Verdict: Side-by-side breakdown using the Bull Rankings model. HR scored 64.0, SBRA scored 68.0 — SBRA leads.
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HR
Healthcare Realty Trust Incorporated
REIT - Healthcare Facilities · Financial strength
66.8Fin
$17.22 · $6.0B
fundamentals as of
Strength gap
1.6
SBRA leads
SBRA
Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc.
REIT - Healthcare Facilities · Financial strength
68.4Fin
$19.31 · $4.9B
fundamentals as of
At a glance · who leads each dimension, on the model's own rules
Fastest growthSBRA+10.2%
Strongest balance sheetSBRA0.96
Side by side · every name on one set of axes
Fundamentals, head-to-head
HR
SBRA
5.6%A-
Yield
6.3%A-
-7.8%D
Rev
+10.2%B
1.03B
D/E
0.96B
Winner per row is the stronger grade; where grades tie, the better figure breaks it. A true tie or a missing value shows no highlight.
The companies
HRHealthcare Realty Trust Incorporated
REIT - Healthcare Facilities · $17.22 · beta 0.84
Why now
REIT - Healthcare Facilities · market cap $6.0b. Down 22% from 52-week high of $22.04 — deep drawdown territory. Revenue -8% — in contraction; any catalyst that reverses this triggers re-rating. 12 sell-side analysts rate this a Hold with a mean 1-yr target of $21.42 (implying +24% upside).
Moat
Turnaround / out-of-favor name — GAAP-unprofitable for now, so the durability case is forward-looking: it rests on a recovery (margin normalization, a cyclical upturn or restructuring) or an un-monetized asset (IP / network effects / first-mover position) rather than on current reported results.
Risk
Revenue contracting -8% — the operational turn is not yet visible in the top line. Currently unprofitable (margin -7.6%) — path to GAAP profitability is the core thesis risk. Dividend payout 827% of earnings on a 5.6% yield — distribution coverage is thin; one earnings stumble could force a dividend cut.
SBRASabra Health Care REIT, Inc.
REIT - Healthcare Facilities · $19.31 · beta 0.62
Why now
REIT - Healthcare Facilities · market cap $4.9b. 15% off the 52-week high of $22.77. Revenue growing +10%, comfortably above the S&P median. 14 sell-side analysts rate this a Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $22.79 (implying +18% upside).
Moat
Moat signals from the quantitative card are modest — profitability and capital efficiency are middle-of-pack. The thesis here depends on softer factors (switching costs, brand, distribution, regulatory protection) not captured by the quality-growth screen.
Risk
Dividend payout 480% of earnings on a 6.3% yield — distribution coverage is thin; one earnings stumble could force a dividend cut. ROE 2% is below the long-run sustainable threshold of ~10% — capital efficiency would need to improve for the equity base to compound at the market rate.
Verdict — model-derived comparison
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Common questions
Is SBRA or HR the better stock?
SBRA scores higher: SBRA 68.0, HR 64.0 out of 100 on the Bull Rankings quality-growth score, which blends business quality, growth and valuation into one number. A higher score means a stronger business at a more reasonable price — it is not a price target or a recommendation.
How are SBRA and HR scored?
Each carries the same 0–100 quality-growth score used everywhere on the site, built from three pillars — quality (profitability and returns on capital), growth (revenue and earnings), and value (what you pay for them) — combined as a geometric mean, so a weak pillar cannot be papered over by a strong one.
How current is this comparison?
The whole universe is re-scored every trading day after the US market close, so the scores and fundamentals here reflect the latest published edition.