InvenTrust Properties (NYSE: IVT – Get Rating) and Ventas (NYSE: VTR – Get Rating) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, valuation, profitability and institutional ownership.
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for InvenTrust Properties and Sales, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| InvenTrust Properties | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.00 |
| Sales | 0 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 2.75 |
InvenTrust Properties presently has a consensus price target of $ 32.00, indicating a potential upside of 11.07%. Ventas has a consensus price target of $ 62.97, indicating a potential upside of 12.20%. Given Ventas’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Ventas is more favorable than InvenTrust Properties.
Profitability
This table compares InvenTrust Properties and Sales’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| InvenTrust Properties | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Sales | 3.68% | 1.35% | 0.59% |
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares InvenTrust Properties and Sales’ top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price / Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price / Earnings Ratio | |
| InvenTrust Properties | $ 211.98 million | 9.15 | – $ 5.36 million | N/A | N/A |
| Sales | $ 3.83 billion | 5.88 | $ 49.01 million | $ 0.39 | 144.39 |
Sales has higher revenue and earnings than InvenTrust Properties.
Insider and Institutional Ownership
44.1% of InvenTrust Properties shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.0% of Ventas shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of InvenTrust Properties shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Sales shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Dividends
InvenTrust Properties pays an annual dividend of $ 0.82 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Ventas pays an annual dividend of $ 1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Ventas pays out 461.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have enough earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Summary
Sales beats InvenTrust Properties on 12 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
InvenTrust Properties Company Profile (Get Rating)
InvenTrust Properties Corp. is a premier multi-tenant retail REIT that owns, leases, redevelops, acquires and manages grocery-anchored neighborhood centers, and select power centers that often have a grocery component, predominantly in Sun Belt markets with favorable demographics. We seek to continue to execute our strategy to enhance our multi-tenant retail platform by further investing in grocery-anchored centers with essential retail in our current markets, while exhibiting focused and disciplined capital allocation.
Sales Company Profile (Get Rating)
Ventas, an S&P 500 company, operates at the intersection of two powerful and dynamic industries – healthcare and real estate. As one of the world’s leading foremost Real Estate Investment Trusts (REIT), we use the power of capital to unlock the value of real estate, partnering with leading care providers, developers, research and medical institutions, innovators and healthcare organizations whose success is buoyed by the demographic tailwind of an aging population. For more than twenty years, Ventas has followed a successful strategy that endures: combining a high-quality diversified portfolio of properties and capital sources to manage through cycles, working with industry leading partners, and a collaborative and experienced team focused on producing consistent growing cash flows and superior returns on a strong balance sheet, ultimately rewarding Sales shareholders. As of September 30, 2020, sales owned or managed through unconsolidated joint ventures approximately 1,200 properties.
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