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Best Healthcare Facility REIT Stocks to Buy Now (2022)

Top healthcare facility reit stocks in 2022 ranked by overall Zen Score. See the best healthcare facility reit stocks to buy now, according to analyst forecasts for the reit - healthcare facilities industry.

According to Zen Score, the 3 best healthcare facility reit stocks to buy right now are:

Community Healthcare Trust (NYSE:CHCT) is the top healthcare facility reit stock with a Zen Score of 49, which is 12 points higher than the healthcare facility reit industry average of 37. It passed 18 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Community Healthcare Trust has seen its stock lose -31.53% over the past year, underperforming other healthcare facility reit stocks by -13 percentage points.

Community Healthcare Trust has an average 1 year price target of $44.00, an upside of 32.17% from Community Healthcare Trust's current stock price of $33.29.

Community Healthcare Trust stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 1 analyst covering Community Healthcare Trust, 100% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 0% have issued a Buy, 0% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Universal Health Realty Income Trust (NYSE:UHT) is the second best healthcare facility reit stock with a Zen Score of 47, which is 10 points higher than the healthcare facility reit industry average of 37. It passed 16 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Universal Health Realty Income Trust has seen its stock lose -23.01% over the past year, underperforming other healthcare facility reit stocks by -5 percentage points.

Global Medical Reit (NYSE:GMRE) is the third best healthcare facility reit stock with a Zen Score of 47, which is 10 points higher than the healthcare facility reit industry average of 37. It passed 17 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Global Medical Reit has seen its stock lose -38.8% over the past year, underperforming other healthcare facility reit stocks by -21 percentage points.

Global Medical Reit has an average 1 year price target of $16.00, an upside of 74.29% from Global Medical Reit's current stock price of $9.18.

Global Medical Reit stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 6 analysts covering Global Medical Reit, 50% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 16.67% have issued a Buy, 33.33% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Out of 15 healthcare facility reit stocks that have issued dividends in the past year, the 3 healthcare facility reit stocks with the highest dividend yields are:

Medical Properties Trust (NYSE:MPW) has an annual dividend yield of 9.21%, which is 3 percentage points higher than the healthcare facility reit industry average of 6.29%. Medical Properties Trust's dividend payout is stable, having never dropped by more than 10% in the last 10 years. Medical Properties Trust's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Medical Properties Trust's dividend payout ratio of 56.7% indicates that its high dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Global Medical Reit (NYSE:GMRE) has an annual dividend yield of 9.1%, which is 3 percentage points higher than the healthcare facility reit industry average of 6.29%. Global Medical Reit's dividend payout is stable, having never dropped by more than 10% in the last 10 years. Global Medical Reit's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Global Medical Reit's dividend payout ratio of 436.8% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Sabra Health Care Reit (NASDAQ:SBRA) has an annual dividend yield of 8.98%, which is 3 percentage points higher than the healthcare facility reit industry average of 6.29%. Sabra Health Care Reit's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% three times in the last 10 years. Sabra Health Care Reit's dividend has not shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Sabra Health Care Reit's dividend payout ratio of 631.6% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Healthcare facility reit stocks were down -2.1% in the last day, and down -6.9% over the last week.

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Based on WallStreetZen's Valuation Score, the 3 most undervalued healthcare facility reit stocks right now are:

Geo Group (NYSE:GEO) is the most undervalued healthcare facility reit stock based on WallStreetZen's Valuation Score. Geo Group has a valuation score of 71, which is 23 points higher than the healthcare facility reit industry average of 48. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Geo Group's stock has gained 7.03% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the healthcare facility reit industry by 25 percentage points.

Sabra Health Care Reit (NASDAQ:SBRA) is the second most undervalued healthcare facility reit stock based on WallStreetZen's Valuation Score. Sabra Health Care Reit has a valuation score of 71, which is 23 points higher than the healthcare facility reit industry average of 48. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Sabra Health Care Reit's stock has dropped -13.91% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the healthcare facility reit industry by 4 percentage points.

Diversified Healthcare Trust (NASDAQ:DHC) is the third most undervalued healthcare facility reit stock based on WallStreetZen's Valuation Score. Diversified Healthcare Trust has a valuation score of 71, which is 23 points higher than the healthcare facility reit industry average of 48. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Diversified Healthcare Trust's stock has dropped -67.97% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the healthcare facility reit industry by -50 percentage points.