Head to Head Contrast: OUTFRONT Media (NYSE:OUT) & Healthcare Realty Trust (NYSE:HR)

OUTFRONT Media (NYSE:OUT) and Healthcare Realty Trust (NYSE:HR) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, earnings and valuation.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations for OUTFRONT Media and Healthcare Realty Trust, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
OUTFRONT Media	0	3	2	0	2.40
Healthcare Realty Trust	0	8	2	0	2.20

OUTFRONT Media currently has a consensus price target of $14.50, suggesting a potential downside of 10.99%. Healthcare Realty Trust has a consensus price target of $17.20, suggesting a potential upside of 18.50%. Given Healthcare Realty Trust’s higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Healthcare Realty Trust is more favorable than OUTFRONT Media.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares OUTFRONT Media and Healthcare Realty Trust’s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
OUTFRONT Media	$1.82 billion	1.48	-$430.40 million	($2.67)	-6.10
Healthcare Realty Trust	$1.34 billion	4.12	-$278.26 million	($0.74)	-19.61

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

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
OUTFRONT Media	-23.64%	-57.90%	-7.56%
Healthcare Realty Trust	-20.71%	-3.87%	-2.11%

Risk and Volatility

OUTFRONT Media has a beta of 1.87, indicating that its stock price is 87% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Healthcare Realty Trust has a beta of 0.79, indicating that its stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Dividends

OUTFRONT Media pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.4%. Healthcare Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.5%. OUTFRONT Media pays out -44.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Healthcare Realty Trust pays out -167.6% 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. Healthcare Realty Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

Healthcare Realty Trust beats OUTFRONT Media on 9 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About OUTFRONT Media

OUTFRONT leverages the power of technology, location, and creativity to connect brands with consumers outside of their homes through one of the largest and most diverse sets of billboard, transit, and mobile assets in North America. Through its technology platform, OUTFRONT will fundamentally change the ways advertisers engage audiences on-the-go.

About Healthcare Realty Trust

Healthcare Realty (NYSE: HR) is a real estate investment trust (REIT) that owns and operates medical outpatient buildings primarily located around market-leading hospital campuses. The Company selectively grows its portfolio through property acquisition and development. As the first and largest REIT to specialize in medical outpatient buildings, Healthcare Realty's portfolio includes more than 700 properties totaling over 40 million square feet concentrated in 15 growth markets.