Aedifica NV/SA (OTCMKTS:AEDFF) versus Welltower (NYSE:WELL) Critical Survey

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

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%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings for Aedifica NV/SA and Welltower, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	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 price target of $115.38, indicating a potential downside of 11.31%. Given Welltower’s higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Welltower is more favorable than Aedifica NV/SA.

Institutional and Insider 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 hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Earnings and 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	11.16	$340.09 million	$0.81	160.60

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

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.