LTC Properties (LTC) Competitors

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

Is RHP or LTC a better dividend stock?

Ryman Hospitality Properties pays an annual dividend of $4.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. LTC Properties pays an annual dividend of $2.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.5%. 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. 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.

Which has more volatility & risk, RHP or LTC?

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

Do analysts prefer RHP or LTC?

Ryman Hospitality Properties currently has a consensus price target of $128.57, suggesting a potential upside of 24.87%. LTC Properties has a consensus price target of $37.75, suggesting a potential upside of 8.08%. Given Ryman Hospitality Properties' higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Ryman Hospitality Properties is more favorable than LTC Properties.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ryman Hospitality Properties	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.71
LTC Properties	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of RHP or LTC?

94.5% of Ryman Hospitality Properties shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.3% of LTC Properties shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.0% of Ryman Hospitality Properties shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of LTC Properties shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media refer more to RHP or LTC?

In the previous week, LTC Properties had 1 more articles in the media than Ryman Hospitality Properties. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for LTC Properties and 2 mentions for Ryman Hospitality Properties. Ryman Hospitality Properties' average media sentiment score of 1.14 beat LTC Properties' score of 0.11 indicating that Ryman Hospitality Properties is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

Is RHP or LTC 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
Ryman Hospitality Properties	14.84%	61.94%	6.69%
LTC Properties	48.77%	10.49%	5.44%

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, RHP or LTC?

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
Ryman Hospitality Properties	$2.16B	2.86	$311.22M	$5.63	18.29
LTC Properties	$197.24M	8.01	$89.74M	$2.33	14.99

Does the MarketBeat Community favor RHP or LTC?

Ryman Hospitality Properties received 17 more outperform votes than LTC Properties when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.31% of users gave Ryman Hospitality Properties an outperform vote while only 56.47% of users gave LTC Properties an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Ryman Hospitality Properties	Outperform Votes 353 57.31%	Underperform Votes 263 42.69%
LTC Properties	Outperform Votes 336 56.47%	Underperform Votes 259 43.53%

Summary

Ryman Hospitality Properties beats LTC Properties on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.