CareTrust REIT (CTRE) Competitors

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

Do analysts prefer CTRE or TPG?

CareTrust REIT currently has a consensus target price of $31.00, suggesting a potential upside of 9.97%. TPG has a consensus target price of $58.25, suggesting a potential upside of 30.84%. Given TPG's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe TPG 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
TPG	0 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.38

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CTRE or TPG?

CareTrust REIT received 398 more outperform votes than TPG when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.72% of users gave CareTrust REIT an outperform vote while only 26.97% of users gave TPG an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
CareTrust REIT	Outperform Votes 422 64.72%	Underperform Votes 230 35.28%
TPG	Outperform Votes 24 26.97%	Underperform Votes 65 73.03%

Is CTRE or TPG more profitable?

CareTrust REIT has a net margin of 42.22% compared to TPG's net margin of 0.67%. TPG's return on equity of 24.66% beat CareTrust REIT's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CareTrust REIT	42.22%	5.59%	4.39%
TPG	0.67%	24.66%	8.15%

Is CTRE or TPG a better dividend stock?

CareTrust REIT pays an annual dividend of $1.34 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. TPG pays an annual dividend of $2.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. 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. TPG pays out -481.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. TPG is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has better valuation & earnings, CTRE or TPG?

CareTrust REIT has higher earnings, but lower revenue than TPG. TPG 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
CareTrust REIT	$228.26M	23.18	$125.08M	$0.79	35.68
TPG	$2.54B	6.49	$23.48M	-$0.44	-101.18

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in CTRE or TPG?

87.8% of CareTrust REIT shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.0% of TPG shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of CareTrust REIT shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 76.5% of TPG shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer CTRE or TPG?

In the previous week, TPG had 15 more articles in the media than CareTrust REIT. MarketBeat recorded 31 mentions for TPG and 16 mentions for CareTrust REIT. CareTrust REIT's average media sentiment score of 1.48 beat TPG's score of 0.45 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	14 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
TPG	10 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	7 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has more risk and volatility, CTRE or TPG?

CareTrust REIT has a beta of 0.88, meaning that its share price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TPG has a beta of 1.58, meaning that its share price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

TPG beats CareTrust REIT on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.