HFF (HF) Competitors

Medical Properties Trust (NYSE:MPW) and HFF (NYSE:HF) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, risk, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends and community ranking.

Is MPW or HF more profitable?

HFF has a net margin of 18.38% compared to Medical Properties Trust's net margin of 0.00%. HFF's return on equity of 41.56% beat Medical Properties Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Medical Properties Trust	N/A	-38.83%	-15.05%
HFF	18.38%	41.56%	12.58%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of MPW or HF?

71.8% of Medical Properties Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.8% of HFF shares are held by institutional investors. 1.5% of Medical Properties Trust shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.9% of HFF shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts prefer MPW or HF?

Medical Properties Trust currently has a consensus price target of $5.75, indicating a potential upside of 5.12%. Given Medical Properties Trust's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Medical Properties Trust is more favorable than HFF.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Medical Properties Trust	1 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.14
HFF	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the media refer more to MPW or HF?

In the previous week, Medical Properties Trust had 12 more articles in the media than HFF. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Medical Properties Trust and 0 mentions for HFF. Medical Properties Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.46 beat HFF's score of 0.00 indicating that Medical Properties Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Medical Properties Trust	Positive
HFF	Neutral

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, MPW or HF?

HFF has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Medical Properties Trust. Medical Properties Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than HFF, 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
Medical Properties Trust	$995.55M	3.33	-$556.48M	-$3.80	-1.44
HFF	$662.04M	1.21	$115.99M	$2.88	7.01

Which has more risk and volatility, MPW or HF?

Medical Properties Trust has a beta of 1.27, meaning that its share price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HFF has a beta of 1.59, meaning that its share price is 59% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in MPW or HF?

Medical Properties Trust received 129 more outperform votes than HFF when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.45% of users gave HFF an outperform vote while only 57.24% of users gave Medical Properties Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Medical Properties Trust	Outperform Votes 415 57.24%	Underperform Votes 310 42.76%
HFF	Outperform Votes 286 65.45%	Underperform Votes 151 34.55%

Summary

HFF beats Medical Properties Trust on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.