Sabra Health Care REIT (SBRA) Competitors

Sabra Health Care REIT (NASDAQ:SBRA) and Corporate Office Properties Trust (NYSE:OFC) are both mid-cap real estate companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends and analyst recommendations.

Is SBRA or OFC a better dividend stock?

Sabra Health Care REIT pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.5%. Corporate Office Properties Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.14 per share. Sabra Health Care REIT pays out 600.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Corporate Office Properties Trust pays out 67.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Which has more volatility and risk, SBRA or OFC?

Sabra Health Care REIT has a beta of 1.17, indicating that its stock price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Corporate Office Properties Trust has a beta of 1.03, indicating that its stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer SBRA or OFC?

Sabra Health Care REIT received 144 more outperform votes than Corporate Office Properties Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.95% of users gave Sabra Health Care REIT an outperform vote while only 51.15% of users gave Corporate Office Properties Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Sabra Health Care REIT	Outperform Votes 500 59.95%	Underperform Votes 334 40.05%
Corporate Office Properties Trust	Outperform Votes 356 51.15%	Underperform Votes 340 48.85%

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, SBRA or OFC?

Corporate Office Properties Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Sabra Health Care REIT. Corporate Office Properties Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sabra Health Care REIT, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Sabra Health Care REIT	$652.94M	5.02	$13.76M	$0.20	70.85
Corporate Office Properties Trust	$739.03M	0.00	$173.03M	$1.69	N/A

Do analysts recommend SBRA or OFC?

Sabra Health Care REIT presently has a consensus target price of $15.71, indicating a potential upside of 10.70%. Corporate Office Properties Trust has a consensus target price of $29.00, indicating a potential upside of ∞. Given Corporate Office Properties Trust's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Corporate Office Properties Trust is more favorable than Sabra Health Care REIT.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Sabra Health Care REIT	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.55
Corporate Office Properties Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Does the media favor SBRA or OFC?

In the previous week, Sabra Health Care REIT had 7 more articles in the media than Corporate Office Properties Trust. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Sabra Health Care REIT and 2 mentions for Corporate Office Properties Trust. Sabra Health Care REIT's average media sentiment score of 1.56 beat Corporate Office Properties Trust's score of 1.49 indicating that Sabra Health Care REIT is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Sabra Health Care REIT	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Corporate Office Properties Trust	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is SBRA or OFC more profitable?

Corporate Office Properties Trust has a net margin of 27.43% compared to Sabra Health Care REIT's net margin of 7.58%. Corporate Office Properties Trust's return on equity of 10.93% beat Sabra Health Care REIT's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Sabra Health Care REIT	7.58%	1.74%	0.91%
Corporate Office Properties Trust	27.43%	10.93%	4.49%

Do insiders & institutionals believe in SBRA or OFC?

99.4% of Sabra Health Care REIT shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of Sabra Health Care REIT shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Corporate Office Properties Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Sabra Health Care REIT beats Corporate Office Properties Trust on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.