Healthpeak Properties (DOC) Competitors

Healthpeak Properties (NYSE:DOC) and Ares Management (NYSE:ARES) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends and risk.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in DOC or ARES?

Ares Management received 96 more outperform votes than Healthpeak Properties when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.93% of users gave Ares Management an outperform vote while only 62.21% of users gave Healthpeak Properties an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Healthpeak Properties	Outperform Votes 512 62.21%	Underperform Votes 311 37.79%
Ares Management	Outperform Votes 608 68.93%	Underperform Votes 274 31.07%

Is DOC or ARES a better dividend stock?

Healthpeak Properties pays an annual dividend of $1.22 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.5%. Ares Management pays an annual dividend of $3.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Healthpeak Properties pays out 348.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Ares Management pays out 183.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Is DOC or ARES more profitable?

Ares Management has a net margin of 11.35% compared to Healthpeak Properties' net margin of 9.00%. Ares Management's return on equity of 16.64% beat Healthpeak Properties' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Healthpeak Properties	9.00%	2.61%	1.21%
Ares Management	11.35%	16.64%	3.41%

Which has more volatility & risk, DOC or ARES?

Healthpeak Properties has a beta of 1.02, meaning that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ares Management has a beta of 1.32, meaning that its share price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate DOC or ARES?

Healthpeak Properties currently has a consensus target price of $23.83, indicating a potential upside of 27.72%. Ares Management has a consensus target price of $165.40, indicating a potential upside of 19.54%. Given Healthpeak Properties' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Healthpeak Properties is more favorable than Ares Management.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Healthpeak Properties	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.85
Ares Management	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	11 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.73

Does the media refer more to DOC or ARES?

In the previous week, Ares Management had 8 more articles in the media than Healthpeak Properties. MarketBeat recorded 41 mentions for Ares Management and 33 mentions for Healthpeak Properties. Healthpeak Properties' average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Ares Management's score of 0.79 indicating that Healthpeak Properties is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Healthpeak Properties	22 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Ares Management	20 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	4 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of DOC or ARES?

93.6% of Healthpeak Properties shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.0% of Ares Management shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Healthpeak Properties shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Ares Management shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, DOC or ARES?

Ares Management has higher revenue and earnings than Healthpeak Properties. Healthpeak Properties is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ares 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
Healthpeak Properties	$543.46M	24.02	$243.14M	$0.35	53.31
Ares Management	$3.88B	11.23	$440.96M	$2.03	68.16

Summary

Ares Management beats Healthpeak Properties on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.