National Health Investors’ (NHI) Outperform Rating Reiterated at Wedbush

Wedbush reaffirmed their outperform rating on shares of National Health Investors (NYSE:NHI) in a research note issued to investors on Monday morning, MarketBeat reports. Wedbush currently has a $88.00 price objective on the real estate investment trust’s stock. Wedbush also issued estimates for National Health Investors’ Q1 2025 earnings at $1.11 EPS, Q2 2025 earnings at $1.16 EPS, Q3 2025 earnings at $1.18 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $1.21 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $1.20 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $1.21 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $1.22 EPS and Q4 2026 earnings at $1.23 EPS.

Separately, Truist Financial reduced their price objective on shares of National Health Investors from $78.00 to $72.00 and set a “hold” rating for the company in a research note on Monday, December 23rd. Three analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and two have assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, National Health Investors presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $85.50.

National Health Investors Stock Down 0.6 %

NHI stock opened at $75.58 on Monday. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $70.08 and a 200-day moving average of $74.68. National Health Investors has a fifty-two week low of $57.80 and a fifty-two week high of $86.13. The company has a market capitalization of $3.45 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 25.97, a PEG ratio of 4.42 and a beta of 1.08. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.92, a quick ratio of 10.29 and a current ratio of 10.29.

National Health Investors (NYSE:NHI) last released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, February 25th. The real estate investment trust reported $1.13 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.10 by $0.03. The business had revenue of $85.75 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $81.13 million. National Health Investors had a net margin of 38.53% and a return on equity of 10.11%. As a group, equities research analysts predict that National Health Investors will post 4.41 earnings per share for the current year.

National Health Investors Announces Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, May 2nd. Stockholders of record on Monday, March 31st will be given a $0.90 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, March 31st. This represents a $3.60 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.76%. National Health Investors’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 115.38%.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On National Health Investors

Several large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Assetmark Inc. increased its position in shares of National Health Investors by 27.8% in the third quarter. Assetmark Inc. now owns 648 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $54,000 after purchasing an additional 141 shares during the last quarter. Victory Capital Management Inc. grew its stake in National Health Investors by 3.1% in the 3rd quarter. Victory Capital Management Inc. now owns 24,405 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $2,051,000 after buying an additional 739 shares in the last quarter. Metis Global Partners LLC increased its holdings in shares of National Health Investors by 31.2% in the 3rd quarter. Metis Global Partners LLC now owns 4,474 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $376,000 after buying an additional 1,065 shares during the last quarter. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans bought a new position in shares of National Health Investors in the 3rd quarter worth $2,426,000. Finally, Quest Partners LLC purchased a new stake in shares of National Health Investors during the 3rd quarter valued at $230,000. Institutional investors own 62.51% of the company’s stock.

National Health Investors Company Profile

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.