National Health Investors, Inc. (NYSE:NHI) Shares Purchased by Quantbot Technologies LP

Quantbot Technologies LP boosted its stake in National Health Investors, Inc. (NYSE:NHI) by 515.3% during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 23,659 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock after buying an additional 19,814 shares during the quarter. Quantbot Technologies LP owned approximately 0.05% of National Health Investors worth $1,640,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of NHI. Zimmer Partners LP purchased a new position in shares of National Health Investors in the third quarter valued at approximately $25,218,000. UBS AM a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC lifted its holdings in National Health Investors by 332.0% in the 3rd quarter. UBS AM a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC now owns 242,326 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $20,370,000 after purchasing an additional 186,238 shares in the last quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. boosted its stake in National Health Investors by 17.0% during the 3rd quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. now owns 852,377 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $71,651,000 after purchasing an additional 123,596 shares during the last quarter. Waterfront Capital Partners LLC purchased a new stake in shares of National Health Investors during the third quarter worth $10,097,000. Finally, Principal Financial Group Inc. grew its holdings in shares of National Health Investors by 5.3% during the fourth quarter. Principal Financial Group Inc. now owns 1,648,499 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $114,242,000 after buying an additional 82,825 shares in the last quarter. 62.51% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of research firms recently weighed in on NHI. Wedbush restated an “outperform” rating and set a $88.00 price target on shares of National Health Investors in a research report on Monday, March 17th. Truist Financial boosted their target price on National Health Investors from $70.00 to $76.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a report on Wednesday, March 19th. Three analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and two have issued a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, National Health Investors currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $85.50.

National Health Investors Trading Up 1.9 %

Shares of NHI stock opened at $74.73 on Tuesday. The company has a current ratio of 10.29, a quick ratio of 10.29 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.92. National Health Investors, Inc. has a twelve month low of $57.80 and a twelve month high of $86.13. The company’s 50-day moving average price is $70.52 and its 200-day moving average price is $74.47. The stock has a market cap of $3.41 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 25.68, a PEG ratio of 4.42 and a beta of 1.08.

National Health Investors (NYSE:NHI) last posted its earnings results on Tuesday, February 25th. The real estate investment trust reported $1.13 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.10 by $0.03. National Health Investors had a net margin of 38.53% and a return on equity of 10.11%. The company had revenue of $85.75 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $81.13 million. As a group, equities analysts predict that National Health Investors, Inc. will post 4.41 earnings per share for the current year.

National Health Investors Announces Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, May 2nd. Investors of record on Monday, March 31st will be given a $0.90 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Monday, March 31st. This represents a $3.60 annualized dividend and a yield of 4.82%. National Health Investors’s payout ratio is 115.38%.

National Health Investors Company Profile

Incorporated in 1991, National Health Investors, Inc (NYSE:NHI) is a real estate investment trust specializing in sale, leasebacks, joint-ventures, senior housing operating partnerships, and mortgage and mezzanine financing of need-driven and discretionary senior housing and medical investments. NHI's portfolio consists of independent living, assisted living and memory care communities, entrance-fee retirement communities, skilled nursing facilities, and specialty hospitals.