NHI Stock Summary and Trading Ideas (National Health Investors | NYSE:NHI)

National Health Investors Inc is a housing and medical facility REIT. The company operates through two reportable segments, i.e., Real Estate Investments and Senior Housing Operating Portfolio (SHOP). The Real Estate Investments segment, which generates maximum revenue, consists of real estate investments and leases, mortgages, and other notes receivables in independent living facilities, assisted living facilities, entrance fee communities, senior living campuses, skilled nursing facilities, and a hospital. The SHOP segment is comprised of two ventures that own the operations of independent living facilities. The company's revenues are derived in the form of rental income, mortgage and other notes receivable interest income, and resident fees and services.

National Health Investors trades on the NYSE stock market under the symbol NHI.

As of December 31, 2025, NHI stock price declined to $76.37 with 208,024 million shares trading.

NHI has a beta of 0.18, meaning it tends to be less sensitive to market movements. NHI has a correlation of 0.04 to the broad based SPY ETF.

NHI has a market cap of $3.64 billion. This is considered a Mid Cap stock.

Last quarter National Health Investors reported $71 million in Revenue and $1.32 earnings per share. This fell short of revenue expectation by $-13 million and exceeded earnings estimates by $.46.

In the last 3 years, NHI traded as high as $86.13 and as low as $47.54.

The top ETF exchange traded funds that NHI belongs to (by Net Assets): VNQ, VTI, IWM, VB, VBR.

NHI has outperformed the market in the last year with a return of +17.6%, while the SPY ETF gained +17.2%. However, in the most recent history, NHI shares have underperformed the stock market with its stock returning -3.9% in the last 3 month period and -0.5% for the last 2 week period, while SPY has returned +2.7% and +0.7%, respectively.

NHI support price is $75.63 and resistance is $77.70 (based on 1 day standard deviation move). This means that using the most recent 20 day stock volatility and applying a one standard deviation move around the stock's closing price, stastically there is a 67% probability that NHI shares will trade within this expected range on the day.