Diversified Healthcare Trust (DHC) Competitors

National Health Investors (NYSE:NHI) and Diversified Healthcare Trust (NASDAQ:DHC) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Do analysts prefer NHI or DHC?

National Health Investors presently has a consensus price target of $84.20, suggesting a potential upside of 7.67%. Diversified Healthcare Trust has a consensus price target of $3.75, suggesting a potential downside of 15.73%. Given National Health Investors' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe National Health Investors is more favorable than Diversified Healthcare Trust.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
National Health Investors	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Diversified Healthcare Trust	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Which has higher valuation and earnings, NHI or DHC?

National Health Investors has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Diversified Healthcare Trust. Diversified Healthcare Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than National Health Investors, 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
National Health Investors	$348.66M	10.65	$137.99M	$3.13	24.98
Diversified Healthcare Trust	$1.50B	0.72	-$370.26M	-$1.19	-3.74

Which has more volatility & risk, NHI or DHC?

National Health Investors has a beta of 0.76, meaning that its stock price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Diversified Healthcare Trust has a beta of 2.62, meaning that its stock price is 162% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is NHI or DHC more profitable?

National Health Investors has a net margin of 40.97% compared to Diversified Healthcare Trust's net margin of -18.83%. National Health Investors' return on equity of 10.32% beat Diversified Healthcare Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
National Health Investors	40.97%	10.32%	5.41%
Diversified Healthcare Trust	-18.83%	-14.69%	-5.69%

Does the media refer more to NHI or DHC?

In the previous week, Diversified Healthcare Trust had 4 more articles in the media than National Health Investors. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Diversified Healthcare Trust and 5 mentions for National Health Investors. Diversified Healthcare Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.99 beat National Health Investors' score of 0.86 indicating that Diversified Healthcare Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
National Health Investors	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Diversified Healthcare Trust	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do insiders & institutionals believe in NHI or DHC?

62.5% of National Health Investors shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.0% of Diversified Healthcare Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 7.3% of National Health Investors shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Diversified Healthcare Trust shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is NHI or DHC a better dividend stock?

National Health Investors pays an annual dividend of $3.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. Diversified Healthcare Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. National Health Investors pays out 117.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Diversified Healthcare Trust pays out -3.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Summary

National Health Investors beats Diversified Healthcare Trust on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.