National Healthcare Properties (NHP) versus Its Peers Critical Comparison

31 May 2026, 09:26 by Jessica Moore · The Cerbat Gem

National Healthcare Properties (NASDAQ:NHP – Get Free Report) is one of 27 public companies in the “REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS” industry, but how does it contrast to its rivals? We will compare National Healthcare Properties to related businesses based on the strength of its valuation, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings and profitability.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and target prices for National Healthcare Properties and its rivals, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
National Healthcare Properties	0	4	5	0	2.56
National Healthcare Properties Competitors	93	698	173	1	2.08

National Healthcare Properties currently has a consensus price target of $17.13, suggesting a potential upside of 18.51%. As a group, “REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS” companies have a potential upside of 48.32%. Given National Healthcare Properties’ rivals higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe National Healthcare Properties has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Profitability

This table compares National Healthcare Properties and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
National Healthcare Properties	N/A	N/A	N/A
National Healthcare Properties Competitors	-180.44%	-27.58%	-4.43%

Institutional & Insider Ownership

94.9% of National Healthcare Properties shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.0% of shares of all “REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS” companies are owned by institutional investors. 1.8% of National Healthcare Properties shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 14.7% of shares of all “REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares National Healthcare Properties and its rivals gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
National Healthcare Properties	$342.12 million	N/A	11.38
National Healthcare Properties Competitors	$149.42 million	-$39.82 million	-3.45

National Healthcare Properties has higher revenue and earnings than its rivals. National Healthcare Properties is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Summary

National Healthcare Properties beats its rivals on 8 of the 11 factors compared.