Reviewing American Healthcare REIT (NYSE:AHR) & Diversified Healthcare Trust (NASDAQ:DHCNI)

Diversified Healthcare Trust (NASDAQ:DHCNI) and American Healthcare REIT (NYSE:AHR) are both real estate companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, earnings and valuation.

Profitability

This table compares Diversified Healthcare Trust and American Healthcare REIT’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Diversified Healthcare Trust	N/A	N/A	N/A
American Healthcare REIT	4.84%	3.63%	2.25%

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Diversified Healthcare Trust and American Healthcare REIT”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Diversified Healthcare Trust	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
American Healthcare REIT	$2.50 billion	4.07	$69.81 million	$0.68	77.63

American Healthcare REIT has higher revenue and earnings than Diversified Healthcare Trust.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations for Diversified Healthcare Trust and American Healthcare REIT, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Diversified Healthcare Trust	0	0	0	0	0.00
American Healthcare REIT	0	2	12	0	2.86

American Healthcare REIT has a consensus price target of $58.83, suggesting a potential upside of 11.46%. Given American Healthcare REIT’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe American Healthcare REIT is more favorable than Diversified Healthcare Trust.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

16.7% of American Healthcare REIT shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of American Healthcare REIT shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

American Healthcare REIT beats Diversified Healthcare Trust on 9 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About American Healthcare REIT

Formed by the successful merger of Griffin-American Healthcare REIT III and Griffin-American Healthcare REIT IV, as well as the acquisition of the business and operations of American Healthcare Investors, American Healthcare REIT is one of the larger healthcare-focused real estate investment trusts globally with assets totaling approximately $4.2 billion in gross investment value. The company benefits from a fully integrated management platform comprised of more than one hundred experienced and skilled professionals, many of whom have worked together since 2006 and have successfully invested in and managed healthcare real estate through multiple market cycles. The management team has a proven track record, deep industry relationships and unparalleled insight into each of the company's assets having built and nurtured the company's international portfolio since its original property acquisition in 2014. The strength of the management team, coupled with the quality of the assets, has American Healthcare REIT poised to capitalize on compelling growth driven by powerful demographic trends. With its 19 million-square-foot, 312-building portfolio of medical office buildings, senior housing communities, skilled nursing facilities and integrated senior health campuses diversified across 36 states and the United Kingdom, the tri-party transaction was a critical step in ideally positioning American Healthcare REIT for a future public listing or IPO on a national stock exchange at the most opportune time. By listing the company's shares on a national exchange, we believe the company will gain greater access to attractive capital that will fuel future growth, broaden our investor base and also provide liquidity to our fellow stockholders. American Healthcare REIT, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Griffin Capital Company, LLC.