Comparing Chartwell Retirement Residences (CWSRF) and Its Competitors

Chartwell Retirement Residences (OTCMKTS:CWSRF) is one of 235 public companies in the “Healthcare Providers & Services” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its competitors? We will compare Chartwell Retirement Residences to similar companies based on the strength of its institutional ownership, dividends, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation and earnings.

Dividends

Chartwell Retirement Residences pays an annual dividend of $0.45 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Chartwell Retirement Residences pays out -1,611.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Healthcare Providers & Services” companies pay a dividend yield of 1.5% and pay out 25.4% of their earnings in the form of a dividend. Chartwell Retirement Residences is clearly a better dividend stock than its competitors, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

37.8% of Chartwell Retirement Residences shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 56.9% of shares of all “Healthcare Providers & Services” companies are held by institutional investors. 15.4% of shares of all “Healthcare Providers & Services” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current recommendations and price targets for Chartwell Retirement Residences and its competitors, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Chartwell Retirement Residences	0	0	4	0	3.00
Chartwell Retirement Residences Competitors	1792	7547	12966	789	2.55

As a group, “Healthcare Providers & Services” companies have a potential upside of 13.80%. Given Chartwell Retirement Residences’ competitors higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Chartwell Retirement Residences has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Profitability

This table compares Chartwell Retirement Residences and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Chartwell Retirement Residences	N/A	N/A	N/A
Chartwell Retirement Residences Competitors	-7.69%	-139.74%	-1.50%

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Chartwell Retirement Residences and its competitors gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Chartwell Retirement Residences	N/A	N/A	-529.15
Chartwell Retirement Residences Competitors	$20.84 billion	$281.57 million	1.49

Chartwell Retirement Residences’ competitors have higher revenue and earnings than Chartwell Retirement Residences. Chartwell Retirement Residences is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Summary

Chartwell Retirement Residences beats its competitors on 7 of the 13 factors compared.

About Chartwell Retirement Residences

Chartwell is in the business of serving and caring for Canada’s seniors, committed to its vision of Making People’s Lives BETTER and to providing a happier, healthier, and more fulfilling life experience for its residents. Chartwell is an unincorporated, open-ended real estate trust which indirectly owns and operates a complete range of seniors housing communities, from independent living through to assisted living and long term care. Chartwell is the largest operator in Canada, serving over 25,000 residents in four provinces across the country.