Omega Healthcare Investors (OHI) Competitors

Ventas (NYSE:VTR) and Omega Healthcare Investors (NYSE:OHI) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, risk and analyst recommendations.

Does the media refer more to VTR or OHI?

In the previous week, Ventas had 5 more articles in the media than Omega Healthcare Investors. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Ventas and 18 mentions for Omega Healthcare Investors. Omega Healthcare Investors' average media sentiment score of 1.41 beat Ventas' score of 1.36 indicating that Omega Healthcare Investors is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Ventas	17 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Omega Healthcare Investors	14 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is VTR or OHI a better dividend stock?

Ventas pays an annual dividend of $1.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Omega Healthcare Investors pays an annual dividend of $2.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.0%. Ventas pays out 1,010.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Omega Healthcare Investors pays out 172.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Omega Healthcare Investors is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Is VTR or OHI more profitable?

Omega Healthcare Investors has a net margin of 38.65% compared to Ventas' net margin of 1.65%. Omega Healthcare Investors' return on equity of 9.71% beat Ventas' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ventas	1.65%	0.82%	0.32%
Omega Healthcare Investors	38.65%	9.71%	4.35%

Do analysts rate VTR or OHI?

Ventas presently has a consensus price target of $72.90, indicating a potential upside of 8.58%. Omega Healthcare Investors has a consensus price target of $42.00, indicating a potential upside of 10.15%. Given Omega Healthcare Investors' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Omega Healthcare Investors is more favorable than Ventas.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ventas	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.92
Omega Healthcare Investors	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Which has more volatility and risk, VTR or OHI?

Ventas has a beta of 1.02, suggesting that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Omega Healthcare Investors has a beta of 0.75, suggesting that its share price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of VTR or OHI?

94.2% of Ventas shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.3% of Omega Healthcare Investors shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Ventas shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Omega Healthcare Investors shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in VTR or OHI?

Ventas received 116 more outperform votes than Omega Healthcare Investors when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 57.70% of users gave Omega Healthcare Investors an outperform vote while only 56.31% of users gave Ventas an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Ventas	Outperform Votes 562 56.31%	Underperform Votes 436 43.69%
Omega Healthcare Investors	Outperform Votes 446 57.70%	Underperform Votes 327 42.30%

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, VTR or OHI?

Omega Healthcare Investors has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Ventas. Omega Healthcare Investors is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ventas, 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
Ventas	$4.92B	5.97	$81.15M	$0.19	353.37
Omega Healthcare Investors	$1.05B	10.22	$406.33M	$1.55	24.60

Summary

Omega Healthcare Investors beats Ventas on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.