Sabra Health Care REIT (SBRA) Competitors

Sabra Health Care REIT (NASDAQ:SBRA) and Omega Healthcare Investors (NYSE:OHI) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, earnings and community ranking.

Is SBRA or OHI a better dividend stock?

Sabra Health Care REIT pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.0%. Omega Healthcare Investors pays an annual dividend of $2.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.1%. Sabra Health Care REIT pays out 226.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Omega Healthcare Investors pays out 172.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Omega Healthcare Investors is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Is SBRA or OHI more profitable?

Omega Healthcare Investors has a net margin of 38.65% compared to Sabra Health Care REIT's net margin of 18.02%. Omega Healthcare Investors' return on equity of 9.71% beat Sabra Health Care REIT's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Sabra Health Care REIT	18.02%	4.60%	2.37%
Omega Healthcare Investors	38.65%	9.71%	4.35%

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of SBRA or OHI?

99.4% of Sabra Health Care REIT shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.3% of Omega Healthcare Investors shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of Sabra Health Care REIT shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Omega Healthcare Investors shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, SBRA or OHI?

Omega Healthcare Investors has higher revenue and earnings than Sabra Health Care REIT. Omega Healthcare Investors 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	$703.24M	5.80	$13.76M	$0.53	32.36
Omega Healthcare Investors	$1.05B	10.05	$406.33M	$1.55	24.20

Which has more volatility and risk, SBRA or OHI?

Sabra Health Care REIT has a beta of 1.27, indicating that its share price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Omega Healthcare Investors has a beta of 1, indicating that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate SBRA or OHI?

Sabra Health Care REIT presently has a consensus target price of $19.33, suggesting a potential upside of 12.73%. Omega Healthcare Investors has a consensus target price of $42.25, suggesting a potential upside of 12.64%. Given Sabra Health Care REIT's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Sabra Health Care REIT is more favorable than Omega Healthcare Investors.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Sabra Health Care REIT	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.71
Omega Healthcare Investors	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.44

Does the media refer more to SBRA or OHI?

In the previous week, Sabra Health Care REIT had 1 more articles in the media than Omega Healthcare Investors. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Sabra Health Care REIT and 11 mentions for Omega Healthcare Investors. Sabra Health Care REIT's average media sentiment score of 1.25 beat Omega Healthcare Investors' score of 1.20 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	7 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Omega Healthcare Investors	9 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in SBRA or OHI?

Sabra Health Care REIT received 60 more outperform votes than Omega Healthcare Investors when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.88% of users gave Sabra Health Care REIT an outperform vote while only 57.77% of users gave Omega Healthcare Investors an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Sabra Health Care REIT	Outperform Votes 506 59.88%	Underperform Votes 339 40.12%
Omega Healthcare Investors	Outperform Votes 446 57.77%	Underperform Votes 326 42.23%

Summary

Omega Healthcare Investors beats Sabra Health Care REIT on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.