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

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

Do analysts rate NWH.UN or CSH.UN?

NorthWest Health Prop Real Est Inv Trust currently has a consensus price target of C$5.50, indicating a potential upside of 15.30%. Chartwell Retirement Residences has a consensus price target of C$18.38, indicating a potential upside of 3.87%. Given NorthWest Health Prop Real Est Inv Trust's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe NorthWest Health Prop Real Est Inv Trust is more favorable than Chartwell Retirement Residences.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
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
Chartwell Retirement Residences	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of NWH.UN or CSH.UN?

23.8% of NorthWest Health Prop Real Est Inv Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 34.9% of Chartwell Retirement Residences shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of NorthWest Health Prop Real Est Inv Trust shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Chartwell Retirement Residences shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is NWH.UN or CSH.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
NorthWest Health Prop Real Est Inv Trust	-75.29%	-14.67%	2.91%
Chartwell Retirement Residences	17.92%	-4.61%	1.57%

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

NorthWest Health Prop Real Est Inv Trust has a beta of 1.05, meaning that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Chartwell Retirement Residences has a beta of 1.12, meaning that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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

Chartwell Retirement Residences has higher revenue and earnings than NorthWest Health Prop Real Est Inv Trust. Chartwell Retirement Residences is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than NorthWest Health Prop Real Est Inv Trust, 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
NorthWest Health Prop Real Est Inv Trust	C$523.85M	2.24	-C$394.40M	-C$1.59	-3.00
Chartwell Retirement Residences	C$782.24M	6.14	-C$40.86M	-C$0.17	-104.06

Does the media prefer NWH.UN or CSH.UN?

In the previous week, Chartwell Retirement Residences had 3 more articles in the media than NorthWest Health Prop Real Est Inv Trust. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Chartwell Retirement Residences and 0 mentions for NorthWest Health Prop Real Est Inv Trust. NorthWest Health Prop Real Est Inv Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.77 beat Chartwell Retirement Residences' score of 0.82 indicating that NorthWest Health Prop Real Est Inv Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
NorthWest Health Prop Real Est Inv Trust	Very Positive
Chartwell Retirement Residences	Positive

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

NorthWest Health Prop Real Est Inv Trust pays an annual dividend of C$0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.5%. Chartwell Retirement Residences pays an annual dividend of C$0.61 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. NorthWest Health Prop Real Est Inv Trust pays out -22.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Chartwell Retirement Residences pays out -358.8% 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.

Summary

Chartwell Retirement Residences beats NorthWest Health Prop Real Est Inv Trust on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.