Aedifica NV/SA (OTCMKTS:AEDFF) and Welltower (NYSE:WELL) Critical Analysis

Aedifica NV/SA (OTCMKTS:AEDFF) and Welltower (NYSE:WELL) are both real estate companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, dividends, profitability, earnings and institutional ownership.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

94.8% of Welltower shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Welltower shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Aedifica NV/SA and Welltower”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Aedifica NV/SA	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Welltower	$6.97 billion	11.35	$340.09 million	$0.81	163.26

Welltower has higher revenue and earnings than Aedifica NV/SA.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current recommendations and price targets for Aedifica NV/SA and Welltower, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Aedifica NV/SA	0	0	0	0	N/A
Welltower	0	4	7	2	2.85

Welltower has a consensus target price of $115.38, indicating a potential downside of 12.75%. Given Welltower’s higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Welltower is more favorable than Aedifica NV/SA.

Profitability

This table compares Aedifica NV/SA and Welltower’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Aedifica NV/SA	N/A	N/A	N/A
Welltower	8.36%	2.21%	1.35%

Summary

Welltower beats Aedifica NV/SA on 9 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Aedifica NV/SA

Aedifica is a Regulated Real Estate Company under Belgian law specialised in European healthcare real estate, particularly in elderly care. Aedifica has developed a portfolio of approx. 620 sites in Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Finland, Sweden, Ireland and Spain, worth more than 5.8 billion. Aedifica is listed on Euronext Brussels (2006) and Euronext Amsterdam (2019) and is identified by the following ticker symbols: AED; AED:BB (Bloomberg); AOO.BR (Reuters). Since 2020, Aedifica has been part of the BEL 20, Euronext Brussels' leading share index. Moreover, since 2023, Aedifica has been part of the BEL ESG, the index tracking companies that perform best on ESG criteria. Aedifica is also included in the EPRA, Stoxx Europe 600 and GPR indices. Aedifica's market capitalisation was approx. 2.6 billion as at 20 February 2024.

About Welltower

Welltower Inc. (NYSE:WELL), a real estate investment trust (“REIT”) and S&P 500 company headquartered in Toledo, Ohio, is driving the transformation of health care infrastructure. Welltower invests with leading seniors housing operators, post-acute providers and health systems to fund the real estate infrastructure needed to scale innovative care delivery models and improve people’s wellness and overall health care experience. Welltower owns interests in properties concentrated in major, high-growth markets in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom, consisting of seniors housing and post-acute communities and outpatient medical properties.