NorthWest Health Prop Real Est Inv Trust (NWH.UN) Competitors

Chartwell Retirement Residences (TSE:CSH.UN) and NorthWest Health Prop Real Est Inv Trust (TSE:NWH.UN) are both real estate companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation and risk.

Do analysts recommend CSH.UN or NWH.UN?

Chartwell Retirement Residences presently has a consensus price target of C$21.07, suggesting a potential upside of 9.75%. NorthWest Health Prop Real Est Inv Trust has a consensus price target of C$5.50, suggesting a potential upside of 6.80%. Given Chartwell Retirement Residences' higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Chartwell Retirement Residences is more favorable than NorthWest Health Prop Real Est Inv Trust.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Chartwell Retirement Residences	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
NorthWest Health Prop Real Est Inv Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is CSH.UN or NWH.UN more profitable?

Chartwell Retirement Residences has a net margin of 17.92% compared to NorthWest Health Prop Real Est Inv Trust's net margin of -75.29%. Chartwell Retirement Residences' return on equity of -4.61% beat NorthWest Health Prop Real Est Inv Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Chartwell Retirement Residences	17.92%	-4.61%	1.57%
NorthWest Health Prop Real Est Inv Trust	-75.29%	-14.67%	2.91%

Is CSH.UN or NWH.UN a better dividend stock?

Chartwell Retirement Residences pays an annual dividend of C$0.61 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. NorthWest Health Prop Real Est Inv Trust pays an annual dividend of C$0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.0%. Chartwell Retirement Residences pays out 313.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. NorthWest Health Prop Real Est Inv Trust pays out -85.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. NorthWest Health Prop Real Est Inv Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, CSH.UN or NWH.UN?

Chartwell Retirement Residences has higher revenue and earnings than NorthWest Health Prop Real Est Inv Trust. NorthWest Health Prop Real Est Inv Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Chartwell Retirement Residences, 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
Chartwell Retirement Residences	C$974.32M	5.70	-C$40.86M	C$0.20	98.31
NorthWest Health Prop Real Est Inv Trust	C$420.37M	3.05	-C$394.40M	-C$0.42	-12.29

Do institutionals & insiders believe in CSH.UN or NWH.UN?

37.0% of Chartwell Retirement Residences shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.7% of NorthWest Health Prop Real Est Inv Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Chartwell Retirement Residences shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of NorthWest Health Prop Real Est Inv Trust shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media refer more to CSH.UN or NWH.UN?

In the previous week, Chartwell Retirement Residences and Chartwell Retirement Residences both had 1 articles in the media. NorthWest Health Prop Real Est Inv Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.62 beat Chartwell Retirement Residences' score of 0.42 indicating that NorthWest Health Prop Real Est Inv Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Chartwell Retirement Residences	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
NorthWest Health Prop Real Est Inv Trust	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Which has more risk & volatility, CSH.UN or NWH.UN?

Chartwell Retirement Residences has a beta of 0.746616, indicating that its stock price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NorthWest Health Prop Real Est Inv Trust has a beta of 1.526514, indicating that its stock price is 53% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Chartwell Retirement Residences beats NorthWest Health Prop Real Est Inv Trust on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.