Financial Survey: Healthcare Realty Trust (NYSE:HR) & FrontView REIT (NYSE:FVR)

FrontView REIT (NYSE:FVR) and Healthcare Realty Trust (NYSE:HR) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk and valuation.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares FrontView REIT and Healthcare Realty Trust”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
FrontView REIT	$67.11 million	5.49	-$3.83 million	($0.22)	-75.00
Healthcare Realty Trust	$1.18 billion	5.21	-$246.07 million	($0.71)	-24.82

FrontView REIT has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Healthcare Realty Trust. FrontView REIT is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Healthcare Realty Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

This table compares FrontView REIT and Healthcare Realty Trust’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
FrontView REIT	-5.71%	-0.76%	-0.45%
Healthcare Realty Trust	-20.84%	-5.07%	-2.47%

Risk and Volatility

FrontView REIT has a beta of 1.2, meaning that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Healthcare Realty Trust has a beta of 0.97, meaning that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Dividends

FrontView REIT pays an annual dividend of $0.86 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. Healthcare Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.4%. FrontView REIT pays out -390.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Healthcare Realty Trust pays out -135.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and recommmendations for FrontView REIT and Healthcare Realty Trust, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
FrontView REIT	2	3	2	1	2.25
Healthcare Realty Trust	1	6	3	0	2.20

FrontView REIT presently has a consensus target price of $16.58, indicating a potential upside of 0.50%. Healthcare Realty Trust has a consensus target price of $18.88, indicating a potential upside of 7.11%. Given Healthcare Realty Trust’s higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Healthcare Realty Trust is more favorable than FrontView REIT.

Summary

FrontView REIT beats Healthcare Realty Trust on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About FrontView REIT

FrontView REIT specializes in real estate investing.

About Healthcare Realty Trust

Healthcare Realty Trust, Inc. provides real estate investment services. It owns, leases, manages, acquires, finances, develops, and redevelops income-producing real estate properties associated primarily with the delivery of outpatient healthcare services throughout the United States of America. The company was founded by David R. Emery in 1992 and is headquartered in Nashville, TN.