CubeSmart (CUBE) Competitors

CubeSmart (NYSE:CUBE) and Ventas (NYSE:VTR) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, media sentiment and community ranking.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CUBE or VTR?

Ventas received 119 more outperform votes than CubeSmart when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.56% of users gave CubeSmart an outperform vote while only 56.31% of users gave Ventas an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
CubeSmart	Outperform Votes 443 63.56%	Underperform Votes 254 36.44%
Ventas	Outperform Votes 562 56.31%	Underperform Votes 436 43.69%

Do analysts prefer CUBE or VTR?

CubeSmart currently has a consensus price target of $47.31, suggesting a potential upside of 23.65%. Ventas has a consensus price target of $72.90, suggesting a potential upside of 8.06%. Given CubeSmart's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe CubeSmart is more favorable than Ventas.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CubeSmart	0 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.31
Ventas	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.92

Do insiders & institutionals believe in CUBE or VTR?

97.6% of CubeSmart shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.2% of Ventas shares are held by institutional investors. 1.7% of CubeSmart shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Ventas shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk & volatility, CUBE or VTR?

CubeSmart has a beta of 0.85, suggesting that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ventas has a beta of 1.02, suggesting that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to CUBE or VTR?

In the previous week, CubeSmart had 6 more articles in the media than Ventas. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for CubeSmart and 23 mentions for Ventas. Ventas' average media sentiment score of 1.36 beat CubeSmart's score of 0.94 indicating that Ventas is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
CubeSmart	17 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Ventas	17 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, CUBE or VTR?

CubeSmart has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Ventas. CubeSmart is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ventas, 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
CubeSmart	$1.07B	8.21	$410.76M	$1.72	22.24
Ventas	$4.92B	6.00	$81.15M	$0.19	355.05

Is CUBE or VTR a better dividend stock?

CubeSmart pays an annual dividend of $2.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.4%. Ventas pays an annual dividend of $1.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. CubeSmart pays out 120.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Ventas pays out 1,010.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. CubeSmart has increased its dividend for 16 consecutive years. CubeSmart is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Is CUBE or VTR more profitable?

CubeSmart has a net margin of 37.79% compared to Ventas' net margin of 1.65%. CubeSmart's return on equity of 14.33% beat Ventas' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CubeSmart	37.79%	14.33%	6.48%
Ventas	1.65%	0.82%	0.32%

Summary

CubeSmart beats Ventas on 14 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.