EPR vs. OHI, CUBE, RHP, HR, GEO, SBRA, RYN, PCH, NHI, and CXW
Should you be buying EPR Properties stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of EPR Properties include Omega Healthcare Investors (OHI), CubeSmart (CUBE), Ryman Hospitality Properties (RHP), Healthcare Realty Trust (HR), The GEO Group (GEO), Sabra Health Care REIT (SBRA), Rayonier (RYN), PotlatchDeltic (PCH), National Health Investors (NHI), and CoreCivic (CXW). These companies are all part of the "specialized reits" industry.
EPR Properties vs.
EPR Properties (NYSE:EPR) and Omega Healthcare Investors (NYSE:OHI) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, community ranking, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk and dividends.
In the previous week, EPR Properties had 7 more articles in the media than Omega Healthcare Investors. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for EPR Properties and 4 mentions for Omega Healthcare Investors. Omega Healthcare Investors' average media sentiment score of 0.90 beat EPR Properties' score of 0.33 indicating that Omega Healthcare Investors is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
EPR Properties currently has a consensus target price of $47.94, suggesting a potential upside of 2.23%. Omega Healthcare Investors has a consensus target price of $41.10, suggesting a potential upside of 9.93%. Given Omega Healthcare Investors' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Omega Healthcare Investors is more favorable than EPR Properties.
Omega Healthcare Investors received 62 more outperform votes than EPR Properties when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 57.94% of users gave EPR Properties an outperform vote while only 57.87% of users gave Omega Healthcare Investors an outperform vote.
Omega Healthcare Investors has higher revenue and earnings than EPR Properties. EPR Properties is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Omega Healthcare Investors, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
74.7% of EPR Properties shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.3% of Omega Healthcare Investors shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.1% of EPR Properties shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Omega Healthcare Investors shares are owned 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.
EPR Properties pays an annual dividend of $3.42 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.3%. Omega Healthcare Investors pays an annual dividend of $2.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.2%. 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. Omega Healthcare Investors pays out 197.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. EPR Properties is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
EPR Properties has a beta of 1.75, indicating that its share price is 75% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Omega Healthcare Investors has a beta of 0.99, indicating that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Omega Healthcare Investors has a net margin of 34.41% compared to EPR Properties' net margin of 28.87%. Omega Healthcare Investors' return on equity of 8.83% beat EPR Properties' return on equity.
Summary
Omega Healthcare Investors beats EPR Properties on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:EPR) was last updated on 1/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff