Head to Head Survey: National Health Investors (NYSE:NHI) and Diversified Healthcare Trust (NASDAQ:DHCNL)

Diversified Healthcare Trust (NASDAQ:DHCNL) and National Health Investors (NYSE:NHI) are both real estate companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation and risk.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

62.5% of National Health Investors shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.7% of National Health Investors shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and target prices for Diversified Healthcare Trust and National Health Investors, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Diversified Healthcare Trust	0	0	0	0	0.00
National Health Investors	1	2	5	0	2.50

National Health Investors has a consensus target price of $83.86, indicating a potential upside of 15.01%. Given National Health Investors’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe National Health Investors is more favorable than Diversified Healthcare Trust.

Profitability

This table compares Diversified Healthcare Trust and National Health Investors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Diversified Healthcare Trust	N/A	N/A	N/A
National Health Investors	38.56%	10.89%	5.88%

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Diversified Healthcare Trust and National Health Investors”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Diversified Healthcare Trust	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
National Health Investors	$375.63 million	9.53	$142.18 million	$3.46	21.07

National Health Investors has higher revenue and earnings than Diversified Healthcare Trust.

Summary

National Health Investors beats Diversified Healthcare Trust on 9 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About National Health Investors

Incorporated in 1991, National Health Investors, Inc. (NYSE:NHI) is a real estate investment trust specializing in sale, leasebacks, joint-ventures, senior housing operating partnerships, and mortgage and mezzanine financing of need-driven and discretionary senior housing and medical investments. NHI's portfolio consists of independent living, assisted living and memory care communities, entrance-fee retirement communities, skilled nursing facilities, and specialty hospitals.