Critical Comparison: National Healthcare Properties (NHP) & Its Competitors

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

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and target prices for National Healthcare Properties and its competitors, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
National Healthcare Properties	0	4	5	0	2.56
National Healthcare Properties Competitors	93	698	173	1	2.08

National Healthcare Properties currently has a consensus price target of $17.13, suggesting a potential upside of 18.51%. As a group, “REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS” companies have a potential upside of 48.32%. Given National Healthcare Properties’ competitors higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe National Healthcare Properties has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Institutional and Insider 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, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

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%

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	$342.12 million	N/A	11.38
National Healthcare Properties Competitors	$150.58 million	-$39.82 million	-3.45

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

Summary

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