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

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

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Medical Properties Trust and Healthcare Trust”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Medical Properties Trust	$972.02 million	2.48	-$277.05 million	($0.21)	-19.24
Healthcare Trust	$352.84 million	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

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

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for Medical Properties Trust and Healthcare Trust, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Medical Properties Trust	1	1	0	0	1.50
Healthcare Trust	0	0	0	0	0.00

Medical Properties Trust presently has a consensus price target of $4.50, indicating a potential upside of 11.39%. Given Medical Properties Trust’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Medical Properties Trust is more favorable than Healthcare Trust.

Profitability

This table compares Medical Properties Trust and Healthcare Trust’s 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%
Healthcare Trust	N/A	N/A	N/A

Dividends

Medical Properties Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.9%. Healthcare Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.78 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.1%. Medical Properties Trust pays out -171.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

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

Summary

Medical Properties Trust beats Healthcare Trust on 7 of the 10 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 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.