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MPW vs. CUBE, RHP, HR, EPR, SBRA, GEO, RYN, NHI, PCH, and CXW

Should you be buying Medical Properties Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Medical Properties Trust include CubeSmart (CUBE), Ryman Hospitality Properties (RHP), Healthcare Realty Trust (HR), EPR Properties (EPR), Sabra Healthcare REIT (SBRA), Geo Group (GEO), Rayonier (RYN), National Health Investors (NHI), Potlatch (PCH), and CoreCivic (CXW). These companies are all part of the "specialized reits" industry.

Medical Properties Trust vs. Its Competitors

Medical Properties Trust (NYSE:MPW) and CubeSmart (NYSE:CUBE) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, dividends, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and institutional ownership.

Medical Properties Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.3%. CubeSmart pays an annual dividend of $2.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. Medical Properties Trust pays out -11.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. CubeSmart pays out 123.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. CubeSmart has raised its dividend for 16 consecutive years. Medical Properties Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

71.8% of Medical Properties Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.6% of CubeSmart shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.3% of Medical Properties Trust shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of CubeSmart shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, CubeSmart had 3 more articles in the media than Medical Properties Trust. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for CubeSmart and 5 mentions for Medical Properties Trust. CubeSmart's average media sentiment score of 1.14 beat Medical Properties Trust's score of 0.98 indicating that CubeSmart is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Medical Properties Trust
4 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
CubeSmart
6 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

CubeSmart has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Medical Properties Trust. Medical Properties Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CubeSmart, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Medical Properties Trust$995.55M2.63-$2.41B-$2.77-1.57
CubeSmart$929.08M10.21$391.18M$1.6924.64

Medical Properties Trust currently has a consensus price target of $5.67, indicating a potential upside of 30.12%. CubeSmart has a consensus price target of $47.20, indicating a potential upside of 13.37%. Given Medical Properties Trust's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Medical Properties Trust is more favorable than CubeSmart.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Medical Properties Trust
1 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.14
CubeSmart
0 Sell rating(s)
10 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.38

Medical Properties Trust has a beta of 1.29, suggesting that its stock price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CubeSmart has a beta of 0.96, suggesting that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.

CubeSmart has a net margin of 37.05% compared to Medical Properties Trust's net margin of -174.35%. CubeSmart's return on equity of 13.57% beat Medical Properties Trust's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Medical Properties Trust-174.35% -31.14% -10.91%
CubeSmart 37.05%13.57%6.05%

Summary

CubeSmart beats Medical Properties Trust on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding MPW and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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MPW vs. The Competition

MetricMedical Properties TrustREIT IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$2.62B$8.55B$12.28B$21.10B
Dividend Yield7.29%5.70%5.55%3.62%
P/E Ratio-1.5740.7819.1627.87
Price / Sales2.635.1626.2872.98
Price / CashN/A18.4621.6822.61
Price / Book0.541.682.304.70
Net Income-$2.41B$128.99M$998.01M$993.85M
7 Day Performance4.81%2.21%1.13%1.78%
1 Month Performance-3.11%1.72%4.20%5.67%
1 Year Performance-14.77%-5.22%541.87%13.11%

Medical Properties Trust Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MPW
Medical Properties Trust
4.0015 of 5 stars
$4.36
+0.6%
$5.67
+30.1%
-12.5%$2.62B$995.55M-1.57120
CUBE
CubeSmart
3.7698 of 5 stars
$42.10
-0.5%
$47.38
+12.5%
-14.3%$9.60B$929.08M24.923,104Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
RHP
Ryman Hospitality Properties
3.9847 of 5 stars
$103.30
+0.0%
$114.43
+10.8%
-2.3%$6.20B$2.40B21.901,929Positive News
Analyst Forecast
HR
Healthcare Realty Trust
3.6635 of 5 stars
$16.03
-0.5%
$16.40
+2.3%
-7.0%$5.63B$1.27B-14.69580Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
EPR
EPR Properties
3.6897 of 5 stars
$60.87
+0.8%
$56.43
-7.3%
+29.4%$4.63B$649.20M37.3560Upcoming Earnings
SBRA
Sabra Healthcare REIT
1.1621 of 5 stars
$18.83
+2.0%
$19.67
+4.5%
+10.6%$4.48B$703.23M31.9440Positive News
GEO
Geo Group
3.7957 of 5 stars
$26.15
+0.8%
$38.00
+45.3%
+44.2%$3.69B$2.42B137.5416,500Positive News
Gap Up
RYN
Rayonier
4.2939 of 5 stars
$23.34
-0.7%
$27.75
+18.9%
-17.1%$3.64B$1.23B10.02420Positive News
Dividend Announcement
NHI
National Health Investors
4.3501 of 5 stars
$72.05
+1.2%
$84.60
+17.4%
-4.0%$3.36B$335.18M22.8720
PCH
Potlatch
4.1888 of 5 stars
$40.37
-0.5%
$48.86
+21.0%
+1.4%$3.18B$1.10B66.301,383Upcoming Earnings
CXW
CoreCivic
2.6472 of 5 stars
$22.06
+0.5%
$35.00
+58.7%
+33.6%$2.41B$1.96B29.0411,649

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