National Health Investors (NHI) Competitors

CubeSmart (NYSE:CUBE) and National Health Investors (NYSE:NHI) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment, risk, valuation, community ranking and earnings.

Does the media prefer CUBE or NHI?

In the previous week, National Health Investors had 2 more articles in the media than CubeSmart. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for National Health Investors and 9 mentions for CubeSmart. CubeSmart's average media sentiment score of 0.86 beat National Health Investors' score of -0.01 indicating that CubeSmart is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
CubeSmart	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
National Health Investors	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do analysts rate CUBE or NHI?

CubeSmart currently has a consensus target price of $51.45, suggesting a potential upside of 6.47%. National Health Investors has a consensus target price of $73.29, suggesting a potential downside of 5.73%. Given CubeSmart's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe CubeSmart is more favorable than National Health Investors.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CubeSmart	1 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.27
National Health Investors	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.57

Is CUBE or NHI a better dividend stock?

CubeSmart pays an annual dividend of $2.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. National Health Investors pays an annual dividend of $3.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. CubeSmart pays out 115.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. National Health Investors pays out 123.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. CubeSmart has raised its dividend for 14 consecutive years.

Which has better valuation and earnings, CUBE or NHI?

CubeSmart has higher revenue and earnings than National Health Investors. National Health Investors is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CubeSmart, 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
CubeSmart	$1.05B	10.41	$410.76M	$1.77	27.31
National Health Investors	$319.83M	11.04	$135.65M	$2.91	26.71

Is CUBE or NHI more profitable?

National Health Investors has a net margin of 38.53% compared to CubeSmart's net margin of 37.79%. CubeSmart's return on equity of 14.33% beat National Health Investors' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CubeSmart	37.79%	14.33%	6.48%
National Health Investors	38.53%	10.11%	5.12%

Which has more risk and volatility, CUBE or NHI?

CubeSmart has a beta of 0.84, suggesting that its share price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, National Health Investors has a beta of 1.05, suggesting that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CUBE or NHI?

CubeSmart received 88 more outperform votes than National Health Investors when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.09% of users gave CubeSmart an outperform vote while only 56.07% of users gave National Health Investors an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
CubeSmart	Outperform Votes 439 64.09%	Underperform Votes 246 35.91%
National Health Investors	Outperform Votes 351 56.07%	Underperform Votes 275 43.93%

Do institutionals & insiders believe in CUBE or NHI?

97.6% of CubeSmart shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.5% of National Health Investors shares are held by institutional investors. 1.7% of CubeSmart shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.3% of National Health Investors shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

CubeSmart beats National Health Investors on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.