CareTrust REIT Valuation

Is CTRE undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

2/6

Valuation Score 2/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of CTRE when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: CTRE ($30.66) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($49.93)

Significantly Below Fair Value: CTRE is trading below fair value by more than 20%.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for CTRE?

Key metric: As CTRE is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for CTRE. This is calculated by dividing CTRE's market cap by their current earnings.
What is CTRE's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio58.1x
EarningsUS$98.82m
Market CapUS$5.82b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does CTRE's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for CTRE vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average38x
SBRA Sabra Health Care REIT
44.8x18.8%US$4.4b
NHI National Health Investors
27.7x10.8%US$3.5b
OHI Omega Healthcare Investors
30.9x9.6%US$11.1b
DOC Healthpeak Properties
48.5x-22.3%US$15.3b
CTRE CareTrust REIT
58.1x45.5%US$5.8b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: CTRE is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (58.1x) compared to the peer average (43.2x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does CTRE's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the Global Health Care REITs Industry?

1 CompanyPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
CTRE 58.1xIndustry Avg. 26.5xNo. of Companies5PE020406080100+
1 CompanyEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: CTRE is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (58.1x) compared to the Global Health Care REITs industry average (26.7x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is CTRE's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

CTRE PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio58.1x
Fair PE Ratio54.2x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: CTRE is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (58.1x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (54.2x).


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst CTRE forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$30.66
US$33.67
+9.8%
8.0%US$37.00US$27.00n/a9
Nov ’25US$32.37
US$32.56
+0.6%
10.4%US$37.00US$27.00n/a9
Oct ’25US$30.83
US$30.33
-1.6%
8.4%US$34.00US$27.00n/a9
Sep ’25US$29.88
US$29.67
-0.7%
7.6%US$33.00US$27.00n/a9
Aug ’25US$27.17
US$27.33
+0.6%
4.6%US$29.00US$26.00n/a9
Jul ’25US$25.14
US$27.22
+8.3%
4.2%US$29.00US$26.00n/a9
Jun ’25US$25.57
US$26.44
+3.4%
6.2%US$29.00US$23.00n/a9
May ’25US$24.93
US$25.25
+1.3%
5.9%US$27.00US$23.00n/a8
Apr ’25US$24.24
US$25.00
+3.1%
4.9%US$27.00US$23.00n/a8
Mar ’25US$22.80
US$24.67
+8.2%
5.4%US$27.00US$23.00n/a9
Feb ’25US$20.98
US$24.56
+17.0%
4.7%US$26.00US$23.00n/a9
Jan ’25US$22.38
US$24.38
+8.9%
6.1%US$26.00US$22.00n/a8
Dec ’24US$22.88
US$23.78
+3.9%
6.8%US$26.00US$21.00n/a9
Nov ’24US$21.99
US$23.00
+4.6%
4.6%US$24.00US$21.00US$32.379
Oct ’24US$20.50
US$22.60
+10.2%
5.7%US$24.00US$20.00US$30.8310
Sep ’24US$20.46
US$22.11
+8.1%
7.8%US$24.00US$19.00US$29.889
Aug ’24US$20.57
US$21.89
+6.4%
7.3%US$24.00US$19.00US$27.179
Jul ’24US$19.86
US$21.75
+9.5%
7.5%US$24.00US$19.00US$25.148
Jun ’24US$19.35
US$21.38
+10.5%
8.7%US$24.00US$19.00US$25.578
May ’24US$19.35
US$21.38
+10.5%
8.7%US$24.00US$19.00US$24.938
Apr ’24US$19.58
US$21.67
+10.7%
9.5%US$24.00US$19.00US$24.246
Mar ’24US$19.51
US$21.50
+10.2%
8.7%US$24.00US$19.00US$22.808
Feb ’24US$20.63
US$21.11
+2.3%
8.5%US$24.00US$19.00US$20.989
Jan ’24US$18.58
US$20.89
+12.4%
9.7%US$24.00US$18.00US$22.389
Dec ’23US$19.88
US$20.83
+4.8%
9.3%US$24.00US$18.00US$22.889
Nov ’23US$18.56
US$20.67
+11.4%
10.0%US$24.00US$18.00US$21.999

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.


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