Contrasting Healthcare Realty Trust (HR) & The Competition

Healthcare Realty Trust (NYSE:HR) is one of 40 public companies in the “Healthcare REITs” industry, but how does it contrast to its competitors? We will compare Healthcare Realty Trust to related businesses based on the strength of its analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, dividends, risk, profitability and institutional ownership.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for Healthcare Realty Trust and its competitors, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Healthcare Realty Trust	0	7	5	0	2.42
Healthcare Realty Trust Competitors	422	2004	1983	84	2.38

Healthcare Realty Trust currently has a consensus price target of $21.36, indicating a potential upside of 11.33%. As a group, “Healthcare REITs” companies have a potential upside of 9.53%. Given Healthcare Realty Trust’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Healthcare Realty Trust is more favorable than its competitors.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Healthcare Realty Trust and its competitors top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Healthcare Realty Trust	$1.11 billion	-$246.07 million	-137.06
Healthcare Realty Trust Competitors	$1.27 billion	$1.61 million	50.51

Healthcare Realty Trust’s competitors have higher revenue and earnings than Healthcare Realty Trust. Healthcare Realty Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Dividends

Healthcare Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. Healthcare Realty Trust pays out -685.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Healthcare REITs” companies pay a dividend yield of 4.1% and pay out 165.0% of their earnings in the form of a dividend. Healthcare Realty Trust is clearly a better dividend stock than its competitors, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

60.4% of shares of all “Healthcare REITs” companies are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Healthcare Realty Trust shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.1% of shares of all “Healthcare REITs” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares Healthcare Realty Trust and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Healthcare Realty Trust	-3.96%	-1.02%	-0.49%
Healthcare Realty Trust Competitors	21.80%	5.02%	2.84%

Risk & Volatility

Healthcare Realty Trust has a beta of 0.92, meaning that its share price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Healthcare Realty Trust’s competitors have a beta of 0.85, meaning that their average share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Healthcare Realty Trust competitors beat Healthcare Realty Trust on 10 of the 15 factors compared.

Healthcare Realty Trust Company Profile

Healthcare Realty Trust, Inc. provides real estate investment services. It owns, leases, manages, acquires, finances, develops, and redevelops income-producing real estate properties associated primarily with the delivery of outpatient healthcare services throughout the United States of America. The company was founded by David R. Emery in 1992 and is headquartered in Nashville, TN.