Healthcare Trust (NASDAQ:HTIBP – Get Free Report) and Medical Properties Trust (NYSE:MPT – Get Free Report) are both real estate companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation and risk.
Dividends
Healthcare Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.78 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.1%. Medical Properties Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.7%. Medical Properties Trust pays out -171.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares Healthcare Trust and Medical Properties Trust”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Healthcare Trust | $352.84 million | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Medical Properties Trust | $1.00 billion | 2.81 | -$277.05 million | ($0.21) | -22.38 |
Healthcare Trust has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Medical Properties Trust.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for Healthcare Trust and Medical Properties Trust, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Healthcare Trust | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Medical Properties Trust | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.50 |
Medical Properties Trust has a consensus price target of $4.50, indicating a potential downside of 4.26%. Given Medical Properties Trust’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Medical Properties Trust is more favorable than Healthcare Trust.
Profitability
This table compares Healthcare Trust and Medical Properties Trust’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Healthcare Trust | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Medical Properties Trust | -12.59% | -2.70% | -0.84% |
Institutional & Insider Ownership
71.8% of Medical Properties Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.8% of Medical Properties Trust shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Medical Properties Trust beats Healthcare Trust on 7 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Healthcare Trust
Healthcare Trust, Inc. is a publicly registered real estate investment trust focused on acquiring a diversified portfolio of healthcare real estate, with an emphasis on seniors housing and medical office buildings, located in the United States.
About Medical Properties Trust
Medical Properties Trust, Inc. is a self-advised real estate investment trust formed to capitalize on the changing trends in healthcare delivery by acquiring and developing net-leased healthcare facilities. MPT’s financing model allows hospitals and other healthcare facilities to unlock the value of their underlying real estate in order to fund facility improvements, technology upgrades, staff additions and new construction. Facilities include acute care hospitals, inpatient rehabilitation hospitals, long-term acute care hospitals, and other medical and surgical facilities.
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