Critical Review: Chartwell Retirement Residences (CWSRF) versus Its Competitors

Chartwell Retirement Residences (OTCMKTS:CWSRF) is one of 235 publicly-traded companies in the “Healthcare Providers & Services” industry, but how does it contrast to its rivals? We will compare Chartwell Retirement Residences to related businesses based on the strength of its institutional ownership, risk, profitability, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations and valuation.

Profitability

This table compares Chartwell Retirement Residences and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Chartwell Retirement Residences	N/A	N/A	N/A
Chartwell Retirement Residences Competitors	-7.69%	-139.74%	-1.50%

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and price targets for Chartwell Retirement Residences and its rivals, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Chartwell Retirement Residences	0	0	4	0	3.00
Chartwell Retirement Residences Competitors	1792	7547	12969	788	2.55

As a group, “Healthcare Providers & Services” companies have a potential upside of 13.69%. Given Chartwell Retirement Residences’ rivals higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Chartwell Retirement Residences has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

37.8% of Chartwell Retirement Residences shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 56.9% of shares of all “Healthcare Providers & Services” companies are held by institutional investors. 15.4% of shares of all “Healthcare Providers & Services” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Chartwell Retirement Residences and its rivals revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Chartwell Retirement Residences	N/A	N/A	-529.15
Chartwell Retirement Residences Competitors	$20.60 billion	$281.57 million	1.50

Chartwell Retirement Residences’ rivals have higher revenue and earnings than Chartwell Retirement Residences. Chartwell Retirement Residences is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Dividends

Chartwell Retirement Residences pays an annual dividend of $0.45 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Chartwell Retirement Residences pays out -1,611.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Healthcare Providers & Services” companies pay a dividend yield of 1.5% and pay out 25.4% of their earnings in the form of a dividend. Chartwell Retirement Residences is clearly a better dividend stock than its rivals, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

Chartwell Retirement Residences beats its rivals on 7 of the 13 factors compared.

About Chartwell Retirement Residences

Chartwell is in the business of serving and caring for Canada’s seniors, committed to its vision of Making People’s Lives BETTER and to providing a happier, healthier, and more fulfilling life experience for its residents. Chartwell is an unincorporated, open-ended real estate trust which indirectly owns and operates a complete range of seniors housing communities, from independent living through to assisted living and long term care. Chartwell is the largest operator in Canada, serving over 25,000 residents in four provinces across the country.