Financial Contrast: Plymouth Industrial REIT (NYSE:PLYM) and Healthpeak Properties (NYSE:DOC)

Plymouth Industrial REIT (NYSE:PLYM) and Healthpeak Properties (NYSE:DOC) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, risk and earnings.

Dividends

Plymouth Industrial REIT pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Healthpeak Properties pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.5%. Plymouth Industrial REIT pays out 223.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Healthpeak Properties pays out 342.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and price targets for Plymouth Industrial REIT and Healthpeak Properties, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Plymouth Industrial REIT	1	3	3	0	2.29
Healthpeak Properties	0	5	8	1	2.71

Plymouth Industrial REIT presently has a consensus target price of $25.57, suggesting a potential upside of 13.45%. Healthpeak Properties has a consensus target price of $21.83, suggesting a potential downside of 0.80%. Given Plymouth Industrial REIT’s higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Plymouth Industrial REIT is more favorable than Healthpeak Properties.

Volatility & Risk

Plymouth Industrial REIT has a beta of 1.36, suggesting that its stock price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Healthpeak Properties has a beta of 1.14, suggesting that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Plymouth Industrial REIT and Healthpeak Properties”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Plymouth Industrial REIT	$199.85 million	5.12	$13.66 million	$0.43	52.42
Healthpeak Properties	$543.46 million	28.50	$306.01 million	$0.35	62.89

Healthpeak Properties has higher revenue and earnings than Plymouth Industrial REIT. Plymouth Industrial REIT is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Healthpeak Properties, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

92.7% of Plymouth Industrial REIT shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.6% of Healthpeak Properties shares are held by institutional investors. 1.3% of Plymouth Industrial REIT shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Healthpeak Properties shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares Plymouth Industrial REIT and Healthpeak Properties’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Plymouth Industrial REIT	13.45%	5.47%	1.86%
Healthpeak Properties	11.93%	3.51%	1.60%

Summary

Healthpeak Properties beats Plymouth Industrial REIT on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Plymouth Industrial REIT

Plymouth Industrial REIT, Inc. (NYSE: PLYM) is a full service, vertically integrated real estate investment company focused on the acquisition, ownership and management of single and multi-tenant industrial properties. Our mission is to provide tenants with cost effective space that is functional, flexible and safe.

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.