Analyzing National Healthcare Properties (NHP) and Its Peers

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

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

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for National Healthcare Properties and its peers, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	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	697	171	1	2.08

National Healthcare Properties presently has a consensus target price of $16.71, suggesting a potential upside of 13.63%. As a group, “REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS” companies have a potential upside of 45.75%. Given National Healthcare Properties’ peers higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe National Healthcare Properties has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

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%

Earnings & Valuation

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
National Healthcare Properties	$342.12 million	N/A	11.58
National Healthcare Properties Competitors	$150.58 million	-$39.82 million	-3.27

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.

Summary

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