UHT vs. CXW, SHO, DRH, LTC, RLJ, PEB, INN, DHC, SVC, and CLDT
Should you be buying Universal Health Realty Income Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Universal Health Realty Income Trust include CoreCivic (CXW), Sunstone Hotel Investors (SHO), DiamondRock Hospitality (DRH), LTC Properties (LTC), RLJ Lodging Trust (RLJ), Pebblebrook Hotel Trust (PEB), Summit Hotel Properties (INN), Diversified Healthcare Trust (DHC), Service Properties Trust (SVC), and Chatham Lodging Trust (CLDT). These companies are all part of the "specialized reits" industry.
Universal Health Realty Income Trust vs.
Universal Health Realty Income Trust (NYSE:UHT) and CoreCivic (NYSE:CXW) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, valuation, risk, earnings, profitability, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
64.7% of Universal Health Realty Income Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.1% of CoreCivic shares are held by institutional investors. 2.2% of Universal Health Realty Income Trust shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of CoreCivic shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Universal Health Realty Income Trust has a beta of 0.84, meaning that its share price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CoreCivic has a beta of 1.02, meaning that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500.
CoreCivic has higher revenue and earnings than Universal Health Realty Income Trust. Universal Health Realty Income Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CoreCivic, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, CoreCivic had 3 more articles in the media than Universal Health Realty Income Trust. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for CoreCivic and 0 mentions for Universal Health Realty Income Trust. CoreCivic's average media sentiment score of 0.52 beat Universal Health Realty Income Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that CoreCivic is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
CoreCivic received 213 more outperform votes than Universal Health Realty Income Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.02% of users gave CoreCivic an outperform vote while only 60.94% of users gave Universal Health Realty Income Trust an outperform vote.
Universal Health Realty Income Trust has a net margin of 18.41% compared to CoreCivic's net margin of 3.51%. Universal Health Realty Income Trust's return on equity of 9.44% beat CoreCivic's return on equity.
Universal Health Realty Income Trust pays an annual dividend of $2.94 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.2%. CoreCivic pays an annual dividend of $1.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.6%. Universal Health Realty Income Trust pays out 211.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. CoreCivic pays out 288.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
CoreCivic has a consensus target price of $31.00, indicating a potential upside of 51.91%. Given CoreCivic's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe CoreCivic is more favorable than Universal Health Realty Income Trust.
Summary
CoreCivic beats Universal Health Realty Income Trust on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:UHT) was last updated on 3/31/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
