Healthcare Realty Trust (NYSE:HR – Get Free Report) and Iron Mountain (NYSE:IRM – Get Free Report) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, dividends and analyst recommendations.
Profitability
This table compares Healthcare Realty Trust and Iron Mountain’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Healthcare Realty Trust | -51.60% | -11.20% | -5.69% |
| Iron Mountain | 2.95% | -401.83% | 2.87% |
Dividends
Healthcare Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.2%. Iron Mountain pays an annual dividend of $3.14 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Healthcare Realty Trust pays out -69.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Iron Mountain pays out 514.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Healthcare Realty Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Valuation & Earnings
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Healthcare Realty Trust | $1.25 billion | 4.85 | -$278.26 million | ($1.78) | -9.61 |
| Iron Mountain | $6.15 billion | 4.45 | $180.16 million | $0.61 | 152.70 |
Iron Mountain has higher revenue and earnings than Healthcare Realty Trust. Healthcare Realty Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Iron Mountain, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Risk and Volatility
Healthcare Realty Trust has a beta of 0.94, meaning that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Iron Mountain has a beta of 1.01, meaning that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Insider & Institutional Ownership
80.1% of Iron Mountain shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Healthcare Realty Trust shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of Iron Mountain shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of recent ratings and price targets for Healthcare Realty Trust and Iron Mountain, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Healthcare Realty Trust | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 |
| Iron Mountain | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3.14 |
Healthcare Realty Trust currently has a consensus target price of $17.20, indicating a potential upside of 0.53%. Iron Mountain has a consensus target price of $127.67, indicating a potential upside of 37.05%. Given Iron Mountain’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Iron Mountain is more favorable than Healthcare Realty Trust.
Summary
Iron Mountain beats Healthcare Realty Trust on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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.
About Iron Mountain
Iron Mountain Incorporated (NYSE: IRM) is a global leader in information management services. Founded in 1951 and trusted by more than 240,000 customers worldwide, Iron Mountain serves to protect and elevate the power of our customers’ work. Through a range of offerings including digital transformation, data centers, secure records storage, information management, asset lifecycle management, secure destruction and art storage and logistics, Iron Mountain helps businesses bring light to their dark data, enabling customers to unlock value and intelligence from their stored digital and physical assets at speed and with security, while helping them meet their environmental goals.
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