Primary Health Properties (PHP) Competitors

Assura (LON:AGR) and Primary Health Properties (LON:PHP) are both small-cap real estate companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking and analyst recommendations.

Do analysts rate AGR or PHP?

Assura currently has a consensus target price of GBX 50.67, suggesting a potential upside of 28.86%. Primary Health Properties has a consensus target price of GBX 107.50, suggesting a potential upside of 13.40%. Given Assura's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Assura is more favorable than Primary Health Properties.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Assura	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75
Primary Health Properties	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Which has more volatility and risk, AGR or PHP?

Assura has a beta of 0.37, suggesting that its stock price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Primary Health Properties has a beta of 0.41, suggesting that its stock price is 59% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, AGR or PHP?

Primary Health Properties has higher revenue and earnings than Assura. Primary Health Properties is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Assura, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Assura	£157.80M	8.10	-£28.80M	-£0.01	-3,932.00
Primary Health Properties	£177.80M	7.14	-£8.60M	-£0.01	-9,480.00

Is AGR or PHP a better dividend stock?

Assura pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.6%. Primary Health Properties pays an annual dividend of GBX 7 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.4%. Assura pays out -30,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Primary Health Properties pays out -70,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in AGR or PHP?

Assura received 37 more outperform votes than Primary Health Properties when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.21% of users gave Assura an outperform vote while only 62.31% of users gave Primary Health Properties an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Assura	Outperform Votes 371 67.21%	Underperform Votes 181 32.79%
Primary Health Properties	Outperform Votes 334 62.31%	Underperform Votes 202 37.69%

Is AGR or PHP more profitable?

Primary Health Properties has a net margin of -4.84% compared to Assura's net margin of -18.25%. Primary Health Properties' return on equity of -0.60% beat Assura's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Assura	-18.25%	-1.88%	2.82%
Primary Health Properties	-4.84%	-0.60%	3.08%

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in AGR or PHP?

73.7% of Assura shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.6% of Primary Health Properties shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.4% of Assura shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.8% of Primary Health Properties shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer AGR or PHP?

In the previous week, Assura had 2 more articles in the media than Primary Health Properties. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Assura and 0 mentions for Primary Health Properties. Assura's average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat Primary Health Properties' score of 0.00 indicating that Assura is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Assura	Positive
Primary Health Properties	Neutral

Summary

Assura beats Primary Health Properties on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.