Analysts Offer Predictions for NHI Q1 Earnings

National Health Investors, Inc. (NYSE:NHI) – Research analysts at Wedbush issued their Q1 2025 EPS estimates for National Health Investors in a report issued on Monday, March 17th. Wedbush analyst R. Anderson forecasts that the real estate investment trust will post earnings of $1.11 per share for the quarter. Wedbush has a “Outperform” rating and a $88.00 price target on the stock. The consensus estimate for National Health Investors’ current full-year earnings is $4.41 per share. Wedbush also issued estimates for National Health Investors’ Q2 2025 earnings at $1.16 EPS, Q3 2025 earnings at $1.18 EPS and Q4 2025 earnings at $1.21 EPS.

National Health Investors (NYSE:NHI) last announced its earnings results on Tuesday, February 25th. The real estate investment trust reported $1.13 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping 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 during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $81.13 million.

Separately, Truist Financial upped their price target on shares of National Health Investors from $70.00 to $76.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research report on Wednesday. Three analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and two have assigned a buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, National Health Investors currently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $85.50.

National Health Investors Stock Down 1.1 %

Shares of NYSE:NHI opened at $74.70 on Wednesday. National Health Investors has a 52-week low of $57.80 and a 52-week high of $86.13. The firm has a fifty day moving average of $70.22 and a 200 day moving average of $74.68. The firm has a market capitalization of $3.41 billion, a PE ratio of 25.67, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 4.42 and a beta of 1.08. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.92, a quick ratio of 10.29 and a current ratio of 10.29.

National Health Investors Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, May 2nd. Shareholders of record on Monday, March 31st will be given a dividend of $0.90 per share. 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%.

Institutional Trading of National Health Investors

Institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Assetmark Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of National Health Investors by 27.8% during the third quarter. Assetmark Inc. now owns 648 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $54,000 after purchasing an additional 141 shares during the period. Focus Partners Wealth boosted its holdings in shares of National Health Investors by 4.0% during the fourth quarter. Focus Partners Wealth now owns 4,867 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $337,000 after purchasing an additional 188 shares during the period. Loomis Sayles & Co. L P boosted its holdings in shares of National Health Investors by 42.0% during the fourth quarter. Loomis Sayles & Co. L P now owns 639 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $44,000 after purchasing an additional 189 shares during the period. State of Alaska Department of Revenue boosted its holdings in shares of National Health Investors by 1.0% during the fourth quarter. State of Alaska Department of Revenue now owns 20,040 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $1,388,000 after purchasing an additional 196 shares during the period. Finally, Aviance Capital Partners LLC boosted its holdings in shares of National Health Investors by 6.2% during the third quarter. Aviance Capital Partners LLC now owns 3,788 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $318,000 after purchasing an additional 221 shares during the period. 62.51% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

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.