Medical Properties Trust (NYSE:MPT – Get Free Report) and Healthpeak Properties (NYSE:DOC – Get Free Report) are both real estate companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, dividends, profitability and analyst recommendations.
Dividends
Medical Properties Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.1%. Healthpeak Properties pays an annual dividend of $1.22 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.0%. Medical Properties Trust pays out -600.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Healthpeak Properties pays out 348.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Medical Properties Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for Medical Properties Trust and Healthpeak Properties, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Medical Properties Trust | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.33 |
| Healthpeak Properties | 0 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 2.22 |
Risk and Volatility
Medical Properties Trust has a beta of 1.4, indicating that its stock price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Healthpeak Properties has a beta of 1.01, indicating that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
71.8% of Medical Properties Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.6% of Healthpeak Properties shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.8% of Medical Properties Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Healthpeak Properties shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Profitability
This table compares Medical Properties Trust and Healthpeak Properties’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Medical Properties Trust | -2.96% | -0.66% | -0.20% |
| Healthpeak Properties | 8.24% | 2.79% | 1.17% |
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares Medical Properties Trust and Healthpeak Properties”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Medical Properties Trust | $972.02 million | 2.20 | -$277.05 million | ($0.06) | -59.67 |
| Healthpeak Properties | $2.82 billion | 4.96 | $71.35 million | $0.35 | 58.01 |
Healthpeak Properties has higher revenue and earnings than Medical Properties Trust. Medical Properties Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Healthpeak Properties, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Healthpeak Properties beats Medical Properties Trust on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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.
About Healthpeak Properties
Healthpeak Properties, Inc. is a fully integrated real estate investment trust (REIT) and S&P 500 company. Healthpeak owns, operates, and develops high-quality real estate for healthcare discovery and delivery.
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