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

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in PHP or AGR?

Assura received 34 more outperform votes than Primary Health Properties when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.21% of users gave Assura an outperform vote while only 62.52% of users gave Primary Health Properties an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Primary Health Properties	Outperform Votes 337 62.52%	Underperform Votes 202 37.48%
Assura	Outperform Votes 371 67.21%	Underperform Votes 181 32.79%

Do institutionals & insiders believe in 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 large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

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 7.07%. Assura has a consensus target price of GBX 51, indicating a potential upside of 3.49%. 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

Which has more volatility and risk, PHP or AGR?

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

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 7.0%. 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.

Does the media refer more to PHP or AGR?

In the previous week, Primary Health Properties had 8 more articles in the media than Assura. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Primary Health Properties and 1 mentions for Assura. Assura's average media sentiment score of 0.39 beat Primary Health Properties' score of -0.34 indicating that Assura is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Primary Health Properties	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Assura	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has higher earnings & valuation, 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	7.55	-£8.64M	-£0.64	-156.72
Assura	£188.76M	8.50	-£34.15M	-£1.05	-47.11

Summary

Primary Health Properties beats Assura on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.