Diversified Healthcare Trust (NASDAQ: DHC): At Current Prices, Does It Make Sense To Wait?

Diversified Healthcare Trust (NASDAQ:DHC)’s traded shares stood at 0.74 million during the last session, with the company’s beta value hitting 2.08. At the close of trading, the stock’s price was $2.41, to imply an increase of 2.12% or $0.05 in intraday trading. The DHC share’s 52-week high remains $3.96, putting it -64.32% down since that peak but still an impressive 66.8% since price per share fell to its 52-week low of $0.80. The company has a valuation of $579.41M, with an average of 1.13 million shares over the past 3 months.

Diversified Healthcare Trust (NASDAQ:DHC) trade information

After registering a 2.12% upside in the last session, Diversified Healthcare Trust (DHC) has traded red over the past five days. The stock hit a weekly high of 2.55, jumping 2.12% in its intraday price action. The 5-day price performance for the stock is -4.74%, and -3.21% over 30 days. With these gigs, the year-to-date price performance is -35.56%.

Diversified Healthcare Trust (DHC) estimates and forecasts

Looking at statistics comparing Diversified Healthcare Trust share performance against respective industry, we note that the company has underperformed competitors. Diversified Healthcare Trust (DHC) shares are 28.19% up over the last 6 months, with its year-to-date growth rate lower than industry average at -11.76% against -3.00%. Revenue is forecast to shrink -3.70% this quarter before falling -22.70% for the next one. The rating firms project that company’s revenue will grow 7.40% compared to the previous financial year.

Revenue forecast for the current quarter as set by 3 analysts is $370.65 million. Meanwhile, for the quarter ending Jun 2024, a total of 3 analyst(s) estimate revenue growth to $374.13 million.Earnings reports from the last fiscal year show that sales brought in $337.61 million and -$ respectively in the corresponding quarters.

DHC Dividends

Diversified Healthcare Trust has its next earnings report out in May. However, it is important to take into account that this dividend yield ratio is just an indicator to only serve the purpose of guidance. Investors interested to invest in the stock should ponder company’s other fundamental and operations related aspects too. Diversified Healthcare Trust has a forward dividend ratio of 0.05, with the share yield ticking at 2.07% to continue the rising pattern observed over the past year. The company’s average dividend yield trailing the past 5-year period is 0.00%.