National Healthcare Properties (NHP) & Its Peers Financial Comparison

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 risk, profitability, earnings, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership and analyst recommendations.

Valuation and Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
National Healthcare Properties	$342.12 million	N/A	N/A
National Healthcare Properties Competitors	$150.58 million	-$39.82 million	-4.51

National Healthcare Properties has higher revenue and earnings than its peers.

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 insiders. Comparatively, 14.7% of shares of all “REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

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%

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings for National Healthcare Properties and its peers, as reported 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	95	699	173	1	2.08

National Healthcare Properties presently has a consensus target price of $17.13, suggesting a potential upside of 21.54%. As a group, “REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS” companies have a potential upside of 55.65%. Given National Healthcare Properties’ peers higher probable upside, analysts plainly 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.