AMEN Properties (OTCMKTS:AMEN) & Healthcare Realty Trust (NYSE:HR) Financial Contrast

Healthcare Realty Trust (NYSE:HR) and AMEN Properties (OTCMKTS:AMEN) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk and dividends.

Risk & Volatility

Healthcare Realty Trust has a beta of 0.93, suggesting that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AMEN Properties has a beta of 0.78, suggesting that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current recommendations for Healthcare Realty Trust and AMEN Properties, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Healthcare Realty Trust	1	5	0	0	1.83
AMEN Properties	0	0	0	0	0.00

Healthcare Realty Trust currently has a consensus price target of $17.50, indicating a potential upside of 2.82%. Given Healthcare Realty Trust’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Healthcare Realty Trust is more favorable than AMEN Properties.

Dividends

Healthcare Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.3%. AMEN Properties pays an annual dividend of $40.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.0%. Healthcare Realty Trust pays out -78.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Profitability

This table compares Healthcare Realty Trust and AMEN Properties’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Healthcare Realty Trust	-45.63%	-9.42%	-4.90%
AMEN Properties	52.71%	39.63%	32.88%

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Healthcare Realty Trust and AMEN Properties”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Healthcare Realty Trust	$1.29 billion	4.68	-$278.26 million	($1.58)	-10.77
AMEN Properties	$3.68 million	7.20	$2.05 million	N/A	N/A

AMEN Properties has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Healthcare Realty Trust.

Summary

AMEN Properties beats Healthcare Realty Trust on 6 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Healthcare Realty Trust

Healthcare Realty (NYSE: HR) is a real estate investment trust (REIT) that owns and operates medical outpatient buildings primarily located around market-leading hospital campuses. The Company selectively grows its portfolio through property acquisition and development. As the first and largest REIT to specialize in medical outpatient buildings, Healthcare Realty's portfolio includes more than 700 properties totaling over 40 million square feet concentrated in 15 growth markets.

About AMEN Properties

AMEN Properties, Inc. owns oil and gas royalty and working interests in various oil and gas properties in the United States. It holds interests in oil gas and gas royalties through its ownership of SFF Royalty, LLC; and 100% interests in SFF Production, LLC. The company was formerly known as Crosswalk.com, Inc. and changed its name to AMEN Properties, Inc. in October 2002. AMEN Properties, Inc. was incorporated in 1993 and is based in Richardson, Texas.