AHR vs. JEF, FUTU, DOC, GLPI, REG, LINE, AMH, HLI, WPC, and HST
Should you be buying American Healthcare REIT stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of American Healthcare REIT include Jefferies Financial Group (JEF), Futu (FUTU), Healthpeak Properties (DOC), Gaming and Leisure Properties (GLPI), Regency Centers (REG), Lineage (LINE), American Homes 4 Rent (AMH), Houlihan Lokey (HLI), W. P. Carey (WPC), and Host Hotels & Resorts (HST). These companies are all part of the "trading" industry.
American Healthcare REIT vs.
Jefferies Financial Group (NYSE:JEF) and American Healthcare REIT (NYSE:AHR) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, valuation, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, earnings and institutional ownership.
Jefferies Financial Group has a net margin of 10.57% compared to American Healthcare REIT's net margin of -1.84%. Jefferies Financial Group's return on equity of 7.92% beat American Healthcare REIT's return on equity.
Jefferies Financial Group pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. American Healthcare REIT pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Jefferies Financial Group pays out 53.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. American Healthcare REIT pays out -208.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. American Healthcare REIT is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, Jefferies Financial Group had 9 more articles in the media than American Healthcare REIT. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Jefferies Financial Group and 12 mentions for American Healthcare REIT. American Healthcare REIT's average media sentiment score of 1.35 beat Jefferies Financial Group's score of 0.86 indicating that American Healthcare REIT is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Jefferies Financial Group has higher revenue and earnings than American Healthcare REIT. American Healthcare REIT is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Jefferies Financial Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
60.9% of Jefferies Financial Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.7% of American Healthcare REIT shares are held by institutional investors. 20.4% of Jefferies Financial Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of American Healthcare REIT shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Jefferies Financial Group currently has a consensus price target of $81.67, suggesting a potential upside of 24.64%. American Healthcare REIT has a consensus price target of $26.00, suggesting a potential downside of 4.81%. Given Jefferies Financial Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Jefferies Financial Group is more favorable than American Healthcare REIT.
Jefferies Financial Group received 574 more outperform votes than American Healthcare REIT when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 92.31% of users gave American Healthcare REIT an outperform vote while only 53.63% of users gave Jefferies Financial Group an outperform vote.
Summary
Jefferies Financial Group beats American Healthcare REIT on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:AHR) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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