Omega Healthcare Investors (NYSE:OHI) & Uniti Group (NASDAQ:UNIT) Financial Comparison

Omega Healthcare Investors (NYSE:OHI) and Uniti Group (NASDAQ:UNIT) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations and profitability.

Volatility & Risk

Omega Healthcare Investors has a beta of 0.58, suggesting that its share price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Uniti Group has a beta of 1.4, suggesting that its share price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Omega Healthcare Investors and Uniti Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Omega Healthcare Investors	51.14%	11.86%	6.10%
Uniti Group	39.61%	-2.52%	-3.44%

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Omega Healthcare Investors and Uniti Group”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Omega Healthcare Investors	$1.19 billion	11.94	$572.03 million	$2.07	23.04
Uniti Group	$2.23 billion	1.25	$1.30 billion	$3.35	3.42

Uniti Group has higher revenue and earnings than Omega Healthcare Investors. Uniti Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Omega Healthcare Investors, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

65.3% of Omega Healthcare Investors shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.5% of Uniti Group shares are held by institutional investors. 1.5% of Omega Healthcare Investors shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.7% of Uniti Group shares are held by 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.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings for Omega Healthcare Investors and Uniti Group, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Omega Healthcare Investors	1	8	5	0	2.29
Uniti Group	0	7	1	1	2.33

Omega Healthcare Investors currently has a consensus price target of $48.31, indicating a potential upside of 1.28%. Uniti Group has a consensus price target of $10.92, indicating a potential downside of 4.82%. Given Omega Healthcare Investors’ higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Omega Healthcare Investors is more favorable than Uniti Group.

Summary

Uniti Group beats Omega Healthcare Investors on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Omega Healthcare Investors

Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc. engages in the provision of financing and capital to the long-term healthcare industry with a particular focus on skilled nursing facilities, assisted living facilities, independent living facilities, rehabilitation and acute care facilities, and medical office buildings. The company was founded on March 31, 1992 and is headquartered in Hunt Valley, MD.

About Uniti Group

Uniti Group, Inc. is a real estate investment trust company, which engages in the acquisition, construction, and leasing of properties. It operates through the following business segments: Uniti Leasing, Uniti Fiber, and Corporate. The Uniti Leasing segment involves mission-critical communications assets on exclusive or shared-tenant basis, and dark fiber network. The Uniti Fiber segment includes the operation of infrastructure solutions, cell site backhauls, and dark fiber. The Corporate segment consists of office and shared service functions. The company was founded in February 2014 and is headquartered in Little Rock, AR.