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Best Healthcare Facility REIT Stocks to Buy Now (2024)

Top healthcare facility reit stocks in 2024 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 50, which is 24 points higher than the healthcare facility reit industry average of 26. It passed 19 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Community Healthcare Trust has seen its stock lose -32.73% over the past year, underperforming other healthcare facility reit stocks by -37 percentage points.

Community Healthcare Trust has an average 1 year price target of $30.33, an upside of 27.56% from Community Healthcare Trust's current stock price of $23.78.

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.

National Health Investors (NYSE:NHI) is the second best healthcare facility reit stock with a Zen Score of 43, which is 17 points higher than the healthcare facility reit industry average of 26. It passed 16 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. National Health Investors has seen its stock return 25.47% over the past year, overperforming other healthcare facility reit stocks by 21 percentage points.

National Health Investors has an average 1 year price target of $61.86, a downside of -7.33% from National Health Investors's current stock price of $66.75.

National Health Investors stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 7 analysts covering National Health Investors, 28.57% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 28.57% have issued a Buy, 42.86% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Caretrust Reit (NYSE:CTRE) is the third best healthcare facility reit stock with a Zen Score of 41, which is 15 points higher than the healthcare facility reit industry average of 26. It passed 15 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Caretrust Reit has seen its stock return 25.09% over the past year, overperforming other healthcare facility reit stocks by 21 percentage points.

Caretrust Reit has an average 1 year price target of $24.67, a downside of -0.86% from Caretrust Reit's current stock price of $24.88.

Caretrust Reit stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 3 analysts covering Caretrust Reit, 33.33% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 33.33% 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 13 healthcare facility reit stocks that have issued dividends in the past year, the 3 healthcare facility reit stocks with the highest dividend yields are:

Healthcare Trust (NASDAQ:HTIA) has an annual dividend yield of 12.68%, which is 6 percentage points higher than the healthcare facility reit industry average of 6.59%. Healthcare Trust's dividend payout is stable, having never dropped by more than 10% in the last 10 years. Healthcare Trust's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Healthcare Trust's dividend payout ratio of -235.5% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Medical Properties Trust (NYSE:MPW) has an annual dividend yield of 12.65%, which is 6 percentage points higher than the healthcare facility reit industry average of 6.59%. Medical Properties Trust's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% one 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 -94.6% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Global Medical Reit (NYSE:GMRE) has an annual dividend yield of 9.63%, which is 3 percentage points higher than the healthcare facility reit industry average of 6.59%. 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 365.2% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Healthcare facility reit stocks were up 0.37% in the last day, and up 1.63% over the last week. Medical Properties Trust was the among the top gainers in the reit - healthcare facilities industry, gaining 4.84% yesterday.

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

Sabra Health Care Reit (NASDAQ:SBRA) is the most undervalued healthcare facility reit stock based on WallStreetZen's Valuation Score. Sabra Health Care Reit has a valuation score of 57, which is 36 points higher than the healthcare facility reit industry average of 21. It passed 4 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Sabra Health Care Reit's stock has gained 30.58% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the healthcare facility reit industry by 26 percentage points.

Ltc Properties (NYSE:LTC) is the second most undervalued healthcare facility reit stock based on WallStreetZen's Valuation Score. Ltc Properties has a valuation score of 57, which is 36 points higher than the healthcare facility reit industry average of 21. It passed 4 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Ltc Properties's stock has gained 3.16% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the healthcare facility reit industry by -1 percentage points.

Geo Group (NYSE:GEO) is the third most undervalued healthcare facility reit stock based on WallStreetZen's Valuation Score. Geo Group has a valuation score of 43, which is 22 points higher than the healthcare facility reit industry average of 21. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Geo Group's stock has gained 56.56% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the healthcare facility reit industry by 52 percentage points.