EPR vs. SBRA, MPW, NHI, PEB, DRH, CXW, RLJ, LTC, SVC, and HR
Should you be buying EPR Properties stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of EPR Properties include Sabra Health Care REIT (SBRA), Medical Properties Trust (MPW), National Health Investors (NHI), Pebblebrook Hotel Trust (PEB), DiamondRock Hospitality (DRH), CoreCivic (CXW), RLJ Lodging Trust (RLJ), LTC Properties (LTC), Service Properties Trust (SVC), and Healthcare Realty Trust (HR). These companies are all part of the "specialized reits" industry.
EPR Properties (NYSE:EPR) and Sabra Health Care REIT (NASDAQ:SBRA) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and profitability.
Sabra Health Care REIT received 123 more outperform votes than EPR Properties when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.95% of users gave Sabra Health Care REIT an outperform vote while only 58.63% of users gave EPR Properties an outperform vote.
74.7% of EPR Properties shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.4% of Sabra Health Care REIT shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.1% of EPR Properties shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Sabra Health Care REIT shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, EPR Properties and EPR Properties both had 10 articles in the media. Sabra Health Care REIT's average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat EPR Properties' score of 0.72 indicating that Sabra Health Care REIT is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
EPR Properties has higher revenue and earnings than Sabra Health Care REIT. EPR Properties 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.
EPR Properties pays an annual dividend of $3.42 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.0%. Sabra Health Care REIT pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.4%. 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. 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.
EPR Properties presently has a consensus target price of $48.05, indicating a potential upside of 12.87%. Sabra Health Care REIT has a consensus target price of $15.71, indicating a potential upside of 9.62%. Given EPR Properties' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe EPR Properties is more favorable than Sabra Health Care REIT.
EPR Properties has a net margin of 25.39% compared to Sabra Health Care REIT's net margin of 7.58%. EPR Properties' return on equity of 7.23% beat Sabra Health Care REIT's return on equity.
EPR Properties has a beta of 1.64, meaning that its stock price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sabra Health Care REIT has a beta of 1.17, meaning that its stock price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
EPR Properties beats Sabra Health Care REIT on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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