EPR Properties (EPR) Competitors

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

Do analysts rate CUBE or EPR?

CubeSmart presently has a consensus price target of $51.45, suggesting a potential upside of 6.45%. EPR Properties has a consensus price target of $48.28, suggesting a potential upside of 9.05%. Given EPR Properties' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe EPR Properties is more favorable than CubeSmart.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CubeSmart	1 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.27
EPR Properties	2 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.30

Does the media favor CUBE or EPR?

In the previous week, EPR Properties had 12 more articles in the media than CubeSmart. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for EPR Properties and 7 mentions for CubeSmart. CubeSmart's average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat EPR Properties' score of 0.62 indicating that CubeSmart is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
CubeSmart	7 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
EPR Properties	7 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, CUBE or EPR?

CubeSmart has higher revenue and earnings than EPR Properties. EPR Properties is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CubeSmart, 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	$1.05B	10.41	$410.76M	$1.77	27.31
EPR Properties	$636.87M	5.26	$173.05M	$2.31	19.16

Is CUBE or EPR a better dividend stock?

CubeSmart pays an annual dividend of $2.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. EPR Properties pays an annual dividend of $3.42 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.7%. CubeSmart pays out 115.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. EPR Properties pays out 148.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. CubeSmart has increased its dividend for 14 consecutive years.

Which has more risk & volatility, CUBE or EPR?

CubeSmart has a beta of 0.84, meaning that its stock price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, EPR Properties has a beta of 1.76, meaning that its stock price is 76% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is CUBE or EPR more profitable?

CubeSmart has a net margin of 37.79% compared to EPR Properties' net margin of 28.87%. CubeSmart's return on equity of 14.33% beat EPR Properties' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CubeSmart	37.79%	14.33%	6.48%
EPR Properties	28.87%	8.22%	3.52%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in CUBE or EPR?

97.6% of CubeSmart shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.7% of EPR Properties shares are held by institutional investors. 1.7% of CubeSmart shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of EPR Properties 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CUBE or EPR?

CubeSmart received 56 more outperform votes than EPR Properties when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.09% of users gave CubeSmart an outperform vote while only 57.94% of users gave EPR Properties an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
CubeSmart	Outperform Votes 439 64.09%	Underperform Votes 246 35.91%
EPR Properties	Outperform Votes 383 57.94%	Underperform Votes 278 42.06%

Summary

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