Head-To-Head Contrast: National Healthcare Properties (NHP) vs. 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 rivals? We will compare National Healthcare Properties to similar companies based on the strength of its analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, risk and dividends.

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 large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Earnings & Valuation

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
National Healthcare Properties	$342.12 million	N/A	11.28
National Healthcare Properties Competitors	$150.58 million	-$39.82 million	-3.40

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

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and target prices for National Healthcare Properties and its rivals, 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 presently has a consensus target price of $17.13, indicating a potential upside of 19.59%. As a group, “REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS” companies have a potential upside of 51.26%. Given National Healthcare Properties’ rivals higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe National Healthcare Properties has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Profitability

This table compares National Healthcare Properties and its rivals’ 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 rivals on 8 of the 11 factors compared.