Head-To-Head Comparison: National Healthcare Properties (NHP) and Its Rivals

National Healthcare Properties (NASDAQ:NHP) is one of 40 public companies in the “Healthcare REITs” industry, but how does it compare to its competitors? We will compare National Healthcare Properties to similar companies based on the strength of its valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations and risk.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and target prices for National Healthcare Properties and its competitors, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
National Healthcare Properties	1	5	7	0	2.46
National Healthcare Properties Competitors	419	2000	1983	82	2.39

National Healthcare Properties presently has a consensus target price of $18.30, indicating a potential upside of 16.26%. As a group, “Healthcare REITs” companies have a potential upside of 8.28%. Given National Healthcare Properties’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe National Healthcare Properties is more favorable than its competitors.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
National Healthcare Properties	-13.04%	-6.22%	-2.52%
National Healthcare Properties Competitors	22.56%	5.64%	2.98%

Dividends

National Healthcare Properties pays an annual dividend of $0.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. National Healthcare Properties pays out -230.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Healthcare REITs” companies pay a dividend yield of 4.0% and pay out 209.6% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

60.4% of shares of all “Healthcare REITs” companies are owned by institutional investors. 3.1% of shares of all “Healthcare REITs” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Valuation and Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
National Healthcare Properties	$342.28 million	-$57.62 million	-121.08
National Healthcare Properties Competitors	$1.27 billion	$1.61 million	49.65

National Healthcare Properties’ competitors have higher revenue and earnings than National Healthcare Properties. National Healthcare Properties is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Summary

National Healthcare Properties competitors beat National Healthcare Properties on 10 of the 14 factors compared.

About National Healthcare Properties

National Healthcare Properties Inc. is a self-managed real estate investment trust focused on acquiring, owning and investing in a diversified portfolio of healthcare real estate, with an emphasis on providing senior housing. National Healthcare Properties Inc. is based in NEW YORK.