PHP vs. AGR, THRL, IHR, LABS, MXF, LAND, LMP, UTG, BLND, and BBOX
Should you be buying Primary Health Properties stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Primary Health Properties include Assura (AGR), Target Healthcare REIT (THRL), Impact Healthcare REIT (IHR), Life Science REIT (LABS), Medicx Fund (MXF), Land Securities Group (LAND), LondonMetric Property (LMP), Unite Group (UTG), British Land (BLND), and Tritax Big Box REIT (BBOX). These companies are all part of the "real estate" sector.
Primary Health Properties vs. Its Competitors
Assura (LON:AGR) and Primary Health Properties (LON:PHP) are both small-cap real estate companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, valuation, risk, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership and analyst recommendations.
73.7% of Assura shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.6% of Primary Health Properties shares are held by institutional investors. 8.4% of Assura shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.8% of Primary Health Properties shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Primary Health Properties had 2 more articles in the media than Assura. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Primary Health Properties and 1 mentions for Assura. Assura's average media sentiment score of 0.81 beat Primary Health Properties' score of 0.18 indicating that Assura is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Assura pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.0%. Primary Health Properties pays an annual dividend of GBX 7 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.3%. Assura pays out -286.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Primary Health Properties pays out -1,092.7% 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.
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.
Primary Health Properties has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.
Assura has a beta of 0.37, suggesting that its stock price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Primary Health Properties has a beta of 0.41, suggesting that its stock price is 59% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Assura presently has a consensus target price of GBX 51, indicating a potential upside of 2.00%. Primary Health Properties has a consensus target price of GBX 107.50, indicating a potential upside of 11.40%. Given Primary Health Properties' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Primary Health Properties is more favorable than Assura.
Summary
Primary Health Properties beats Assura on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (LON:PHP) was last updated on 7/6/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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