LTC Properties (LTC) Competitors

LTC Properties (NYSE:LTC) and Ryman Hospitality Properties (NYSE:RHP) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, risk and community ranking.

Is LTC or RHP a better dividend stock?

LTC Properties pays an annual dividend of $2.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.6%. Ryman Hospitality Properties pays an annual dividend of $4.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. LTC Properties pays out 97.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Ryman Hospitality Properties pays out 81.7% 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 analysts prefer LTC or RHP?

LTC Properties currently has a consensus target price of $39.00, suggesting a potential upside of 13.50%. Ryman Hospitality Properties has a consensus target price of $126.17, suggesting a potential upside of 29.58%. Given Ryman Hospitality Properties' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Ryman Hospitality Properties is more favorable than LTC Properties.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
LTC Properties	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Ryman Hospitality Properties	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer LTC or RHP?

Ryman Hospitality Properties received 18 more outperform votes than LTC Properties when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.37% of users gave Ryman Hospitality Properties an outperform vote while only 56.47% of users gave LTC Properties an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
LTC Properties	Outperform Votes 336 56.47%	Underperform Votes 259 43.53%
Ryman Hospitality Properties	Outperform Votes 354 57.37%	Underperform Votes 263 42.63%

Which has more volatility and risk, LTC or RHP?

LTC Properties has a beta of 0.93, indicating that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ryman Hospitality Properties has a beta of 1.67, indicating that its share price is 67% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer LTC or RHP?

In the previous week, Ryman Hospitality Properties had 14 more articles in the media than LTC Properties. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Ryman Hospitality Properties and 2 mentions for LTC Properties. Ryman Hospitality Properties' average media sentiment score of 0.62 beat LTC Properties' score of 0.00 indicating that Ryman Hospitality Properties is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
LTC Properties	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Ryman Hospitality Properties	5 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is LTC or RHP more profitable?

LTC Properties has a net margin of 48.77% compared to Ryman Hospitality Properties' net margin of 14.84%. Ryman Hospitality Properties' return on equity of 61.94% beat LTC Properties' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
LTC Properties	48.77%	10.49%	5.44%
Ryman Hospitality Properties	14.84%	61.94%	6.69%

Do insiders & institutionals believe in LTC or RHP?

69.3% of LTC Properties shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.5% of Ryman Hospitality Properties shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.0% of LTC Properties shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.0% of Ryman Hospitality Properties shares are owned 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.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, LTC or RHP?

Ryman Hospitality Properties has higher revenue and earnings than LTC Properties. LTC Properties is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ryman Hospitality 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
LTC Properties	$197.24M	7.88	$89.74M	$2.33	14.75
Ryman Hospitality Properties	$2.16B	2.70	$311.22M	$5.63	17.29

Summary

Ryman Hospitality Properties beats LTC Properties on 16 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.