NorthWest Health Prop Real Est Inv Trust (NWH.UN) Competitors

NorthWest Health Prop Real Est Inv Trust (TSE:NWH.UN) and Chartwell Retirement Residences (TSE:CSH.UN) are both real estate companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations and valuation.

Is NWH.UN or CSH.UN more profitable?

Chartwell Retirement Residences has a net margin of 17.92% compared to NorthWest Health Prop Real Est Inv Trust's net margin of -75.29%. Chartwell Retirement Residences' return on equity of -4.61% beat NorthWest Health Prop Real Est Inv Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
NorthWest Health Prop Real Est Inv Trust	-75.29%	-14.67%	2.91%
Chartwell Retirement Residences	17.92%	-4.61%	1.57%

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in NWH.UN or CSH.UN?

13.8% of NorthWest Health Prop Real Est Inv Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.5% of Chartwell Retirement Residences shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of NorthWest Health Prop Real Est Inv Trust shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Chartwell Retirement Residences shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is NWH.UN or CSH.UN a better dividend stock?

NorthWest Health Prop Real Est Inv Trust pays an annual dividend of C$0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.3%. Chartwell Retirement Residences pays an annual dividend of C$0.61 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. NorthWest Health Prop Real Est Inv Trust pays out -85.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Chartwell Retirement Residences pays out 313.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. NorthWest Health Prop Real Est Inv Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, NWH.UN or CSH.UN?

Chartwell Retirement Residences has higher revenue and earnings than NorthWest Health Prop Real Est Inv Trust. NorthWest Health Prop Real Est Inv Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Chartwell Retirement Residences, 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
NorthWest Health Prop Real Est Inv Trust	C$420.37M	2.93	-C$394.40M	-C$0.42	-11.83
Chartwell Retirement Residences	C$974.32M	5.62	-C$40.86M	C$0.20	96.77

Do analysts rate NWH.UN or CSH.UN?

NorthWest Health Prop Real Est Inv Trust currently has a consensus target price of C$5.50, indicating a potential upside of 10.89%. Chartwell Retirement Residences has a consensus target price of C$21.07, indicating a potential upside of 11.49%. Given Chartwell Retirement Residences' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Chartwell Retirement Residences is more favorable than NorthWest Health Prop Real Est Inv Trust.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
NorthWest Health Prop Real Est Inv Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Chartwell Retirement Residences	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the media favor NWH.UN or CSH.UN?

In the previous week, Chartwell Retirement Residences had 3 more articles in the media than NorthWest Health Prop Real Est Inv Trust. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Chartwell Retirement Residences and 1 mentions for NorthWest Health Prop Real Est Inv Trust. NorthWest Health Prop Real Est Inv Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.66 beat Chartwell Retirement Residences' score of 0.79 indicating that NorthWest Health Prop Real Est Inv Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
NorthWest Health Prop Real Est Inv Trust	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Chartwell Retirement Residences	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more volatility and risk, NWH.UN or CSH.UN?

NorthWest Health Prop Real Est Inv Trust has a beta of 1.490413, suggesting that its share price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Chartwell Retirement Residences has a beta of 0.789387, suggesting that its share price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Chartwell Retirement Residences beats NorthWest Health Prop Real Est Inv Trust on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.