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

National Health Investors Inc is a self-managed REIT that owns, leases, operates, and finances the development of senior housing communities and medical facilities. It operates through two segments: Real Estate Investments and Senior Housing Operating Portfolio (SHOP). The Real Estate Investments segment, which generates the majority of revenue, includes real estate leases, mortgages, and other notes receivable related to independent living facilities, assisted living facilities, entrance fee communities, senior living campuses, skilled nursing facilities, and a hospital. The SHOP segment consists of ventures that own and operate independent living facilities. The company's revenues are derived from rental income, interest and other income, and resident fees and services.

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

As of May 20, 2026, NHI stock price climbed to $76.75 with 4,538 million shares trading.

NHI has a beta of 0.17, meaning it tends to be less sensitive to market movements. NHI has a correlation of 0.01 to the broad based SPY ETF.

NHI has a market cap of $3.72 billion. This is considered a Mid Cap stock.

Last quarter National Health Investors reported $115 million in Revenue and $1.23 earnings per share. This beat revenue expectation by $9 million and exceeded earnings estimates by $.02.

In the last 3 years, NHI traded as high as $91.38 and as low as $48.51.

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

NHI has underperformed the market in the last year with a return of +7.1%, while the SPY ETF gained +24.9%. In the last 3 month period, NHI fell short of the market, returning -12.5%, while SPY returned +7.7%. However, in the most recent 2 weeks NHI has outperformed the stock market by returning +5.0%, while SPY returned +1.6%.

NHI support price is $75.50 and resistance is $77.88 (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.