DHC vs. UHT, INN, CLDT, SVC, ALEX, LADR, LTC, CXW, RLJ, and PEB
Should you be buying Diversified Healthcare Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Diversified Healthcare Trust include Universal Health Realty Income Trust (UHT), Summit Hotel Properties (INN), Chatham Lodging Trust (CLDT), Service Properties Trust (SVC), Alexander & Baldwin (ALEX), Ladder Capital (LADR), LTC Properties (LTC), CoreCivic (CXW), RLJ Lodging Trust (RLJ), and Pebblebrook Hotel Trust (PEB). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
Universal Health Realty Income Trust (NYSE:UHT) and Diversified Healthcare Trust (NASDAQ:DHC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, profitability and media sentiment.
64.7% of Universal Health Realty Income Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.0% of Diversified Healthcare Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.1% of Universal Health Realty Income Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Diversified Healthcare Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Universal Health Realty Income Trust pays an annual dividend of $2.90 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.0%. Diversified Healthcare Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Universal Health Realty Income Trust pays out 247.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Diversified Healthcare Trust pays out -3.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Universal Health Realty Income Trust has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Universal Health Realty Income Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
In the previous week, Universal Health Realty Income Trust and Universal Health Realty Income Trust both had 4 articles in the media. Diversified Healthcare Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.71 beat Universal Health Realty Income Trust's score of 0.71 indicating that Universal Health Realty Income Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Universal Health Realty Income Trust has a beta of 0.76, indicating that its share price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Diversified Healthcare Trust has a beta of 2.09, indicating that its share price is 109% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Diversified Healthcare Trust received 95 more outperform votes than Universal Health Realty Income Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.02% of users gave Universal Health Realty Income Trust an outperform vote while only 54.67% of users gave Diversified Healthcare Trust an outperform vote.
Universal Health Realty Income Trust has a net margin of 16.66% compared to Universal Health Realty Income Trust's net margin of -20.82%. Diversified Healthcare Trust's return on equity of 7.88% beat Universal Health Realty Income Trust's return on equity.
Universal Health Realty Income Trust has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Diversified Healthcare Trust. Diversified Healthcare Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Universal Health Realty Income Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Diversified Healthcare Trust has a consensus target price of $4.50, indicating a potential upside of 73.08%. Given Universal Health Realty Income Trust's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Diversified Healthcare Trust is more favorable than Universal Health Realty Income Trust.
Summary
Universal Health Realty Income Trust beats Diversified Healthcare Trust on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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