CareTrust REIT (CTRE) Competitors

Essex Property Trust (NYSE:ESS) and CareTrust REIT (NASDAQ:CTRE) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, valuation, community ranking and media sentiment.

Do analysts prefer ESS or CTRE?

Essex Property Trust currently has a consensus target price of $302.11, suggesting a potential upside of 6.47%. CareTrust REIT has a consensus target price of $30.67, suggesting a potential upside of 12.09%. Given CareTrust REIT's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe CareTrust REIT is more favorable than Essex Property Trust.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Essex Property Trust	1 Sell rating(s)	12 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.26
CareTrust REIT	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Which has more risk & volatility, ESS or CTRE?

Essex Property Trust has a beta of 0.9, meaning that its stock price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CareTrust REIT has a beta of 1.07, meaning that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, ESS or CTRE?

Essex Property Trust has higher revenue and earnings than CareTrust REIT. Essex Property Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CareTrust 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
Essex Property Trust	$1.74B	10.47	$405.83M	$8.56	33.15
CareTrust REIT	$219.54M	21.37	$53.74M	$0.72	38.00

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ESS or CTRE?

Essex Property Trust received 306 more outperform votes than CareTrust REIT when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.76% of users gave CareTrust REIT an outperform vote while only 56.38% of users gave Essex Property Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Essex Property Trust	Outperform Votes 725 56.38%	Underperform Votes 561 43.62%
CareTrust REIT	Outperform Votes 419 64.76%	Underperform Votes 228 35.24%

Is ESS or CTRE more profitable?

CareTrust REIT has a net margin of 36.88% compared to Essex Property Trust's net margin of 31.55%. Essex Property Trust's return on equity of 9.72% beat CareTrust REIT's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Essex Property Trust	31.55%	9.72%	4.36%
CareTrust REIT	36.88%	5.32%	3.95%

Is ESS or CTRE a better dividend stock?

Essex Property Trust pays an annual dividend of $9.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. CareTrust REIT pays an annual dividend of $1.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Essex Property Trust pays out 114.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. CareTrust REIT pays out 161.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in ESS or CTRE?

96.5% of Essex Property Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.8% of CareTrust REIT shares are held by institutional investors. 3.8% of Essex Property Trust shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of CareTrust REIT shares are held 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.

Does the media refer more to ESS or CTRE?

In the previous week, Essex Property Trust had 6 more articles in the media than CareTrust REIT. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Essex Property Trust and 9 mentions for CareTrust REIT. CareTrust REIT's average media sentiment score of 1.03 beat Essex Property Trust's score of 1.00 indicating that CareTrust REIT is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Essex Property Trust	10 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
CareTrust REIT	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Essex Property Trust beats CareTrust REIT on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.