What is Wedbush’s Forecast for NHI Q1 Earnings?

National Health Investors, Inc. (NYSE:NHI) – Equities researchers at Wedbush issued their Q1 2026 EPS estimates for National Health Investors in a research report issued on Monday, March 17th. Wedbush analyst R. Anderson forecasts that the real estate investment trust will earn $1.20 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 2026 earnings at $1.21 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $1.22 EPS and Q4 2026 earnings at $1.23 EPS.

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

National Health Investors Stock Down 0.6 %

NHI stock opened at $75.58 on Tuesday. National Health Investors has a 12 month low of $57.80 and a 12 month high of $86.13. The firm has a market cap of $3.45 billion, a PE ratio of 25.97, a P/E/G ratio of 4.42 and a beta of 1.08. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $70.08 and a 200 day simple moving average of $74.68. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.92, a current ratio of 10.29 and a quick ratio of 10.29.

National Health Investors (NYSE:NHI) last released its earnings results on Tuesday, February 25th. The real estate investment trust reported $1.13 EPS 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 business had revenue of $85.75 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $81.13 million.

National Health Investors Dividend Announcement

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, May 2nd. Stockholders of record on Monday, March 31st will be issued a dividend of $0.90 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, March 31st. This represents a $3.60 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.76%. National Health Investors’s dividend payout ratio is currently 115.38%.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Quarry LP acquired a new position in National Health Investors in the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $27,000. Point72 DIFC Ltd acquired a new position in National Health Investors in the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $35,000. Loomis Sayles & Co. L P acquired a new position in National Health Investors in the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $38,000. Assetmark Inc. increased its stake in National Health Investors by 27.8% in the 3rd quarter. Assetmark Inc. now owns 648 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $54,000 after buying an additional 141 shares during the period. Finally, GF Fund Management CO. LTD. acquired a new position in National Health Investors in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $58,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 62.51% of the company’s stock.

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.