Analyzing National Healthcare Properties (NHP) and Its Competitors

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

Earnings and Valuation

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
National Healthcare Properties	$342.12 million	N/A	11.52
National Healthcare Properties Competitors	$150.58 million	-$39.82 million	-3.38

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

Profitability

This table compares National Healthcare Properties and its peers’ 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%

Institutional & Insider Ownership

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

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and price targets for National Healthcare Properties and its peers, 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	94	699	173	1	2.08

National Healthcare Properties currently has a consensus price target of $17.13, suggesting a potential upside of 17.05%. As a group, “REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS” companies have a potential upside of 55.17%. Given National Healthcare Properties’ peers higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe National Healthcare Properties has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Summary

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