target price of $47.25, indicating a potential upside of 16.78%. Given CubeSmart's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe EPR Properties is more favorable than CubeSmart.
In the previous week, CubeSmart had 3 more articles in the media than EPR Properties. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for CubeSmart and 5 mentions for EPR Properties. EPR Properties' average media sentiment score of 1.63 beat CubeSmart's score of 0.51 indicating that CubeSmart is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
CubeSmart beats EPR Properties on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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