LTC vs. HR, RHP, RYN, SBRA, GEO, EPR, MPW, PCH, NHI, and CXW
Should you be buying LTC Properties stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of LTC Properties include Healthcare Realty Trust (HR), Ryman Hospitality Properties (RHP), Rayonier (RYN), Sabra Health Care REIT (SBRA), The GEO Group (GEO), EPR Properties (EPR), Medical Properties Trust (MPW), PotlatchDeltic (PCH), National Health Investors (NHI), and CoreCivic (CXW). These companies are all part of the "specialized reits" industry.
LTC Properties vs.
LTC Properties (NYSE:LTC) and Healthcare Realty Trust (NYSE:HR) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, community ranking, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation and profitability.
LTC Properties presently has a consensus target price of $38.67, suggesting a potential upside of 9.77%. Healthcare Realty Trust has a consensus target price of $17.00, suggesting a potential upside of 1.46%. Given LTC Properties' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe LTC Properties is more favorable than Healthcare Realty Trust.
LTC Properties pays an annual dividend of $2.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.5%. Healthcare Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.4%. LTC Properties pays out 111.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Healthcare Realty Trust pays out -69.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Healthcare Realty Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
LTC Properties has a beta of 0.96, meaning that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Healthcare Realty Trust has a beta of 0.97, meaning that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Healthcare Realty Trust had 10 more articles in the media than LTC Properties. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Healthcare Realty Trust and 2 mentions for LTC Properties. Healthcare Realty Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.71 beat LTC Properties' score of 1.39 indicating that Healthcare Realty Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
LTC Properties has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Healthcare Realty Trust. Healthcare Realty Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than LTC Properties, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
LTC Properties has a net margin of 48.77% compared to Healthcare Realty Trust's net margin of -51.60%. LTC Properties' return on equity of 10.49% beat Healthcare Realty Trust's return on equity.
69.3% of LTC Properties shares are held by institutional investors. 2.0% of LTC Properties shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Healthcare Realty Trust shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
LTC Properties and Healthcare Realty Trust both received 336 outperform votes by MarketBeat users. However, 56.38% of users gave LTC Properties an outperform vote while only 50.07% of users gave Healthcare Realty Trust an outperform vote.
Summary
LTC Properties beats Healthcare Realty Trust on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:LTC) was last updated on 3/31/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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