Medical Properties Trust (MPW) Competitors

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

Is MPW or RHP a better dividend stock?

Medical Properties Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.5%. Ryman Hospitality Properties pays an annual dividend of $4.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Medical Properties Trust pays out -7.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ryman Hospitality Properties pays out 78.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Medical Properties Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer MPW or RHP?

Medical Properties Trust received 63 more outperform votes than Ryman Hospitality Properties when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.58% of users gave Medical Properties Trust an outperform vote while only 57.26% of users gave Ryman Hospitality Properties an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Medical Properties Trust	Outperform Votes 414 57.58%	Underperform Votes 305 42.42%
Ryman Hospitality Properties	Outperform Votes 351 57.26%	Underperform Votes 262 42.74%

Do analysts recommend MPW or RHP?

Medical Properties Trust presently has a consensus price target of $5.50, indicating a potential upside of 29.11%. Ryman Hospitality Properties has a consensus price target of $126.17, indicating a potential upside of 12.54%. Given Medical Properties Trust's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Medical Properties Trust is more favorable than Ryman Hospitality Properties.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Medical Properties Trust	1 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Ryman Hospitality Properties	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.83

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in MPW or RHP?

71.8% of Medical Properties Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.5% of Ryman Hospitality Properties shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.5% of Medical Properties Trust shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.0% of Ryman Hospitality Properties shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media prefer MPW or RHP?

In the previous week, Medical Properties Trust and Medical Properties Trust both had 8 articles in the media. Medical Properties Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.87 beat Ryman Hospitality Properties' score of 0.72 indicating that Medical Properties Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Medical Properties Trust	6 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Ryman Hospitality Properties	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is MPW or RHP more profitable?

Ryman Hospitality Properties has a net margin of 14.84% compared to Medical Properties Trust's net margin of 0.00%. Ryman Hospitality Properties' return on equity of 61.94% 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%
Ryman Hospitality Properties	14.84%	61.94%	6.69%

Which has more risk & volatility, MPW or RHP?

Medical Properties Trust has a beta of 1.32, indicating that its share price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ryman Hospitality Properties has a beta of 1.65, indicating that its share price is 65% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, MPW or RHP?

Ryman Hospitality Properties has higher revenue and earnings than Medical Properties Trust. Medical Properties Trust 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
Medical Properties Trust	$871.80M	2.93	-$556.48M	-$4.22	-1.01
Ryman Hospitality Properties	$2.16B	3.11	$311.22M	$5.63	19.91

Summary

Ryman Hospitality Properties beats Medical Properties Trust on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.