LTC vs. RYN, PCH, SBRA, MPW, EPR, NHI, SHO, GEO, CXW, and DRH
Should you be buying LTC Properties stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of LTC Properties include Rayonier (RYN), PotlatchDeltic (PCH), Sabra Health Care REIT (SBRA), Medical Properties Trust (MPW), EPR Properties (EPR), National Health Investors (NHI), Sunstone Hotel Investors (SHO), The GEO Group (GEO), CoreCivic (CXW), and DiamondRock Hospitality (DRH). These companies are all part of the "specialized reits" industry.
LTC Properties (NYSE:LTC) and Rayonier (NYSE:RYN) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, risk, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations and valuation.
LTC Properties has a beta of 0.86, meaning that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Rayonier has a beta of 1.09, meaning that its stock price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Rayonier has higher revenue and earnings than LTC Properties. LTC Properties is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Rayonier, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Rayonier had 1 more articles in the media than LTC Properties. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Rayonier and 1 mentions for LTC Properties. LTC Properties' average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Rayonier's score of -0.03 indicating that LTC Properties is being referred to more favorably in the media.
LTC Properties received 32 more outperform votes than Rayonier when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 56.35% of users gave LTC Properties an outperform vote while only 55.23% of users gave Rayonier an outperform vote.
69.3% of LTC Properties shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.1% of Rayonier shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.0% of LTC Properties shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Rayonier 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.
LTC Properties has a net margin of 40.60% compared to Rayonier's net margin of 15.92%. LTC Properties' return on equity of 9.09% beat Rayonier's return on equity.
LTC Properties pays an annual dividend of $2.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.6%. Rayonier pays an annual dividend of $1.14 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. LTC Properties pays out 118.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Rayonier pays out 101.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
LTC Properties presently has a consensus price target of $33.40, suggesting a potential downside of 2.91%. Rayonier has a consensus price target of $34.50, suggesting a potential upside of 14.92%. Given Rayonier's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Rayonier is more favorable than LTC Properties.
Summary
LTC Properties beats Rayonier on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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