Barclays PLC Purchases 5,419 Shares of National Health Investors, Inc. (NYSE:NHI)

Barclays PLC raised its position in National Health Investors, Inc. (NYSE:NHI - Free Report) by 7.6% during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 77,122 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock after purchasing an additional 5,419 shares during the period. Barclays PLC owned about 0.17% of National Health Investors worth $5,344,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other hedge funds also recently modified their holdings of the company. Loomis Sayles & Co. L P grew its position in shares of National Health Investors by 42.0% in the fourth quarter. Loomis Sayles & Co. L P now owns 639 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock valued at $44,000 after purchasing an additional 189 shares during the period. State of Alaska Department of Revenue grew its holdings in National Health Investors by 1.0% in the fourth quarter. State of Alaska Department of Revenue now owns 20,040 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock valued at $1,388,000 after purchasing an additional 196 shares during the period. Pictet Asset Management Holding SA grew its holdings in National Health Investors by 1.8% in the fourth quarter. Pictet Asset Management Holding SA now owns 13,197 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock valued at $915,000 after purchasing an additional 238 shares during the period. Tidal Investments LLC increased its position in National Health Investors by 3.9% during the third quarter. Tidal Investments LLC now owns 6,762 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock worth $568,000 after purchasing an additional 254 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Xponance Inc. raised its stake in National Health Investors by 9.5% during the fourth quarter. Xponance Inc. now owns 2,997 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock worth $208,000 after purchasing an additional 259 shares during the period. 62.51% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several research analysts recently weighed in on NHI shares. Wedbush reaffirmed an "outperform" rating and issued a $88.00 target price on shares of National Health Investors in a research report on Monday, March 17th. Truist Financial raised their price objective on National Health Investors from $70.00 to $76.00 and gave the stock a "hold" rating in a report on Wednesday, March 19th. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and two have given a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has an average rating of "Hold" and a consensus target price of $85.50.

National Health Investors Stock Down 0.3 %

National Health Investors stock traded down $0.24 during trading on Thursday, reaching $75.43. 23,400 shares of the company's stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 221,560. National Health Investors, Inc. has a 52-week low of $63.14 and a 52-week high of $86.13. The firm has a market cap of $3.52 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 26.00, a PEG ratio of 4.42 and a beta of 0.79. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.92, a quick ratio of 10.29 and a current ratio of 10.29. The company's 50-day moving average is $73.49 and its two-hundred day moving average is $72.80.

National Health Investors (NYSE:NHI - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, February 25th. The real estate investment trust reported $1.13 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.10 by $0.03. National Health Investors had a net margin of 38.53% and a return on equity of 10.11%. The firm had revenue of $85.75 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $81.13 million. On average, analysts predict that National Health Investors, Inc. will post 4.41 earnings per share for the current year.

National Health Investors Dividend Announcement

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, May 2nd. Stockholders of record on Monday, March 31st will be issued a $0.90 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Monday, March 31st. This represents a $3.60 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.77%. National Health Investors's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 115.38%.

National Health Investors Profile

Incorporated in 1991, National Health Investors, Inc NYSE: NHI is a real estate investment trust specializing in sale, leasebacks, joint-ventures, senior housing operating partnerships, and mortgage and mezzanine financing of need-driven and discretionary senior housing and medical investments. NHI's portfolio consists of independent living, assisted living and memory care communities, entrance-fee retirement communities, skilled nursing facilities, and specialty hospitals.