Critical Contrast: National Healthcare Properties (NHP) versus Its Competitors

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 competitors? We will compare National Healthcare Properties to similar businesses based on the strength of its analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings and risk.

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

Analyst Ratings

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

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
National Healthcare Properties	0	4	5	0	2.56
National Healthcare Properties Competitors	95	699	173	1	2.08

National Healthcare Properties currently has a consensus target price of $17.13, indicating a potential upside of 16.58%. As a group, “REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS” companies have a potential upside of 60.61%. Given National Healthcare Properties’ competitors higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe National Healthcare Properties has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Earnings & Valuation

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
National Healthcare Properties	$342.12 million	N/A	N/A
National Healthcare Properties Competitors	$149.42 million	-$39.82 million	-4.41

National Healthcare Properties has higher revenue and earnings 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	N/A	N/A	N/A
National Healthcare Properties Competitors	-180.44%	-27.58%	-4.43%

Summary

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