Head-To-Head Review: Rayonier (NYSE:RYN) vs. Sila Realty Trust (NYSE:SILA)

Sila Realty Trust (NYSE:SILA) and Rayonier (NYSE:RYN) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk and profitability.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Sila Realty Trust and Rayonier”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Sila Realty Trust	$189.07 million	7.05	$24.04 million	N/A	N/A
Rayonier	$1.06 billion	3.74	$173.49 million	$1.06	25.03

Rayonier has higher revenue and earnings than Sila Realty Trust.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

89.1% of Rayonier shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of Rayonier shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and target prices for Sila Realty Trust and Rayonier, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Sila Realty Trust	0	0	3	0	3.00
Rayonier	0	3	0	0	2.00

Sila Realty Trust currently has a consensus target price of $28.67, suggesting a potential upside of 18.25%. Rayonier has a consensus target price of $29.67, suggesting a potential upside of 11.80%. Given Sila Realty Trust’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Sila Realty Trust is more favorable than Rayonier.

Profitability

This table compares Sila Realty Trust and Rayonier’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Sila Realty Trust	12.11%	1.54%	1.09%
Rayonier	15.84%	2.95%	1.52%

Dividends

Sila Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.6%. Rayonier pays an annual dividend of $1.14 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Rayonier pays out 107.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Summary

Rayonier beats Sila Realty Trust on 7 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Sila Realty Trust

Sila Realty Trust, Inc., headquartered in Tampa, Florida, is a net lease real estate investment trust with a strategic focus on investing in the large, growing, and resilient healthcare sector. The Company invests in high quality healthcare facilities along the continuum of care, which, we believe, generate predictable, durable, and growing income streams. Our portfolio comprises high quality tenants in geographically diverse facilities, which are positioned to capitalize on the dynamic delivery of healthcare to patients. As of June 30, 2024, the Company owned 137 real estate properties and two undeveloped land parcels located in 64 markets across the U.S.

About Rayonier

Rayonier is a leading timberland real estate investment trust with assets located in some of the most productive softwood timber growing regions in the United States and New Zealand. As of December 31, 2023, Rayonier owned or leased under long-term agreements approximately 2.7 million acres of timberlands located in the U.S. South (1.85 million acres), U.S. Pacific Northwest (418,000 acres) and New Zealand (421,000 acres).