Primary Health Properties (PHP) Competitors

Primary Health Properties (LON:PHP) and Assura (LON:AGR) are both small-cap real estate companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, risk, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and dividends.

Which has more volatility & risk, PHP or AGR?

Primary Health Properties has a beta of 0.41, meaning that its stock price is 59% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Assura has a beta of 0.37, meaning that its stock price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of PHP or AGR?

70.6% of Primary Health Properties shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.7% of Assura shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.8% of Primary Health Properties shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.4% of Assura shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is PHP or AGR a better dividend stock?

Primary Health Properties pays an annual dividend of GBX 7 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.3%. Assura pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.1%. Primary Health Properties pays out -1,092.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Assura pays out -286.8% 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. Primary Health Properties is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has better valuation & earnings, PHP or AGR?

Primary Health Properties has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Assura. Primary Health Properties is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Assura, 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
Primary Health Properties	£178.59M	7.17	-£8.64M	-£0.64	-148.92
Assura	£188.76M	8.47	-£34.15M	-£1.05	-46.89

Is PHP or AGR more profitable?

Primary Health Properties has a net margin of -4.84% compared to Assura's net margin of -18.09%. Primary Health Properties' return on equity of -0.61% beat Assura's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Primary Health Properties	-4.84%	-0.61%	3.08%
Assura	-18.09%	-1.92%	2.82%

Do analysts rate PHP or AGR?

Primary Health Properties currently has a consensus target price of GBX 107.50, indicating a potential upside of 12.68%. Assura has a consensus target price of GBX 51, indicating a potential upside of 3.95%. Given Primary Health Properties' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Primary Health Properties is more favorable than Assura.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Primary Health Properties	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Assura	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Does the media prefer PHP or AGR?

In the previous week, Primary Health Properties had 16 more articles in the media than Assura. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Primary Health Properties and 7 mentions for Assura. Primary Health Properties' average media sentiment score of 1.33 beat Assura's score of 1.31 indicating that Primary Health Properties is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Primary Health Properties	10 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Assura	3 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Primary Health Properties beats Assura on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.