National Healthcare Properties (NASDAQ:NHP – Get Free Report) and Medical Properties Trust (NYSE:MPT – Get Free Report) are both companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, valuation, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
Dividends
National Healthcare Properties pays an annual dividend of $0.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Medical Properties Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.8%. Medical Properties Trust pays out -171.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Institutional & Insider Ownership
94.9% of National Healthcare Properties shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.8% of Medical Properties Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.8% of National Healthcare Properties shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Medical Properties Trust shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Profitability
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| National Healthcare Properties | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Medical Properties Trust | -12.59% | -2.70% | -0.84% |
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for National Healthcare Properties and Medical Properties Trust, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| National Healthcare Properties | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2.50 |
| Medical Properties Trust | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.50 |
National Healthcare Properties currently has a consensus price target of $17.12, indicating a potential upside of 15.71%. Medical Properties Trust has a consensus price target of $4.50, indicating a potential downside of 1.96%. Given National Healthcare Properties’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe National Healthcare Properties is more favorable than Medical Properties Trust.
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares National Healthcare Properties and Medical Properties Trust”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| National Healthcare Properties | $342.12 million | 3.15 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Medical Properties Trust | $1.00 billion | 2.74 | -$277.05 million | ($0.21) | -21.86 |
National Healthcare Properties has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Medical Properties Trust.
Summary
National Healthcare Properties beats Medical Properties Trust on 9 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Medical Properties Trust
Medical Properties Trust, Inc. is a self-advised real estate investment trust formed to capitalize on the changing trends in healthcare delivery by acquiring and developing net-leased healthcare facilities. MPT’s financing model allows hospitals and other healthcare facilities to unlock the value of their underlying real estate in order to fund facility improvements, technology upgrades, staff additions and new construction. Facilities include acute care hospitals, inpatient rehabilitation hospitals, long-term acute care hospitals, and other medical and surgical facilities.
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