NHI vs. EPR, SBRA, MPW, PEB, DRH, CXW, RLJ, LTC, SVC, and HR
Should you be buying National Health Investors stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of National Health Investors include EPR Properties (EPR), Sabra Health Care REIT (SBRA), Medical Properties Trust (MPW), Pebblebrook Hotel Trust (PEB), DiamondRock Hospitality (DRH), CoreCivic (CXW), RLJ Lodging Trust (RLJ), LTC Properties (LTC), Service Properties Trust (SVC), and Healthcare Realty Trust (HR). These companies are all part of the "specialized reits" industry.
National Health Investors (NYSE:NHI) and EPR Properties (NYSE:EPR) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, community ranking, dividends, profitability and media sentiment.
National Health Investors has a beta of 0.95, suggesting that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, EPR Properties has a beta of 1.64, suggesting that its share price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, EPR Properties had 8 more articles in the media than National Health Investors. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for EPR Properties and 2 mentions for National Health Investors. National Health Investors' average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat EPR Properties' score of 0.72 indicating that National Health Investors is being referred to more favorably in the media.
EPR Properties received 29 more outperform votes than National Health Investors when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.63% of users gave EPR Properties an outperform vote while only 56.22% of users gave National Health Investors an outperform vote.
62.5% of National Health Investors shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.7% of EPR Properties shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.3% of National Health Investors shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of EPR Properties shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
National Health Investors has a net margin of 41.40% compared to EPR Properties' net margin of 25.39%. National Health Investors' return on equity of 10.41% beat EPR Properties' return on equity.
National Health Investors pays an annual dividend of $3.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.4%. EPR Properties pays an annual dividend of $3.42 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.0%. National Health Investors pays out 118.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. EPR Properties pays out 168.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
EPR Properties has higher revenue and earnings than National Health Investors. EPR Properties is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than National Health Investors, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
National Health Investors presently has a consensus price target of $60.50, indicating a potential downside of 9.04%. EPR Properties has a consensus price target of $48.05, indicating a potential upside of 12.87%. Given EPR Properties' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe EPR Properties is more favorable than National Health Investors.
Summary
National Health Investors beats EPR Properties on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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