Head to Head Analysis: Global Medical REIT (NYSE:GMRE) & Healthcare Trust (NASDAQ:HTIA)

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

Profitability

This table compares Healthcare Trust and Global Medical REIT’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
Global Medical REIT	15.86%	4.01%	1.67%

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for Healthcare Trust and Global Medical REIT, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Healthcare Trust	0	0	0	0	N/A
Global Medical REIT	0	2	1	0	2.33

Global Medical REIT has a consensus target price of $11.50, suggesting a potential upside of 18.92%. Given Global Medical REIT’s higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Global Medical REIT is more favorable than Healthcare Trust.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Healthcare Trust and Global Medical REIT’s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Healthcare Trust	$341.83 million	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Global Medical REIT	$144.15 million	4.40	$19.14 million	$0.32	30.22

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

Insider and Institutional Ownership

56.5% of Global Medical REIT shares are held by institutional investors. 7.9% of Global Medical REIT shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Global Medical REIT beats Healthcare Trust on 7 of the 8 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 Global Medical REIT

Global Medical REIT Inc. (GMRE) is a net-lease medical office real estate investment trust (REIT) that owns and acquires healthcare facilities and leases those facilities to physician groups and regional and national healthcare systems.