Reviewing Healthpeak Properties (NYSE:DOC) & One Liberty Properties (NYSE:OLP)

Healthpeak Properties (NYSE:DOC) and One Liberty Properties (NYSE:OLP) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings and valuation.

Risk and Volatility

Healthpeak Properties has a beta of 1.13, meaning that its share price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, One Liberty Properties has a beta of 1.36, meaning that its share price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

93.6% of Healthpeak Properties shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.2% of One Liberty Properties shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Healthpeak Properties shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 25.4% of One Liberty Properties shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Healthpeak Properties and One Liberty Properties, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Healthpeak Properties	0	5	10	1	2.75
One Liberty Properties	0	0	1	0	3.00

Healthpeak Properties currently has a consensus target price of $22.86, suggesting a potential upside of 6.78%. One Liberty Properties has a consensus target price of $28.00, suggesting a potential downside of 2.95%. Given Healthpeak Properties’ higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Healthpeak Properties is more favorable than One Liberty Properties.

Dividends

Healthpeak Properties pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%. One Liberty Properties pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.2%. Healthpeak Properties pays out 255.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. One Liberty Properties pays out 111.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. One Liberty Properties is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Healthpeak Properties and One Liberty Properties”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Healthpeak Properties	$2.18 billion	6.86	$306.01 million	$0.47	45.54
One Liberty Properties	$90.65 million	6.81	$29.61 million	$1.62	17.81

Healthpeak Properties has higher revenue and earnings than One Liberty Properties. One Liberty Properties is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Healthpeak Properties, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

This table compares Healthpeak Properties and One Liberty Properties’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Healthpeak Properties	12.10%	3.53%	1.62%
One Liberty Properties	38.96%	11.35%	4.58%

Summary

One Liberty Properties beats Healthpeak Properties on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Healthpeak Properties

Healthpeak Properties, Inc. is a fully integrated real estate investment trust (REIT) and S&P 500 company. Healthpeak owns, operates, and develops high-quality real estate for healthcare discovery and delivery.

About One Liberty Properties

One Liberty is a self-administered and self-managed real estate investment trust incorporated in Maryland in 1982. The Company acquires, owns and manages a geographically diversified portfolio consisting primarily of industrial and retail properties. Many of these properties are subject to long-term net leases under which the tenant is typically responsible for the property’s real estate taxes, insurance and ordinary maintenance and repairs.