EPR Properties (EPR) Competitors

Omega Healthcare Investors (NYSE:OHI) and EPR Properties (NYSE:EPR) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, risk, media sentiment, earnings and community ranking.

Is OHI or EPR a better dividend stock?

Omega Healthcare Investors pays an annual dividend of $2.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.0%. EPR Properties pays an annual dividend of $3.54 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.3%. 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. EPR Properties pays out 221.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Do insiders and institutionals believe in OHI or EPR?

65.3% of Omega Healthcare Investors shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.7% of EPR Properties shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of Omega Healthcare Investors shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of EPR Properties shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, OHI or EPR?

Omega Healthcare Investors has higher revenue and earnings than EPR Properties. Omega Healthcare Investors is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than EPR Properties, 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
Omega Healthcare Investors	$1.05B	10.22	$406.33M	$1.55	24.60
EPR Properties	$641.00M	5.78	$173.05M	$1.60	30.43

Does the media prefer OHI or EPR?

In the previous week, Omega Healthcare Investors had 5 more articles in the media than EPR Properties. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Omega Healthcare Investors and 13 mentions for EPR Properties. Omega Healthcare Investors' average media sentiment score of 1.41 beat EPR Properties' score of 1.24 indicating that Omega Healthcare Investors is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Omega Healthcare Investors	14 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
EPR Properties	9 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk and volatility, OHI or EPR?

Omega Healthcare Investors has a beta of 0.75, meaning that its stock price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, EPR Properties has a beta of 1.3, meaning that its stock price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer OHI or EPR?

Omega Healthcare Investors presently has a consensus target price of $42.00, indicating a potential upside of 10.15%. EPR Properties has a consensus target price of $51.00, indicating a potential upside of 4.74%. Given Omega Healthcare Investors' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Omega Healthcare Investors is more favorable than EPR Properties.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Omega Healthcare Investors	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
EPR Properties	2 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.22

Does the MarketBeat Community favor OHI or EPR?

Omega Healthcare Investors received 61 more outperform votes than EPR Properties when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 57.72% of users gave EPR Properties an outperform vote while only 57.70% of users gave Omega Healthcare Investors an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Omega Healthcare Investors	Outperform Votes 446 57.70%	Underperform Votes 327 42.30%
EPR Properties	Outperform Votes 385 57.72%	Underperform Votes 282 42.28%

Is OHI or EPR more profitable?

Omega Healthcare Investors has a net margin of 38.65% compared to EPR Properties' net margin of 28.87%. Omega Healthcare Investors' return on equity of 9.71% beat EPR Properties' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Omega Healthcare Investors	38.65%	9.71%	4.35%
EPR Properties	28.87%	8.22%	3.52%

Summary

Omega Healthcare Investors beats EPR Properties on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.