Head to Head Survey: Primary Health Properties (OTCMKTS:PHPRF) & Welltower (NYSE:WELL)

Welltower (NYSE:WELL) and Primary Health Properties (OTCMKTS:PHPRF) are both real estate companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership and risk.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for Welltower and Primary Health Properties, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Welltower	0	4	7	2	2.85
Primary Health Properties	0	0	0	0	N/A

Welltower presently has a consensus price target of $115.38, indicating a potential downside of 12.75%. Given Welltower’s higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Welltower is more favorable than Primary Health Properties.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Welltower and Primary Health Properties”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Welltower	$6.97 billion	11.35	$340.09 million	$0.81	163.26
Primary Health Properties	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Welltower has higher revenue and earnings than Primary Health Properties.

Profitability

This table compares Welltower and Primary Health Properties’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Welltower	8.36%	2.21%	1.35%
Primary Health Properties	N/A	N/A	N/A

Institutional & Insider Ownership

94.8% of Welltower shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Welltower shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Welltower beats Primary Health Properties on 9 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Welltower

Welltower Inc. (NYSE:WELL), a real estate investment trust (“REIT”) and S&P 500 company headquartered in Toledo, Ohio, is driving the transformation of health care infrastructure. Welltower invests with leading seniors housing operators, post-acute providers and health systems to fund the real estate infrastructure needed to scale innovative care delivery models and improve people’s wellness and overall health care experience. Welltower owns interests in properties concentrated in major, high-growth markets in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom, consisting of seniors housing and post-acute communities and outpatient medical properties.

About Primary Health Properties

Primary Health Properties (PHP) is the leading investor in modern healthcare properties in the UK & Ireland. PHP is a UK based Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) with a clear objective to create progressive returns to shareholders through a combination of earnings growth and capital appreciation. PHP achieve this by investing in healthcare real estate let on long-term leases, backed by a secure underlying covenant funded mostly by government bodies. The Group’s portfolio comprises over 480 primary healthcare facilities, both completed and committed, the majority of which are GP surgeries, with other properties let to NHS organisations, pharmacies and dentists.