Primary Health Properties (PHP) Share Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

PHP is a leading investor in critical healthcare infrastructure in the UK and Ireland. The overall objective of the group is to create progressive returns to shareholders through a combination of earnings growth and capital appreciation. PHP has an unbroken 30 year track record of dividend growth. To achieve this, PHP invests in healthcare real estate let on long-term leases, backed by secure underlying covenants where the majority of rental income is funded directly or indirectly by a government body.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: 94.80 to 96.95
• 50-Day Range: 90.22 to 96.55
• 52-Week Range: 87.40 to 109.60
• Volume: 14.22 million shs
• Average Volume: 39.92 million shs
• Market Capitalization: £2.50 billion
• P/E Ratio: 14.61
• Dividend Yield: 7.71%
• Price Target: GBX 114.20
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Primary Health Properties Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Primary Health Properties scored higher than 71% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.5 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

Primary Health Properties has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.80, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 4 buy ratings, 1 hold rating, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Primary Health Properties has a consensus price target of GBX 114.20, representing about 18.3% upside from its current price of GBX 96.50.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Primary Health Properties has only been the subject of 3 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Primary Health Properties is 14.62, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 40.04.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Primary Health Properties is 14.62, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Real Estate sector average P/E ratio of about 29.63.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Primary Health Properties has a PEG Ratio of 5.64. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Primary Health Properties has a P/B Ratio of 0.93. P/B Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: N/A
• Short Interest Level: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for PHP.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Leadership

Primary Health Properties is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 7.71%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

Dividend Growth

Primary Health Properties does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Primary Health Properties is 107.58%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.8 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.45

News Sentiment

Primary Health Properties has a news sentiment score of 0.45. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.62 average news sentiment score of Real Estate companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 3 news articles for Primary Health Properties this week, compared to 1 article on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 1 people have searched for PHP on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -86% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

2 people have added Primary Health Properties to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.4 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Primary Health Properties insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

1.05% of the stock of Primary Health Properties is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

29.30% of the stock of Primary Health Properties is held by institutions.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 3/17/2026
• Today: 7/28/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: LON
• Sector: Real Estate
• Industry: REIT - Healthcare Facilities
• Sub-Industry: N/A
• Current Symbol: LON:PHP
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.phpgroup.co.uk
• Phone: +44-20-71045599
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 58
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Primary Health Properties: GBX 114.20
• High Price Target: GBX 128
• Low Price Target: GBX 105
• Potential Upside/Downside: +18.3%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.80
• Research Coverage: 5 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): GBX 6.60
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 14.62
• Forward P/E Ratio: 13.61
• P/E Growth: 5.64
• Net Income: -£8.64 million
• Net Margins: 45.95%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: 6.03%
• Return on Assets: 3.08%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 129.48
• Current Ratio: 6.67
• Quick Ratio: 0.62

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: £224 million
• Price / Sales: 11.18
• Cash Flow: GBX 1.94 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 49.77
• Book Value: GBX 103.49 per share
• Price / Book: 0.93

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 2,595,149,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: £2.50 billion
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 0.79