DOC vs. AMH, HST, UDR, KIM, WPC, SUI, GLPI, LAMR, ELS, and CPT
Should you be buying Healthpeak Properties stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Healthpeak Properties include American Homes 4 Rent (AMH), Host Hotels & Resorts (HST), UDR (UDR), Kimco Realty (KIM), W. P. Carey (WPC), Sun Communities (SUI), Gaming and Leisure Properties (GLPI), Lamar Advertising (LAMR), Equity LifeStyle Properties (ELS), and Camden Property Trust (CPT). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
American Homes 4 Rent (NYSE:AMH) and Healthpeak Properties (NYSE:DOC) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment and valuation.
American Homes 4 Rent pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Healthpeak Properties pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.0%. American Homes 4 Rent pays out 106.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Healthpeak Properties pays out 342.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. American Homes 4 Rent has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years.
American Homes 4 Rent has a beta of 0.7, meaning that its share price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Healthpeak Properties has a beta of 1.01, meaning that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, American Homes 4 Rent and American Homes 4 Rent both had 14 articles in the media. Healthpeak Properties' average media sentiment score of 1.13 beat American Homes 4 Rent's score of 0.56 indicating that American Homes 4 Rent is being referred to more favorably in the media.
American Homes 4 Rent received 93 more outperform votes than Healthpeak Properties when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.56% of users gave American Homes 4 Rent an outperform vote while only 62.91% of users gave Healthpeak Properties an outperform vote.
91.9% of American Homes 4 Rent shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.6% of Healthpeak Properties shares are held by institutional investors. 6.3% of American Homes 4 Rent shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Healthpeak Properties shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
American Homes 4 Rent has a net margin of 22.55% compared to American Homes 4 Rent's net margin of 8.56%. Healthpeak Properties' return on equity of 5.00% beat American Homes 4 Rent's return on equity.
American Homes 4 Rent currently has a consensus target price of $39.71, suggesting a potential upside of 8.01%. Healthpeak Properties has a consensus target price of $19.08, suggesting a potential downside of 4.06%. Given Healthpeak Properties' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe American Homes 4 Rent is more favorable than Healthpeak Properties.
American Homes 4 Rent has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Healthpeak Properties. American Homes 4 Rent is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Healthpeak Properties, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
American Homes 4 Rent beats Healthpeak Properties on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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