BROOKFIELD CORPORATION vs Ventas, Inc., two REIT stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Ventas earns 2.06% on equity, Brookfield 1.95%, and both figures are near-meaningless: Ventas's healthcare-property income is buried under depreciation, Brookfield's diversified-asset earnings under mark timing. What distinguishes them is model, a focused senior-housing-and-medical-office REIT against a diversified asset owner-manager. Ventas pays a 2.16% dividend on its healthcare properties; Brookfield none listed and shows a negative free-cash figure as it deploys. Ventas shows no debt on this page, Brookfield the same. Ventas trades at 161.9 GAAP earnings, Brookfield at 84. The pair prices a healthcare REIT against a diversified compounder; Ventas offers senior-housing demographic exposure with a dividend, Brookfield capital appreciation across many asset classes, and neither should be judged on the reported returns that so badly understate both.
Comparison updated 2026-07-11.
| Metric | BN | VTR |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $42.87 | $89.03 |
| Market cap | $96.3B | $43.3B |
| Sector | REIT | REIT |
| Stage | Mature | Growth |
| P/E | 84.1 | 161.9 |
| P/B | 0.58 | 3.29 |
| P/S | 1.28 | 7.07 |
| EV/EBITDA | 7.7 | 30.0 |
| Revenue growth | +0.7% | +20.6% |
| Net margin | 4.3% | 4.4% |
| Return on equity | 1.9% | 2.1% |
| Return on assets | 0.6% | 1.0% |
| FCF yield | -3.9% | 4.0% |
| Dividend yield | — | 2.2% |
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 0.31 | 1.67 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 8 / 9 | 8 / 9 |
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