NETSTREIT (NTST) Competitors

American Healthcare REIT (NYSE:AHR) and NETSTREIT (NYSE:NTST) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, community ranking, analyst recommendations, risk and earnings.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of AHR or NTST?

16.7% of American Healthcare REIT shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of American Healthcare REIT shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of NETSTREIT shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media favor AHR or NTST?

In the previous week, American Healthcare REIT had 2 more articles in the media than NETSTREIT. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for American Healthcare REIT and 18 mentions for NETSTREIT. American Healthcare REIT's average media sentiment score of 1.35 beat NETSTREIT's score of 1.13 indicating that American Healthcare REIT is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
American Healthcare REIT	15 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
NETSTREIT	9 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community favor AHR or NTST?

NETSTREIT received 7 more outperform votes than American Healthcare REIT when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 90.63% of users gave American Healthcare REIT an outperform vote while only 55.38% of users gave NETSTREIT an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
American Healthcare REIT	Outperform Votes 29 90.63%	Underperform Votes 3 9.38%
NETSTREIT	Outperform Votes 36 55.38%	Underperform Votes 29 44.62%

Is AHR or NTST more profitable?

American Healthcare REIT has a net margin of -1.84% compared to NETSTREIT's net margin of -2.96%. NETSTREIT's return on equity of -0.35% beat American Healthcare REIT's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
American Healthcare REIT	-1.84%	-1.87%	-0.80%
NETSTREIT	-2.96%	-0.35%	-0.22%

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, AHR or NTST?

NETSTREIT has lower revenue, but higher earnings than American Healthcare REIT. American Healthcare REIT is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than NETSTREIT, 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
American Healthcare REIT	$2.07B	2.46	-$71.47M	-$0.27	-119.58
NETSTREIT	$150.00M	8.80	$6.84M	-$0.16	-100.97

Which has more risk and volatility, AHR or NTST?

American Healthcare REIT has a beta of 1.42, meaning that its stock price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NETSTREIT has a beta of 0.91, meaning that its stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is AHR or NTST a better dividend stock?

American Healthcare REIT pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. NETSTREIT pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. American Healthcare REIT pays out -370.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. NETSTREIT pays out -525.0% 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. NETSTREIT is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do analysts rate AHR or NTST?

American Healthcare REIT currently has a consensus price target of $33.86, suggesting a potential upside of 4.86%. NETSTREIT has a consensus price target of $18.03, suggesting a potential upside of 11.61%. Given NETSTREIT's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe NETSTREIT is more favorable than American Healthcare REIT.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
American Healthcare REIT	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
NETSTREIT	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.11

Summary

NETSTREIT beats American Healthcare REIT on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.