Uniti Group (NASDAQ:UNIT – Get Free Report) and Omega Healthcare Investors (NYSE:OHI – Get Free Report) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations and dividends.
Profitability
This table compares Uniti Group and Omega Healthcare Investors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Uniti Group | 39.61% | -2.52% | -3.44% |
| Omega Healthcare Investors | 51.14% | 11.86% | 6.10% |
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of recent ratings for Uniti Group and Omega Healthcare Investors, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Uniti Group | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2.33 |
| Omega Healthcare Investors | 1 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 2.29 |
Insider and Institutional Ownership
87.5% of Uniti Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.3% of Omega Healthcare Investors shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.7% of Uniti Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Omega Healthcare Investors shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Earnings & Valuation
This table compares Uniti Group and Omega Healthcare Investors”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Uniti Group | $2.23 billion | 1.25 | $1.30 billion | $3.35 | 3.44 |
| Omega Healthcare Investors | $1.19 billion | 11.63 | $572.03 million | $2.07 | 22.45 |
Uniti Group has higher revenue and earnings than Omega Healthcare Investors. Uniti Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Omega Healthcare Investors, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Volatility & Risk
Uniti Group has a beta of 1.4, indicating that its share price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Omega Healthcare Investors has a beta of 0.58, indicating that its share price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Uniti Group beats Omega Healthcare Investors on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Uniti Group
Uniti Group, Inc. is a real estate investment trust company, which engages in the acquisition, construction, and leasing of properties. It operates through the following business segments: Uniti Leasing, Uniti Fiber, and Corporate. The Uniti Leasing segment involves mission-critical communications assets on exclusive or shared-tenant basis, and dark fiber network. The Uniti Fiber segment includes the operation of infrastructure solutions, cell site backhauls, and dark fiber. The Corporate segment consists of office and shared service functions. The company was founded in February 2014 and is headquartered in Little Rock, AR.
About Omega Healthcare Investors
Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc. engages in the provision of financing and capital to the long-term healthcare industry with a particular focus on skilled nursing facilities, assisted living facilities, independent living facilities, rehabilitation and acute care facilities, and medical office buildings. The company was founded on March 31, 1992 and is headquartered in Hunt Valley, MD.
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