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3 Stocks Pushing The Real Estate Industry Lower

By TheStreet Wire 02/19/13 - 12:05 PM EST

Find out if (SNH) is in Cramer's Portfolio.

2. As of noon trading, Senior Housing Properties (SNH) is down $0.57 (-2.3%) to $24.61 on heavy volume Thus far, 1.5 million shares of Senior Housing Properties exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 1.6 million shares. The stock has ranged in price between $24.58-$25.06 after having opened the day at $24.99 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $25.18.

Senior Housing Properties Trust, a real estate investment trust (REIT), primarily invests in senior housing properties in the United States. The trust invests in hospitals, nursing homes, senior apartments, independent living properties, and assisted living properties. Senior Housing Properties has a market cap of $4.4 billion and is part of the financial sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 31.5, above the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 6.5% year to date as of the close of trading on Friday. Currently there is 1 analyst that rates Senior Housing Properties a buy, 2 analysts rate it a sell, and 7 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates Senior Housing Properties as a buy. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its robust revenue growth, reasonable valuation levels, good cash flow from operations, increase in stock price during the past year and expanding profit margins. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had sub par growth in net income. Get the full Senior Housing Properties Ratings Report now.

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