National Health Investors - NHI Stock Forecast, Price & News

4 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for National Health Investors in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "hold" NHI shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in NHI, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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4 analysts have issued 12 month price targets for National Health Investors' stock. Their NHI share price forecasts range from $58.00 to $64.00. On average, they anticipate the company's stock price to reach $61.25 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 23.1% from the stock's current price.
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National Health Investors' stock was trading at $52.22 at the beginning of 2023. Since then, NHI shares have decreased by 4.7% and is now trading at $49.74.
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National Health Investors saw a drop in short interest in the month of March. As of March 15th, there was short interest totaling 956,400 shares, a drop of 19.6% from the February 28th total of 1,190,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 269,900 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 3.5 days. Currently, 2.3% of the shares of the stock are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, May 8th 2023.
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National Health Investors, Inc. (NYSE:NHI) announced its quarterly earnings data on Monday, May, 9th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.18 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.63 by $0.45. The real estate investment trust earned $71.33 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $73.06 million. National Health Investors had a net margin of 23.87% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 4.84%. National Health Investors's revenue for the quarter was down 11.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $1.24 EPS.

National Health Investors declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, February 21st. Shareholders of record on Friday, March 31st will be paid a dividend of $0.90 per share on Friday, May 5th. This represents a $3.60 annualized dividend and a yield of 7.24%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, March 30th.
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ETFs with the largest weight of National Health Investors (NYSE:NHI) stock in their portfolio include Global X SuperDividend REIT ETF (SRET), Invesco KBW Premium Yield Equity REIT ETF (KBWY), Residential REIT Income ETF (HAUS), Principal Real Estate Active Opportunities ETF (BYRE), Hoya Capital High Dividend Yield ETF (RIET), Cambria Global Real Estate ETF (BLDG), Invesco Active U.S. Real Estate ETF (PSR) and Arrow Dow Jones Global Yield ETF (GYLD).

National Health Investors (NYSE:NHI) pays an annual dividend of $3.60 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 7.29%. NHI has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. The dividend payout ratio is 244.90%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable. Based on EPS estimates, NHI will have a dividend payout ratio of 78.26% in the coming year. This indicates that the company may not be able to sustain their current dividend.
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National Health Investors issued an update on its FY 2023 earnings guidance on Tuesday, February, 21st. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $4.24-$4.30 for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of -.

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National Health Investors trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "NHI."

National Health Investors' stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Macquarie Group Ltd. (2.58%), Geode Capital Management LLC (2.05%), Bank of America Corp DE (1.78%), American Century Companies Inc. (1.64%), Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. (1.47%) and Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (1.40%). Insiders that own company stock include Robert G Adams and Robert T Webb.
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Shares of NHI stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of NHI stock can currently be purchased for approximately $49.74.

National Health Investors (NYSE:NHI) has a market capitalization of $2.16 billion and generates $278.19 million in revenue each year. The real estate investment trust earns $66.40 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.47 on an earnings per share basis.

National Health Investors' mailing address is 222 ROBERT ROSE DRIVE, MURFREESBORO TN, 37129. The official website for the company is www.nhireit.com. The real estate investment trust can be reached via phone at (615) 890-9100, via email at investorrelations@nhireit.com, or via fax at 615-225-3030.