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 compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, dividends, profitability, valuation, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.

Do analysts recommend CSH.UN or NWH.UN?

Chartwell Retirement Residences presently has a consensus target price of C$17.64, indicating a potential upside of 5.02%. NorthWest Health Prop Real Est Inv Trust has a consensus target price of C$5.50, indicating a potential upside of 10.00%. Given NorthWest Health Prop Real Est Inv Trust's higher probable upside, 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
Chartwell Retirement Residences	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
NorthWest Health Prop Real Est Inv Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Does the media prefer 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 1.69 beat Chartwell Retirement Residences' score of 0.67 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)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
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

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

Chartwell Retirement Residences received 198 more outperform votes than NorthWest Health Prop Real Est Inv Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.38% of users gave Chartwell Retirement Residences an outperform vote while only 33.62% of users gave NorthWest Health Prop Real Est Inv Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Chartwell Retirement Residences	Outperform Votes 315 62.38%	Underperform Votes 190 37.62%
NorthWest Health Prop Real Est Inv Trust	Outperform Votes 117 33.62%	Underperform Votes 231 66.38%

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%

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

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

Which has higher earnings and valuation, CSH.UN or NWH.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
Chartwell Retirement Residences	C$782.24M	5.83	-C$40.86M	-C$0.17	-98.82
NorthWest Health Prop Real Est Inv Trust	C$523.85M	2.35	-C$394.40M	-C$1.59	-3.14

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

Chartwell Retirement Residences has a beta of 1.12, suggesting that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, 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.

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 3.6%. NorthWest Health Prop Real Est Inv Trust pays an annual dividend of C$0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.2%. Chartwell Retirement Residences pays out -358.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. NorthWest Health Prop Real Est Inv Trust pays out -22.6% 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 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.