LTC vs. RLJ, CXW, DRH, PEB, SVC, INN, DHC, UHT, CLDT, and NHI
Should you be buying LTC Properties stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of LTC Properties include RLJ Lodging Trust (RLJ), CoreCivic (CXW), DiamondRock Hospitality (DRH), Pebblebrook Hotel Trust (PEB), Service Properties Trust (SVC), Summit Hotel Properties (INN), Diversified Healthcare Trust (DHC), Universal Health Realty Income Trust (UHT), Chatham Lodging Trust (CLDT), and National Health Investors (NHI). These companies are all part of the "specialized reits" industry.
RLJ Lodging Trust (NYSE:RLJ) and LTC Properties (NYSE:LTC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, earnings, dividends and media sentiment.
RLJ Lodging Trust has a beta of 1.7, indicating that its stock price is 70% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, LTC Properties has a beta of 0.86, indicating that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.
RLJ Lodging Trust received 83 more outperform votes than LTC Properties when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.60% of users gave RLJ Lodging Trust an outperform vote while only 56.35% of users gave LTC Properties an outperform vote.
RLJ Lodging Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. LTC Properties pays an annual dividend of $2.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.6%. RLJ Lodging Trust pays out 142.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. LTC Properties pays out 118.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. RLJ Lodging Trust has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years. LTC Properties is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
LTC Properties has a net margin of 40.60% compared to LTC Properties' net margin of 5.29%. RLJ Lodging Trust's return on equity of 9.09% beat LTC Properties' return on equity.
92.4% of RLJ Lodging Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.3% of LTC Properties shares are held by institutional investors. 2.6% of RLJ Lodging Trust shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of LTC Properties shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, RLJ Lodging Trust had 3 more articles in the media than LTC Properties. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for RLJ Lodging Trust and 0 mentions for LTC Properties. LTC Properties' average media sentiment score of 1.42 beat RLJ Lodging Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that RLJ Lodging Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.
LTC Properties has lower revenue, but higher earnings than RLJ Lodging Trust. LTC Properties is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than RLJ Lodging Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
RLJ Lodging Trust currently has a consensus target price of $13.90, indicating a potential upside of 34.04%. LTC Properties has a consensus target price of $33.40, indicating a potential downside of 3.91%. Given LTC Properties' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe RLJ Lodging Trust is more favorable than LTC Properties.
Summary
RLJ Lodging Trust beats LTC Properties on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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