Healthcare Realty Trust (HR) and Its Competitors Financial Analysis

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

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Healthcare Realty Trust and its peers revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Healthcare Realty Trust	$1.18 billion	-$246.07 million	-136.13
Healthcare Realty Trust Competitors	$1.27 billion	$1.61 million	49.62

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

Insider and Institutional Ownership

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

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for Healthcare Realty Trust and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Healthcare Realty Trust	0	7	5	0	2.42
Healthcare Realty Trust Competitors	419	2001	1983	82	2.39

Healthcare Realty Trust currently has a consensus price target of $21.36, indicating a potential upside of 12.10%. As a group, “Healthcare REITs” companies have a potential upside of 9.85%. Given Healthcare Realty Trust’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Healthcare Realty Trust is more favorable than its peers.

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 209.6% of their earnings in the form of a dividend. Healthcare Realty Trust is clearly a better dividend stock than its peers, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Profitability

This table compares Healthcare Realty Trust and its peers’ 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	22.10%	5.48%	2.88%

Volatility & Risk

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

Summary

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

About Healthcare Realty Trust

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.