Critical Comparison: Primary Health Properties (OTCMKTS:PHPRF) and Global Medical REIT (NYSE:XRN)

Primary Health Properties (OTCMKTS:PHPRF) and Global Medical REIT (NYSE:XRN) are both real estate companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk and valuation.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

57.5% of Global Medical REIT shares are held by institutional investors. 8.9% of Global Medical REIT shares are held 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.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and recommmendations for Primary Health Properties and Global Medical REIT, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Primary Health Properties	0	0	0	0	0.00
Global Medical REIT	0	6	2	0	2.25

Global Medical REIT has a consensus target price of $40.25, indicating a potential upside of 7.97%. Given Global Medical REIT’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Global Medical REIT is more favorable than Primary Health Properties.

Profitability

This table compares Primary Health Properties and Global Medical REIT’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Primary Health Properties	N/A	N/A	N/A
Global Medical REIT	36.82%	13.31%	4.41%

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Primary Health Properties and Global Medical REIT”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Primary Health Properties	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Global Medical REIT	$148.21 million	3.33	-$5.84 million	$3.72	10.02

Primary Health Properties has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Global Medical REIT.

Summary

Global Medical REIT beats Primary Health Properties on 9 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Primary Health Properties

Primary Health Properties (PHP) is the leading investor in modern healthcare properties in the UK & Ireland. PHP is a UK based Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) with a clear objective to create progressive returns to shareholders through a combination of earnings growth and capital appreciation. PHP achieve this by investing in healthcare real estate let on long-term leases, backed by a secure underlying covenant funded mostly by government bodies. The Group’s portfolio comprises over 480 primary healthcare facilities, both completed and committed, the majority of which are GP surgeries, with other properties let to NHS organisations, pharmacies and dentists.

About Global Medical REIT

Global Medical REIT Inc. (GMRE) is a net-lease medical office real estate investment trust (REIT) that owns and acquires healthcare facilities and leases those facilities to physician groups and regional and national healthcare systems.