Financial Contrast: National Healthcare Properties (NHP) versus The Competition

National Healthcare Properties (NASDAQ:NHP) is one of 27 public companies in the “REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its rivals? We will compare National Healthcare Properties to similar companies based on the strength of its earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability and risk.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and price targets for National Healthcare Properties and its rivals, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
National Healthcare Properties	0	4	3	0	2.43
National Healthcare Properties Competitors	93	696	171	1	2.08

National Healthcare Properties presently has a consensus price target of $16.71, indicating a potential upside of 10.40%. As a group, “REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS” companies have a potential upside of 43.59%. Given National Healthcare Properties’ rivals higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe National Healthcare Properties has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares National Healthcare Properties and its rivals top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
National Healthcare Properties	$342.12 million	N/A	11.92
National Healthcare Properties Competitors	$150.57 million	-$39.82 million	-3.12

National Healthcare Properties has higher revenue and earnings than its rivals. National Healthcare Properties is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

94.9% of National Healthcare Properties shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.0% of shares of all “REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS” companies are held by institutional investors. 1.8% of National Healthcare Properties shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 14.7% of shares of all “REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares National Healthcare Properties and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
National Healthcare Properties	N/A	N/A	N/A
National Healthcare Properties Competitors	-180.44%	-27.58%	-4.43%

Summary

National Healthcare Properties beats its rivals on 8 of the 11 factors compared.