Financial Survey: 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 competitors? We will compare National Healthcare Properties to related companies based on the strength of its profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, risk and dividends.

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%

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for National Healthcare Properties and its competitors, as provided 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 presently has a consensus target price of $17.13, suggesting a potential upside of 19.92%. As a group, “REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS” companies have a potential upside of 57.11%. Given National Healthcare Properties’ competitors higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe National Healthcare Properties has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

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

Earnings and Valuation

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
National Healthcare Properties	$342.12 million	N/A	11.24
National Healthcare Properties Competitors	$152.59 million	-$39.82 million	-3.37

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.