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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 +28.50% per year, and are the best healthcare facility reit stocks to buy now. Learn More.

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REIT - Healthcare Facilities is Zen Rated D and is the 105th ranked industry out of 145 stock market industries

Ticker	Company	Price	Graham Fair Value	Graham Fair Value %	P/E	Forward P/E	P/S	P/B	PEG	Free Cash Flow	Free Cash Flow Yield	Book Value	BVPS	EV	EV/EBITDA
STRW	STRAWBERRY FIELDS REIT INC	$14.62	$5.10	186.49%	22.49x	20.92x	1.24x	16.05x	2.52x	$7.53M	3.86%	$12.23M	0.92	$915.37M	8.68
CHCT	COMMUNITY HEALTHCARE TRUST INC	$18.82	$3.57	427.21%	171.09x	40.11x	4.14x	1.28x	1.99x	-$58.16M	-11.45%	$421.34M	15.61	$1.09B	14.01
DOC	HEALTHPEAK PROPERTIES INC	$22.52	N/A	N/A	70.38x	90.62x	5.45x	1.98x	N/A	-$90.04M	-0.58%	$7.83B	11.26	$24.97B	15.74
NHP	NATIONAL HEALTHCARE PROPERTIES INC	$16.15	N/A	N/A	-6.21x	N/A	1.34x	0.78x	N/A	-$75.09M	-16.41%	$592.16M	20.90	$1.40B	19.02
HR	HEALTHCARE REALTY TRUST INC	$21.53	N/A	N/A	-37.12x	-418.06x	6.45x	1.68x	N/A	$1.14B	15.28%	$4.44B	12.78	$11.77B	19.86
MPT	MEDICAL PROPERTIES TRUST INC	$4.79	N/A	N/A	-22.81x	38.26x	2.86x	0.63x	N/A	$186.14M	6.49%	$4.54B	7.60	$12.21B	17.97
UHT	UNIVERSAL HEALTH REALTY INCOME TRUST	$44.28	$18.26	142.48%	34.33x	25.34x	6.18x	4.16x	1.20x	$37.90M	6.19%	$147.80M	10.69	$985.14M	15.05
OHI	OMEGA HEALTHCARE INVESTORS INC	$51.40	N/A	N/A	24.71x	25.25x	12.38x	2.95x	N/A	$266.80M	1.74%	$5.19B	17.43	$19.69B	16.54
NHI	NATIONAL HEALTH INVESTORS INC	$79.28	$19.35	309.79%	25.49x	22.17x	9.54x	2.54x	6.66x	$303.99M	7.94%	$1.51B	31.35	$5.09B	17.44
LTC	LTC PROPERTIES INC	$41.94	N/A	N/A	16.26x	21.67x	6.58x	1.93x	N/A	-$209.00M	-10.26%	$1.11B	22.87	$2.99B	14.96
CTRE	CARETRUST REIT INC	$42.96	$8.50	405.24%	27.19x	27.92x	18.34x	2.46x	22.72x	-$1.08B	-11.24%	$4.13B	18.53	$10.82B	21.85
AHR	AMERICAN HEALTHCARE REIT INC	$57.45	$10.69	437.52%	99.05x	78.57x	4.54x	3.18x	2.35x	-$827.57M	-7.69%	$3.48B	18.59	$12.59B	30.79
WELL	WELLTOWER INC	$248.34	$26.82	825.95%	121.14x	85.64x	14.77x	4.00x	4.78x	$8.52B	4.90%	$43.79B	62.58	$190.47B	43.90
VTR	VENTAS INC	$100.11	$9.45	959.09%	172.60x	162.15x	7.94x	3.71x	4.87x	-$1.20B	-2.47%	$13.12B	27.00	$61.20B	26.61
SBRA	SABRA HEALTH CARE REIT INC	$22.39	$5.08	340.79%	35.54x	31.71x	6.94x	2.03x	3.70x	-$131.42M	-2.33%	$2.79B	11.05	$8.19B	17.48
DHC	DIVERSIFIED HEALTHCARE TRUST	$9.41	N/A	N/A	-7.08x	-15.70x	1.49x	1.41x	N/A	$142.32M	6.28%	$1.62B	6.73	$4.54B	37.10
XRN	CHIRON REAL ESTATE INC	$37.31	N/A	N/A	-33.31x	-42.70x	3.26x	0.99x	N/A	$41.09M	8.32%	$500.21M	37.80	$1.15B	16.62

Healthcare Facility REIT Stocks FAQ

What are the best healthcare facility reit stocks to buy right now in Jul 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 B. Stocks with a rating of B have had an average return of +17.17% per year. Learn more.

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

Strawberry Fields Reit (NYSEMKT:STRW) has a Due Diligence Score of 26, which is 1 points higher than the healthcare facility reit industry average of 25.

STRW passed 10 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Strawberry Fields Reit has seen its stock return 41.94% over the past year, overperforming other healthcare facility reit stocks by 4 percentage points.

Strawberry Fields Reit has an average 1 year price target of $14.75, an upside of 0.89% from Strawberry Fields Reit's current stock price of $14.62.

Strawberry Fields Reit stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 2 analysts covering Strawberry Fields Reit, 50% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 0% have issued a Buy, 50% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

2. Community Healthcare Trust (NYSE:CHCT)

Community Healthcare Trust (NYSE:CHCT) 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 +5.11% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Community Healthcare Trust (NYSE:CHCT) is: Value: C, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Community Healthcare Trust (NYSE:CHCT) has a Due Diligence Score of 31, which is 6 points higher than the healthcare facility reit industry average of 25.

CHCT passed 10 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Community Healthcare Trust has seen its stock return 15.04% over the past year, underperforming other healthcare facility reit stocks by -22 percentage points.

Community Healthcare Trust has an average 1 year price target of $19.00, an upside of 0.96% from Community Healthcare Trust's current stock price of $18.82.

Community Healthcare Trust stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 3 analysts covering Community Healthcare Trust, 33.33% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 0% have issued a Buy, 66.67% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

3. Healthpeak Properties (NYSE:DOC)

Healthpeak Properties (NYSE:DOC) 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 +5.11% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Healthpeak Properties (NYSE:DOC) is: Value: C, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: B, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Healthpeak Properties (NYSE:DOC) has a Due Diligence Score of 14, which is -11 points lower than the healthcare facility reit industry average of 25.

DOC passed 4 out of 38 due diligence checks and has weak fundamentals. Healthpeak Properties has seen its stock return 30.48% over the past year, underperforming other healthcare facility reit stocks by -7 percentage points.

Healthpeak Properties has an average 1 year price target of $21.64, a downside of -3.93% from Healthpeak Properties's current stock price of $22.52.

Healthpeak Properties stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 11 analysts covering Healthpeak Properties, 0% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 45.45% have issued a Buy, 54.55% 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 10.13%, which is 6 percentage points higher than the healthcare facility reit industry average of 4.57%. 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 1,723.6% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

2. Medical Properties Trust (NYSE:MPT)

Medical Properties Trust (NYSE:MPT) has an annual dividend yield of 7.31%, which is 3 percentage points higher than the healthcare facility reit industry average of 4.57%. Medical Properties Trust's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% two times in the last 10 years. Medical Properties Trust's dividend has not shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Medical Properties Trust's dividend payout ratio of -161.9% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

3. Chiron Real Estate (NYSE:XRN)

Chiron Real Estate (NYSE:XRN) has an annual dividend yield of 6.89%, which is 2 percentage points higher than the healthcare facility reit industry average of 4.57%. Chiron Real Estate's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% four times in the last 10 years. Chiron Real Estate's dividend has not shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Chiron Real Estate's dividend payout ratio of -245.5% 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 -0.61% in the last day, and up 1.96% over the last week. Welltower was the among the top losers in the reit - healthcare facilities industry, dropping -1.48% yesterday.

Welltower shares are trading higher after the company reported better-than-expected Q2 financial results and raised its FY26 FFO guidance above estimates. Also, the company raised its quarterly dividend.

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 A. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Strawberry Fields Reit has a valuation score of 14, which is -4 points higher than the healthcare facility reit industry average of 18. It passed 1 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates STRW a Valuation Rating of "A".

Strawberry Fields Reit's stock has gained 41.94% in the past year. It has overperformed 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 29, which is 11 points higher than the healthcare facility reit industry average of 18. It passed 2 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Ltc Properties's stock has gained 22.06% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the healthcare facility reit industry by -15 percentage points.

3. National Health Investors (NYSE:NHI)

National Health Investors (NYSE:NHI) 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.

National Health Investors has a valuation score of 29, which is 11 points higher than the healthcare facility reit industry average of 18. It passed 2 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

National Health Investors's stock has gained 13.34% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the healthcare facility reit industry by -24 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 fall by -0.8% over the next year.

0% of healthcare facility reit stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 5.88% of healthcare facility reit stocks are rated B (Buy), 82.35% are rated C (Hold), 11.76% 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 107.59x.

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Healthcare Facility REIT Stocks FAQ

1. Strawberry Fields Reit (NYSEMKT:STRW)

2. Community Healthcare Trust (NYSE:CHCT)

3. Healthpeak Properties (NYSE:DOC)

1. Community Healthcare Trust (NYSE:CHCT)

2. Medical Properties Trust (NYSE:MPT)

3. Chiron Real Estate (NYSE:XRN)

1. Strawberry Fields Reit (NYSEMKT:STRW)

2. Ltc Properties (NYSE:LTC)

3. National Health Investors (NYSE:NHI)

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