How to buy Omega Healthcare Investors stock

Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc is a reit—healthcare facilities business based in the US. Omega Healthcare Investors shares (OHI) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Omega Healthcare Investors employs 49 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around USD$875.3 million.

How to buy shares in Omega Healthcare Investors

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2. Open and fund your brokerage account. Complete an application with your personal and financial details, like your ID and bank information. Fund your account with a bank transfer, credit card or debit card.
3. Search for Omega Healthcare Investors. Find the stock by name or ticker symbol: OHI. Research its history to confirm it's a solid investment against your financial goals.
4. Purchase now or later. Buy today with a market order or use a limit order to delay your purchase until Omega Healthcare Investors reaches your desired price. To spread out your purchase, look into dollar-cost averaging, which smooths out buying at consistent intervals and amounts.
5. Decide on how many to buy. Weigh your budget against a diversified portfolio that can minimize risk through the market's ups and downs. You may be able to buy a fractional share of Omega Healthcare Investors, depending on your broker.
6. Check in on your investment. Congratulations, you own a part of Omega Healthcare Investors. Optimize your portfolio by tracking how your stock — and even the business — performs with an eye on the long term. You may be eligible for dividends and shareholder voting rights on directors and management that can affect your stock.

Omega Healthcare Investors share price

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Omega Healthcare Investors shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2020-11-20.

52-week range	USD$12.4603 - USD$42.2699
50-day moving average	USD$31.4789
200-day moving average	USD$30.8862
Wall St. target price	USD$34
PE ratio	50.0145
Dividend yield	USD$2.68 (7.77%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	USD$0.694

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Is Omega Healthcare Investors under- or over-valued?

Valuing Omega Healthcare Investors stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Omega Healthcare Investors's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.

Omega Healthcare Investors's P/E ratio

Omega Healthcare Investors's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 50x. In other words, Omega Healthcare Investors shares trade at around 50x recent earnings.

That's relatively high compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The high P/E ratio could mean that investors are optimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're over-valued.

Omega Healthcare Investors's PEG ratio

Omega Healthcare Investors's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 1.13. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.

The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Omega Healthcare Investors's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.

Omega Healthcare Investors's EBITDA

Omega Healthcare Investors's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is USD$761.5 million.

The EBITDA is a measure of a Omega Healthcare Investors's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.

Omega Healthcare Investors financials

Revenue TTM	USD$875.3 million
Operating margin TTM	50.66%
Gross profit TTM	USD$906 million
Return on assets TTM	3.01%
Return on equity TTM	4.03%
Profit margin	17.99%
Book value	$16.497
Market capitalisation	USD$7.8 billion

TTM: trailing 12 months

Shorting Omega Healthcare Investors shares

There are currently 8.0 million Omega Healthcare Investors shares held short by investors – that's known as Omega Healthcare Investors's "short interest". This figure is 13.1% up from 7.0 million last month.

There are a few different ways that this level of interest in shorting Omega Healthcare Investors shares can be evaluated.

Omega Healthcare Investors's "short interest ratio" (SIR)

Omega Healthcare Investors's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of Omega Healthcare Investors shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of Omega Healthcare Investors shares traded daily (recently around 1.2 million). Omega Healthcare Investors's SIR currently stands at 6.74. In other words for every 100,000 Omega Healthcare Investors shares traded daily on the market, roughly 6740 shares are currently held short.

However Omega Healthcare Investors's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of Omega Healthcare Investors shares, or, against the total number of tradable Omega Healthcare Investors shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case Omega Healthcare Investors's short interest could be expressed as 0.04% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 Omega Healthcare Investors shares in existence, roughly 40 shares are currently held short) or 0.0485% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable Omega Healthcare Investors shares, roughly 49 shares are currently held short).

A SIR below 10% would generally be considered to indicate a fairly optimistic outlook for the share price, with fewer people currently willing to bet against Omega Healthcare Investors.

Find out more about how you can short Omega Healthcare Investors stock.

Omega Healthcare Investors's environmental, social and governance track record

Environmental, social and governance (known as ESG) criteria are a set of three factors used to measure the sustainability and social impact of companies like Omega Healthcare Investors.

When it comes to ESG scores, lower is better, and lower scores are generally associated with lower risk for would-be investors.

Omega Healthcare Investors's total ESG risk score

Total ESG risk: 20.63

Socially conscious investors use ESG scores to screen how an investment aligns with their worldview, and Omega Healthcare Investors's overall score of 20.63 (as at 01/01/2019) is excellent – landing it in it in the 15th percentile of companies rated in the same sector.

ESG scores are increasingly used to estimate the level of risk a company like Omega Healthcare Investors is exposed to within the areas of "environmental" (carbon footprint, resource use etc.), "social" (health and safety, human rights etc.), and "governance" (anti-corruption, tax transparency etc.).

Omega Healthcare Investors's environmental score

Environmental score: 9.42/100

Omega Healthcare Investors's environmental score of 9.42 puts it squarely in the 5th percentile of companies rated in the same sector. This could suggest that Omega Healthcare Investors is a leader in its sector terms of its environmental impact, and exposed to a lower level of risk.

Omega Healthcare Investors's social score

Social score: 7.96/100

Omega Healthcare Investors's social score of 7.96 puts it squarely in the 5th percentile of companies rated in the same sector. This could suggest that Omega Healthcare Investors is a leader in its sector when it comes to taking good care of its workforce and the communities it impacts.

Omega Healthcare Investors's governance score

Governance score: 8.25/100

Omega Healthcare Investors's governance score puts it squarely in the 5th percentile of companies rated in the same sector. That could suggest that Omega Healthcare Investors is a leader in its sector when it comes to responsible management and strategy, and exposed to a lower level of risk.

Omega Healthcare Investors's controversy score

Controversy score: 1/5

ESG scores also evaluate any incidences of controversy that a company has been involved in. Omega Healthcare Investors scored a 1 out of 5 for controversy – the highest score possible, reflecting that Omega Healthcare Investors has managed to keep its nose clean.

Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) summary

Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc was last rated for ESG on: 2019-01-01.

Total ESG score	20.63
Total ESG percentile	14.64
Environmental score	9.42
Environmental score percentile	5
Social score	7.96
Social score percentile	5
Governance score	8.25
Governance score percentile	5
Level of controversy	1

Omega Healthcare Investors share dividends

Dividend payout ratio: 388.41% of net profits

Recently Omega Healthcare Investors has paid out, on average, around 388.41% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 7.77% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), Omega Healthcare Investors shareholders could enjoy a 7.77% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Omega Healthcare Investors's case, that would currently equate to about $2.68 per share.

Omega Healthcare Investors's payout ratio would broadly be considered high, and as such this stock could appeal to those looking to generate an income. Bear in mind however that companies should normally also look to re-invest a decent amount of net profits to ensure future growth.

Omega Healthcare Investors's most recent dividend payout was on 16 November 2020. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 30 October 2020 (the "ex-dividend date").

Omega Healthcare Investors share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Omega Healthcare Investors's shares have ranged in value from as little as $12.4603 up to $42.2699. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".

Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NYSE average) beta is 1, while Omega Healthcare Investors's is 0.8743. This would suggest that Omega Healthcare Investors's shares are less volatile than average (for this exchange).

Omega Healthcare Investors overview

Omega is a real estate investment trust that invests in the long-term healthcare industry, primarily in skilled nursing and assisted living facilities. Its portfolio of assets is operated by a diverse group of healthcare companies, predominantly in a triple-net lease structure. The assets span all regions within the US, as well as in the UK.

Frequently asked questions

• What percentage of Omega Healthcare Investors is owned by insiders or institutions?

  Currently 0.509% of Omega Healthcare Investors shares are held by insiders and 72.524% by institutions.

• How many people work for Omega Healthcare Investors?

  Latest data suggests 49 work at Omega Healthcare Investors.

• When does the fiscal year end for Omega Healthcare Investors?

  Omega Healthcare Investors's fiscal year ends in December.

• Where is Omega Healthcare Investors based?

  Omega Healthcare Investors's address is: 303 International Circle, Hunt Valley, MD, United States, 21030

• What is Omega Healthcare Investors's ISIN number?

  Omega Healthcare Investors's international securities identification number is: US6819361006

• What is Omega Healthcare Investors's CUSIP number?

  Omega Healthcare Investors's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 681936100