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Primary Health Properties (PHP) Competitors

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GBX 95.69 -0.36 (-0.37%)
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PHP vs. AGR, THRL, IHR, LABS, MXF, LAND, LMP, UTG, BBOX, and BLND

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), Tritax Big Box REIT (BBOX), and British Land (BLND). These companies are all part of the "real estate" sector.

Primary Health Properties vs. Its Competitors

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

Primary Health Properties presently has a consensus price target of GBX 107.50, suggesting a potential upside of 12.34%. Assura has a consensus price target of GBX 51, suggesting a potential upside of 1.80%. Given Primary Health Properties' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly 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

In the previous week, Assura had 1 more articles in the media than Primary Health Properties. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Assura and 1 mentions for Primary Health Properties. Assura's average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat Primary Health Properties' score of 0.44 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)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Assura
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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 insiders. Comparatively, 8.4% of Assura shares are owned 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.

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Primary Health Properties£178.59M7.19-£8.64M-£0.64-149.37
Assura£188.76M8.65-£34.15M-£1.05-47.89

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 6.0%. 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.

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

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%

Summary

Primary Health Properties beats Assura on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding PHP and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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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PHP vs. The Competition

MetricPrimary Health PropertiesREIT IndustryReal Estate SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£1.28B£1.62B£1.60B£3.02B
Dividend Yield7.68%7.52%6.26%5.02%
P/E Ratio-149.371.3810.39165.88
Price / Sales7.19532.971,069.11285,131.44
Price / Cash49.7749.2266.7927.97
Price / Book0.921.411.314.46
Net Income-£8.64M-£74.43M-£120.13M£5.90B
7 Day Performance-0.37%-0.28%-0.33%3.82%
1 Month Performance-6.84%1.38%1.27%9.81%
1 Year Performance-0.37%15.88%10.63%74.29%

Primary Health Properties Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PHP
Primary Health Properties
1.7332 of 5 stars
GBX 95.69
-0.4%
GBX 107.50
+12.3%
+0.4%£1.28B£178.59M-149.3758
AGR
Assura
1.5377 of 5 stars
GBX 50.25
-0.1%
GBX 51
+1.5%
+18.7%£1.64B£188.76M-48.0384
THRL
Target Healthcare REIT
N/AGBX 100.16
+0.3%
N/A+24.0%£613.11M£68.64M8.40N/ANews Coverage
IHR
Impact Healthcare REIT
N/AN/AN/AN/A£361.75M£53.51M793.64N/A
LABS
Life Science REIT
1.7882 of 5 stars
GBX 43.10
-0.2%
GBX 46.50
+7.9%
+19.3%£153.02M£20.41M-3.82N/A
MXF
Medicx Fund
N/AN/AN/AN/A£0.00N/A0.00N/AHigh Trading Volume
LAND
Land Securities Group
2.3182 of 5 stars
GBX 582
+0.2%
GBX 671
+15.3%
-11.1%£4.31B£823.49M-13.50598Positive News
LMP
LondonMetric Property
N/AGBX 195.40
+0.3%
GBX 240.50
+23.1%
-5.0%£3.97B£294.22M20.1235
UTG
Unite Group
2.4891 of 5 stars
GBX 806.50
-0.7%
GBX 1,076
+33.4%
-15.9%£3.91B£375.54M12.991,801
BBOX
Tritax Big Box REIT
2.981 of 5 stars
GBX 143.60
+0.5%
GBX 185.50
+29.2%
-11.9%£3.56B£313.39M18.78N/A
BLND
British Land
4.1943 of 5 stars
GBX 353.40
+0.2%
GBX 480
+35.8%
-15.7%£3.52B£533.92M3.841,690Trending News
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This page (LON:PHP) was last updated on 7/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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