CareTrust REIT (CTRE) Competitors

CareTrust REIT (NASDAQ:CTRE) and Brookfield Asset Management (NYSE:BAM) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk and profitability.

Do institutionals & insiders believe in CTRE or BAM?

87.8% of CareTrust REIT shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.4% of Brookfield Asset Management shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of CareTrust REIT shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.0% of Brookfield Asset Management shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CTRE or BAM?

Brookfield Asset Management received 134 more outperform votes than CareTrust REIT when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.33% of users gave Brookfield Asset Management an outperform vote while only 64.72% of users gave CareTrust REIT an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
CareTrust REIT	Outperform Votes 422 64.72%	Underperform Votes 230 35.28%
Brookfield Asset Management	Outperform Votes 556 65.33%	Underperform Votes 295 34.67%

Is CTRE or BAM a better dividend stock?

CareTrust REIT pays an annual dividend of $1.34 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Brookfield Asset Management pays an annual dividend of $1.75 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. CareTrust REIT pays out 169.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Brookfield Asset Management pays out 132.6% 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 analysts prefer CTRE or BAM?

CareTrust REIT currently has a consensus price target of $31.00, indicating a potential upside of 7.45%. Brookfield Asset Management has a consensus price target of $56.38, indicating a potential upside of 8.96%. Given Brookfield Asset Management's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Brookfield Asset Management is more favorable than CareTrust REIT.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CareTrust REIT	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Brookfield Asset Management	2 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.53

Which has higher valuation and earnings, CTRE or BAM?

Brookfield Asset Management has higher revenue and earnings than CareTrust REIT. CareTrust REIT is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Brookfield Asset Management, 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
CareTrust REIT	$228.26M	23.72	$125.08M	$0.79	36.52
Brookfield Asset Management	$482M	47.57	$2.17B	$1.32	39.20

Does the media favor CTRE or BAM?

In the previous week, CareTrust REIT and CareTrust REIT both had 20 articles in the media. CareTrust REIT's average media sentiment score of 1.41 beat Brookfield Asset Management's score of 1.12 indicating that CareTrust REIT is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
CareTrust REIT	16 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Brookfield Asset Management	13 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is CTRE or BAM more profitable?

Brookfield Asset Management has a net margin of 54.47% compared to CareTrust REIT's net margin of 42.22%. Brookfield Asset Management's return on equity of 81.16% beat CareTrust REIT's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CareTrust REIT	42.22%	5.59%	4.39%
Brookfield Asset Management	54.47%	81.16%	60.52%

Which has more risk & volatility, CTRE or BAM?

CareTrust REIT has a beta of 1.11, suggesting that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brookfield Asset Management has a beta of 1.5, suggesting that its share price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Brookfield Asset Management beats CareTrust REIT on 17 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.