NHI vs. CTRE, SBRA, FCPT, LTC, NNN, OHI, UHT, VTR, WELL, and CUBE
Should you be buying National Health Investors stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of National Health Investors include CareTrust REIT (CTRE), Sabra Healthcare REIT (SBRA), Four Corners Property Trust (FCPT), LTC Properties (LTC), NNN REIT (NNN), Omega Healthcare Investors (OHI), Universal Health Realty Income Trust (UHT), Ventas (VTR), Welltower (WELL), and CubeSmart (CUBE). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
National Health Investors vs. Its Competitors
National Health Investors (NYSE:NHI) and CareTrust REIT (NASDAQ:CTRE) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, risk, profitability, dividends, valuation and analyst recommendations.
National Health Investors has higher revenue and earnings than CareTrust REIT. National Health Investors is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CareTrust REIT, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
National Health Investors pays an annual dividend of $3.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. CareTrust REIT pays an annual dividend of $1.34 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. 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. CareTrust REIT pays out 111.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. CareTrust REIT has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years.
National Health Investors currently has a consensus price target of $84.83, indicating a potential upside of 12.01%. CareTrust REIT has a consensus price target of $33.88, indicating a potential downside of 2.02%. Given National Health Investors' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe National Health Investors is more favorable than CareTrust REIT.
National Health Investors has a beta of 0.77, meaning that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CareTrust REIT has a beta of 0.82, meaning that its stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, CareTrust REIT had 3 more articles in the media than National Health Investors. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for CareTrust REIT and 6 mentions for National Health Investors. CareTrust REIT's average media sentiment score of 1.04 beat National Health Investors' score of 0.16 indicating that CareTrust REIT is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
62.5% of National Health Investors shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.8% of CareTrust REIT shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.2% of National Health Investors shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of CareTrust REIT shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
CareTrust REIT has a net margin of 42.22% compared to National Health Investors' net margin of 40.97%. National Health Investors' return on equity of 10.32% beat CareTrust REIT's return on equity.
Summary
National Health Investors and CareTrust REIT tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:NHI) was last updated on 10/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
