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Target Healthcare REIT Ord (THRL.L)

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Target Healthcare REIT invests in modern UK care homes, providing properties that support elderly residents.

By the Sterling Almanac editorial team · plain-English, education only · how we check the numbers

£1.13
≈ 113p · London-listed shares are usually quoted in pence (GBX) elsewhere; the Almanac shows pounds (£1 = 100p).

Is Target Healthcare REIT Ord a good stock for a UK beginner?

The honest version: There's no rating here and nothing for sale. In its favour: , Portfolio of modern, purpose-built care home properties. Worth weighing: Recent reported dividend yield sits at zero. Below, we lay out what it does, what its numbers mean, and the honest risks, so you can decide for yourself.

No rating · no target price · nothing for sale here
Price+39.4%
52-week range+18% past year
£1.13
Low £0.92High £1.17
Where today's price sits versus its past year - context, not a signal.
If you had put £1,000 into Target Healthcare REIT Ord
£1,394+39%

Over about 2 years to 2026-07-31. This is the share price only; any dividends would add to it. Past performance is not a guide to the future, and it could just as easily have fallen.

How much has Target Healthcare REIT Ord actually fallen?

−13%

Over the last 2 years of daily prices, Target Healthcare REIT Ord fell as much as −13% from a high to a later low. Drops of this size are a normal part of owning a share - worth knowing in advance, so a dip doesn't come as a shock.

Worst peak-to-trough fall in the daily closing price over the period we hold. Past falls are not a forecast - it can fall further, or recover.

Market cap: The company's total value on the stock market - share price times the number of shares. Big = 'large-cap', small = 'small-cap'.
£702.11M
Avg volume: How many shares change hands on a typical day. Higher means it's easy to buy or exit without moving the price.
1.10M
Day range: The lowest and highest price the shares traded at during the latest day.
£1.13 – £1.15
52-week range: The lowest and highest the shares have traded over the past year - a sense of how wide the swings have been.
£0.92 – £1.17
P/E ratio: Price-to-earnings: the share price divided by yearly profit per share. Lower can mean cheaper; higher often means investors expect fast growth.
8.7
Dividend yield: The yearly dividend as a percentage of the share price - roughly the income you'd earn from dividends alone.
0.0%
Why has it been moving?▲ +2% past week · ▲ +18% past year

Prices move on results, news and the mood of the whole market - no single headline explains a day, and a quiet week is usually just noise, not a signal.

The bull case

High demand for elderly care property drives sustained asset growth.

The bear case

Structural shifts in healthcare funding create headwinds for operators.

What does Target Healthcare REIT Ord do?

Operating in the specialist real estate sector alongside peers focused on healthcare infrastructure, this firm acquires and leases out purpose-built care homes to operators. Income is generated through rental payments collected from these care home operators, which are tied to inflation to help protect returns. The crucial element to keep an eye on is how smoothly those tenants can pay their rent while managing their own rising staffing costs.

VQGMI
Factor profile

On our factor screen it looks strongest on momentum and value, and weakest on income.

Value: How cheap the stock looks versus profits, sales and assets (higher = cheaper). 62Quality: How profitable and financially healthy the company is (higher = stronger). —Growth: How fast revenue and earnings are growing (higher = faster). —Momentum: How the share price has been trending recently (higher = stronger recent run). 63Income: The dividend income on offer and how sustainable it looks (higher = more/steadier). 9
Quick checks
What's strong
  • , Portfolio of modern, purpose-built care home properties
  • Rents linked to inflation provide potential income protection
  • Shares trade below the book value of the underlying assets
What to watch
  • Income screens low (9/100)
  • Care home operators struggling to pay rent due to rising staff costs
  • Changes in government social care funding policy
  • Interest rate shifts affecting property sector valuations

What do Target Healthcare REIT Ord's numbers mean?

P/E
8.7
This compares the share price to recent profits, showing how much investors are paying for each pound of past earnings.
Around the middle of the 17 Unknown shares we cover
Forward P/E
17.0
This looks ahead using predicted profits, suggesting investors expect earnings to adjust over the coming year.
P/B
0.9
A ratio below one indicates the shares are trading at a slight discount to the estimated net value of the physical properties owned.
Lower than most of the 18 Unknown shares we cover
Dividend yield
0.0%
Shows zero reported cash payouts relative to the current share price based on the latest available data.
Higher than most of the 19 Unknown shares we cover
Market cap
£702.1M
The total market value of all the company's shares combined, placing it in the mid-size category on the London Stock Exchange.

Does Target Healthcare REIT Ord pay a dividend?

No - Target Healthcare REIT Ord doesn't currently pay a dividend, so the whole return would rest on the share price. Plenty of growing companies reinvest their profits instead of paying them out - neither approach is better or worse, they're just different.

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What are the scenarios for Target Healthcare REIT Ord?

An illustrative range for the year ahead, with the assumption behind each case — not a prediction or a price target.

£1£1£1today · £1▲ Bull · £1• Base · £1▼ Bear · £1in 1 yearILLUSTRATIVE · NOT A PREDICTION OR PRICE TARGET
Bull
+5% to +12%Property valuations stabilise or improve slightly across the portfolio.
Base
-2% to +4%Steady collection of rents with normal operational costs.
Bear
-10% to -5%Broader market pressures weigh down property sector sentiment.

What are the pros and cons of Target Healthcare REIT Ord?

3bull points
6bear points

How many points the write-up makes each way — a balance check, not a score or verdict.

The bull case3
  • , Portfolio of modern, purpose-built care home properties
  • Rents linked to inflation provide potential income protection
  • Shares trade below the book value: A company's net assets - what it owns minus what it owes - per share. Price-to-book compares the share price to this figure. of the underlying assets
The catch3
  • Recent reported dividend yield: The yearly dividend as a percentage of the share price - roughly the income you'd earn from dividends alone. sits at zero
  • Reliance on the financial health of care home operators
  • Property values can fluctuate based on economic conditions
Key risks3
  • Care home operators struggling to pay rent due to rising staff costs
  • Changes in government social care funding policy
  • Interest rate shifts affecting property sector valuations
What would flip the thesis

The write-up's own warning lights — if these start happening, the case above changes.

Confidence: medium · data: GBP · flags: ps, gross_margin, net_margin, roe, revenue_growth, earnings_growth · Charts by TradingView Lightweight Charts™
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This plain-English summary was auto-generated on 2026-08-02 from public data and checked for an education-only, no-advice tone (the figures above carry their own, usually fresher, 'as of' date). It's information, never a recommendation.

Figures as of 2026-08-02. Prices may be delayed and numbers can go stale - always double-check before acting.