Contrasting Healthcare Trust (NASDAQ:HTIBP) & Medical Properties Trust (NYSE:MPT)

Healthcare Trust (NASDAQ:HTIBP) and Medical Properties Trust (NYSE:MPT) are both real estate companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk and valuation.

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	-2.96%	-0.66%	-0.20%

Insider & Institutional Ownership

71.8% of Medical Properties Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 1.8% of Medical Properties Trust shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Dividends

Healthcare Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.78 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.0%. Medical Properties Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.8%. Medical Properties Trust pays out -600.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Valuation and Earnings

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	$972.02 million	2.53	-$277.05 million	($0.06)	-68.50

Healthcare Trust has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Medical Properties Trust.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown 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, suggesting a potential upside of 9.49%. Given Medical Properties Trust’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Medical Properties Trust is more favorable than Healthcare Trust.

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.