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 superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk and dividends.

Which has better earnings and valuation, 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	2.40	-C$394.40M	-C$1.59	-3.21
Chartwell Retirement Residences	C$782.24M	5.39	-C$40.86M	-C$0.17	-91.35

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%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer NWH.UN or CSH.UN?

Chartwell Retirement Residences received 196 more outperform votes than NorthWest Health Prop Real Est Inv Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.53% of users gave Chartwell Retirement Residences an outperform vote while only 33.53% of users gave NorthWest Health Prop Real Est Inv Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
NorthWest Health Prop Real Est Inv Trust	Outperform Votes 116 33.53%	Underperform Votes 230 66.47%
Chartwell Retirement Residences	Outperform Votes 312 62.53%	Underperform Votes 187 37.47%

Does the media favor 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 4 mentions for Chartwell Retirement Residences and 1 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 1.07 indicating that NorthWest Health Prop Real Est Inv Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
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
Chartwell Retirement Residences	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts rate NWH.UN or CSH.UN?

NorthWest Health Prop Real Est Inv Trust currently has a consensus target price of C$5.50, indicating a potential upside of 7.84%. Chartwell Retirement Residences has a consensus target price of C$16.50, indicating a potential upside of 6.25%. Given NorthWest Health Prop Real Est Inv Trust's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly 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)	4 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.20
Chartwell Retirement Residences	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Do institutionals & insiders 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 endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

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

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

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 7.1%. Chartwell Retirement Residences pays an annual dividend of C$0.61 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. 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 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.