Verdict: Side-by-side breakdown using the Bull Rankings model. HR scored 64.0, NHI scored 74.0 — NHI leads.
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HR
Healthcare Realty Trust Incorporated
REIT - Healthcare Facilities · Financial strength
66.8Fin
$17.22 · $6.0B
fundamentals as of
Strength gap
10.4
NHI leads
NHI
National Health Investors, Inc.
REIT - Healthcare Facilities · Financial strength
77.2Fin
$65.60 · $3.2B
fundamentals as of
At a glance · who leads each dimension, on the model's own rules
Fastest growthNHI+12.1%
Strongest balance sheetNHI0.80
Side by side · every name on one set of axes
Fundamentals, head-to-head
HR
NHI
5.6%A-
Yield
5.8%A-
-7.8%D
Rev
+12.1%B+
1.03B
D/E
0.80B+
Winner per row is the stronger grade; where grades tie, the better figure breaks it. A true tie or a missing value shows no highlight.
The companies
HRHealthcare Realty Trust Incorporated
REIT - Healthcare Facilities · $17.22 · beta 0.84
Why now
REIT - Healthcare Facilities · market cap $6.0b. Down 22% from 52-week high of $22.04 — deep drawdown territory. Revenue -8% — in contraction; any catalyst that reverses this triggers re-rating. 12 sell-side analysts rate this a Hold with a mean 1-yr target of $21.42 (implying +24% upside).
Moat
Turnaround / out-of-favor name — GAAP-unprofitable for now, so the durability case is forward-looking: it rests on a recovery (margin normalization, a cyclical upturn or restructuring) or an un-monetized asset (IP / network effects / first-mover position) rather than on current reported results.
Risk
Revenue contracting -8% — the operational turn is not yet visible in the top line. Currently unprofitable (margin -7.6%) — path to GAAP profitability is the core thesis risk. Dividend payout 827% of earnings on a 5.6% yield — distribution coverage is thin; one earnings stumble could force a dividend cut.
NHINational Health Investors, Inc.
REIT - Healthcare Facilities · $65.60 · beta 0.52
Why now
REIT - Healthcare Facilities · market cap $3.2b. Down 28% from 52-week high of $91.38 — deep drawdown territory. Revenue growing +12%, comfortably above the S&P median. 8 sell-side analysts rate this a Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $81.88 (implying +25% upside).
Moat
Net margin 38% is exceptional — pricing-power territory rare outside premium software, branded staples, and specialty pharma. ROE 11% meets the long-run market sustainable threshold — solid but not differentiated; the durability comes from elsewhere.
Risk
Dividend payout 106% of earnings on a 5.8% yield — distribution coverage is thin; one earnings stumble could force a dividend cut.
Verdict — model-derived comparison
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Common questions
Is NHI or HR the better stock?
NHI scores higher: NHI 74.0, HR 64.0 out of 100 on the Bull Rankings quality-growth score, which blends business quality, growth and valuation into one number. A higher score means a stronger business at a more reasonable price — it is not a price target or a recommendation.
How are NHI and HR scored?
Each carries the same 0–100 quality-growth score used everywhere on the site, built from three pillars — quality (profitability and returns on capital), growth (revenue and earnings), and value (what you pay for them) — combined as a geometric mean, so a weak pillar cannot be papered over by a strong one.
How current is this comparison?
The whole universe is re-scored every trading day after the US market close, so the scores and fundamentals here reflect the latest published edition.