Medical Properties Trust, Inc. (MPT) vs National Health Investors, Inc. (NHI)

Medical Properties Trust, Inc. and National Health Investors, Inc. are both Reit Healthcare Facilities companies. National Health Investors, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $3.5B against $1.1B — 3.1× the size. Medical Properties Trust, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 4.3× against 20.5×. National Health Investors, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 23.9% against 10.5%. National Health Investors, Inc. has the higher net margin (38.5% vs 24.1%) and the higher return on invested capital (4.39% vs 0.18%). Both pay a dividend; Medical Properties Trust, Inc. yields more (20.0% vs 5.20%). Across the 22 metrics below, Medical Properties Trust, Inc. leads on 11 and National Health Investors, Inc. on 11.

Valuation

Metric MPT NHI Reit Healthcare Facilities median
P/E 4.34 20.49 25.44
P/S 1.04 7.97 5.45
P/B 0.23 2.18 1.72
Price to free cash flow 4.15 n/m 18.55
EV/EBITDA 27.27 15.91 17.56
EV/Sales 9.44 10.85 8.15
Earnings yield 23.03% 4.88% 2.83%
Free cash flow yield 24.08% (1.67%) 2.30%

Profitability

Metric MPT NHI Reit Healthcare Facilities median
Gross margin 95.92% 76.49% 80.80%
Operating margin 3.72% 45.90% 13.37%
Net margin 24.14% 38.54% 12.08%
Free cash flow margin 0.00% (13.33%) 15.79%
Return on equity 5.37% 10.86% 3.97%
Return on assets 1.70% 5.88% 1.70%
Return on invested capital 0.18% 4.39% 2.02%

Growth

Metric MPT NHI Reit Healthcare Facilities median
Revenue growth (TTM) 10.53% 23.94% 10.53%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 88.56% (3.51%) 23.53%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR (4.89%) 2.45% 9.29%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% (5.17%) 0.00%

Health

Metric MPT NHI Reit Healthcare Facilities median
Debt to equity 2.00 0.81 0.78
Current ratio 3.92 6.78 2.39
Net debt to EBITDA 27.87 4.06 5.53

Dividend

Metric MPT NHI Reit Healthcare Facilities median
Dividend yield 20.00% 5.20% 5.26%
Payout ratio 0.87 1.07 1.68

Size

Metric MPT NHI Reit Healthcare Facilities median
Market cap 1.12b 3.52b 3.52b

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