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Best Healthcare Facility REIT Stocks to Buy Now (2026)
Top healthcare facility reit stocks in 2026 ranked by overall Zen Rating. "A" Rated stocks have returned an average of +32.52% per year, and are the best healthcare facility reit stocks to buy now. Learn More.

Industry: REIT - Healthcare Facilit...

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REIT - Healthcare Facilities is Zen Rated D and is the 112th ranked industry out of 145 stock market industries

Ticker	Company	Exchange	Industry	Market Cap	Price	1d %	EBITDA	P/E	D/E	Country
STRW	STRAWBERRY FIELDS REIT INC	NYSEMKT	REIT - Healthcare Facilities	$176.47M	$13.45	1.20%	$98.70M	21.69x	57.41	United States
AHR	AMERICAN HEALTHCARE REIT INC	NYSE	REIT - Healthcare Facilities	$8.36B	$47.28	-0.13%	$322.31M	429.82x	0.77	United States
CTRE	CARETRUST REIT INC	NYSE	REIT - Healthcare Facilities	$8.34B	$37.33	1.08%	$383.36M	27.25x	0.27	United States
UHT	UNIVERSAL HEALTH REALTY INCOME TRUST	NYSE	REIT - Healthcare Facilities	$547.87M	$39.49	-1.32%	$65.61M	30.38x	2.58	United States
CHCT	COMMUNITY HEALTHCARE TRUST INC	NYSE	REIT - Healthcare Facilities	$481.17M	$16.90	0.66%	$63.65M	-42.25x	1.31	United States
OHI	OMEGA HEALTHCARE INVESTORS INC	NYSE	REIT - Healthcare Facilities	$13.08B	$44.27	-0.92%	$1.09B	24.46x	1.06	United States
NHI	NATIONAL HEALTH INVESTORS INC	NYSE	REIT - Healthcare Facilities	$3.69B	$77.38	-0.33%	$283.57M	24.26x	0.81	United States
VTR	VENTAS INC	NYSE	REIT - Healthcare Facilities	$35.18B	$74.90	-0.24%	$2.13B	133.75x	1.15	United States
DHC	DIVERSIFIED HEALTHCARE TRUST	NASDAQ	REIT - Healthcare Facilities	$1.31B	$5.40	0.00%	$143.66M	-3.67x	1.77	United States
LTC	LTC PROPERTIES INC	NYSE	REIT - Healthcare Facilities	$1.69B	$35.48	-0.37%	$103.02M	47.95x	1.04	United States
SILA	SILA REALTY TRUST INC	NYSE	REIT - Healthcare Facilities	$1.29B	$23.32	-0.81%	$141.19M	32.85x	0.56	United States
SBRA	SABRA HEALTH CARE REIT INC	NASDAQ	REIT - Healthcare Facilities	$4.81B	$19.28	-1.68%	$466.34M	26.05x	0.97	United States
HR	HEALTHCARE REALTY TRUST INC	NYSE	REIT - Healthcare Facilities	$6.03B	$17.14	0.18%	$503.44M	-16.02x	1.09	United States
WELL	WELLTOWER INC	NYSE	REIT - Healthcare Facilities	$127.71B	$186.08	-0.12%	$3.53B	127.45x	0.52	United States
GMRE	GLOBAL MEDICAL REIT INC	NYSE	REIT - Healthcare Facilities	$473.01M	$35.28	1.20%	$76.44M	-141.12x	1.58	United States
MPW	MEDICAL PROPERTIES TRUST INC	NYSE	REIT - Healthcare Facilities	$3.26B	$5.42	-0.37%	$81.19M	-4.59x	2.20	United States
DOC	HEALTHPEAK PROPERTIES INC	NYSE	REIT - Healthcare Facilities	$11.61B	$16.71	-1.94%	$1.32B	-278.50x	1.49	United States

Healthcare Facility REIT Stocks FAQ

What are the best healthcare facility reit stocks to buy right now in Jan 2026?

According to Zen Ratings, our proprietary rating system that evaluates 115 factors proven to drive growth in stocks and assigns each stock in our system an overall letter grade as well as 7 individual Component Grades for Value, Growth, Momentum, Sentiment, Safety, Financials, and proprietary AI algorithms, the 3 best healthcare facility reit stocks to buy right now are:

1. Strawberry Fields Reit (NYSEMKT:STRW)

Strawberry Fields Reit (NYSEMKT:STRW) is the #1 top healthcare facility reit stock out of 17 with a Zen Rating of C. Stocks with a rating of C have had an average return of +7.53% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Strawberry Fields Reit (NYSEMKT:STRW) is: Value: C, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: B, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: A.

Strawberry Fields Reit (NYSEMKT:STRW) has a Due Diligence Score of 33, which is 8 points higher than the healthcare facility reit industry average of 25.

STRW passed 13 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Strawberry Fields Reit has seen its stock return 20.74% over the past year, underperforming other healthcare facility reit stocks by -4 percentage points.

Strawberry Fields Reit has an average 1 year price target of $14.00, an upside of 4.09% from Strawberry Fields Reit's current stock price of $13.45.

Strawberry Fields Reit stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 1 analyst covering Strawberry Fields Reit, 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.

2. American Healthcare Reit (NYSE:AHR)

American Healthcare Reit (NYSE:AHR) is the #2 top healthcare facility reit stock out of 17 with a Zen Rating of C. Stocks with a rating of C have had an average return of +7.53% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for American Healthcare Reit (NYSE:AHR) is: Value: C, Growth: B, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: C.

American Healthcare Reit (NYSE:AHR) has a Due Diligence Score of 20, which is -5 points lower than the healthcare facility reit industry average of 25.

AHR passed 8 out of 38 due diligence checks and has weak fundamentals. American Healthcare Reit has seen its stock return 73.7% over the past year, overperforming other healthcare facility reit stocks by 49 percentage points.

American Healthcare Reit has an average 1 year price target of $53.44, an upside of 13.04% from American Healthcare Reit's current stock price of $47.28.

American Healthcare Reit stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 9 analysts covering American Healthcare Reit, 44.44% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 44.44% have issued a Buy, 11.11% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

3. Caretrust Reit (NYSE:CTRE)

Caretrust Reit (NYSE:CTRE) is the #3 top healthcare facility reit stock out of 17 with a Zen Rating of C. Stocks with a rating of C have had an average return of +7.53% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Caretrust Reit (NYSE:CTRE) is: Value: C, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: D, Financials: B, and AI: C.

Caretrust Reit (NYSE:CTRE) has a Due Diligence Score of 46, which is 21 points higher than the healthcare facility reit industry average of 25.

CTRE passed 17 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Caretrust Reit has seen its stock return 43.14% over the past year, overperforming other healthcare facility reit stocks by 18 percentage points.

Caretrust Reit has an average 1 year price target of $40.50, an upside of 8.49% from Caretrust Reit's current stock price of $37.33.

Caretrust Reit stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 8 analysts covering Caretrust Reit, 62.5% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 25% have issued a Buy, 12.5% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

What are the healthcare facility reit stocks with highest dividends?

Out of 17 healthcare facility reit stocks that have issued dividends in the past year, the 3 healthcare facility reit stocks with the highest dividend yields are:

1. Community Healthcare Trust (NYSE:CHCT)

Community Healthcare Trust (NYSE:CHCT) has an annual dividend yield of 11.16%, which is 6 percentage points higher than the healthcare facility reit industry average of 5.24%. Community Healthcare Trust's dividend payout is stable, having never dropped by more than 10% in the last 10 years. Community Healthcare Trust's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Community Healthcare Trust's dividend payout ratio of -468.9% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

2. Global Medical Reit (NYSE:GMRE)

Global Medical Reit (NYSE:GMRE) has an annual dividend yield of 9.35%, which is 4 percentage points higher than the healthcare facility reit industry average of 5.24%. Global Medical Reit's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% two times in the last 10 years. Global Medical Reit's dividend has not shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Global Medical Reit's dividend payout ratio of -1,440% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

3. Universal Health Realty Income Trust (NYSE:UHT)

Universal Health Realty Income Trust (NYSE:UHT) has an annual dividend yield of 7.5%, which is 2 percentage points higher than the healthcare facility reit industry average of 5.24%. Universal Health Realty Income Trust's dividend payout is stable, having never dropped by more than 10% in the last 10 years. Universal Health Realty Income Trust's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Universal Health Realty Income Trust's dividend payout ratio of 226.9% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Why are healthcare facility reit stocks down?

Healthcare facility reit stocks were down -0.22% in the last day, and up 0.42% over the last week.

We couldn't find a catalyst for why healthcare facility reit stocks are down.

What are the most undervalued healthcare facility reit stocks?

Based on the Valuation rating, one of the 7 components of a stocks overall Zen Ratings grade, which evaluates factors including estimated earnings yield, earnings before interest and taxes/enterprise value, cash flow yield, free cash flow to price, and price-to-earnings growth (PEG ratio), the 3 most undervalued healthcare facility reit stocks right now are:

1. Strawberry Fields Reit (NYSEMKT:STRW)

Strawberry Fields Reit (NYSEMKT:STRW) is the most undervalued healthcare facility reit stock based on its Valuation Rating of C. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Strawberry Fields Reit has a valuation score of 29, which is 5 points higher than the healthcare facility reit industry average of 24. It passed 2 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Strawberry Fields Reit's stock has gained 20.74% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the healthcare facility reit industry by -4 percentage points.

2. Ltc Properties (NYSE:LTC)

Ltc Properties (NYSE:LTC) is the second most undervalued healthcare facility reit stock based on its Valuation Rating of C. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Ltc Properties has a valuation score of 57, which is 33 points higher than the healthcare facility reit industry average of 24. It passed 4 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Ltc Properties's stock has gained 5.91% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the healthcare facility reit industry by -19 percentage points.

3. Omega Healthcare Investors (NYSE:OHI)

Omega Healthcare Investors (NYSE:OHI) is the third most undervalued healthcare facility reit stock based on its Valuation Rating of C. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Omega Healthcare Investors has a valuation score of 29, which is 5 points higher than the healthcare facility reit industry average of 24. It passed 2 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Omega Healthcare Investors's stock has gained 20.2% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the healthcare facility reit industry by -5 percentage points.

Are healthcare facility reit stocks a good buy now?

50% of healthcare facility reit stocks rated by analysts are a buy right now. On average, analysts expect healthcare facility reit stocks to rise by 10.53% over the next year.

0% of healthcare facility reit stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 0% of healthcare facility reit stocks are rated B (Buy), 76.47% are rated C (Hold), 23.53% are rated D (Sell), and 0% are rated F (Strong Sell).

What is the average p/e ratio of the reit - healthcare facilities industry?

The average P/E ratio of the reit - healthcare facilities industry is 96.68x.

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Healthcare Facility REIT Stocks FAQ

1. Strawberry Fields Reit (NYSEMKT:STRW)

2. American Healthcare Reit (NYSE:AHR)

3. Caretrust Reit (NYSE:CTRE)

1. Community Healthcare Trust (NYSE:CHCT)

2. Global Medical Reit (NYSE:GMRE)

3. Universal Health Realty Income Trust (NYSE:UHT)

1. Strawberry Fields Reit (NYSEMKT:STRW)

2. Ltc Properties (NYSE:LTC)

3. Omega Healthcare Investors (NYSE:OHI)

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