NXDT vs UHT vs CXW Stock Comparison

Nexpoint Diversified Real Estate Trust, Universal Health Realty Income Trust and CoreCivic Prices as of Oct 27, 2026 Peers: Industry group
CXW CoreCivic, Inc.
$30.79 -4.2% 1M +65.9% 1Y
Market cap
$3.02B
P/E
23.6x
Revenue (TTM)
$2.48B
Div. yield
–
Facility Services Industrials
10 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

CoreCivic leads on 10 of the 12 questions below (CoreCivic 10, Universal Health Realty Income Trust 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionNXDTUHTCXWLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $269.12M $506.92M $3.02B CXW
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -3.7x 25.1x 23.6x CXW
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — 20.1x 1.8x CXW
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months -20.5% — +24.3% CXW
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -94.2% — 5.1% CXW
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital -0.1% — 6.6% CXW
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 15.1x — 3.2x CXW
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.03% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +47.3% +0.8% +65.9% CXW
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -19.1%/yr -8.9%/yr +29.2%/yr CXW
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 61.3% 23.7% 42.0% UHT
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 30/100 — 53/100 CXW

Percentile Scorecard

NXDTUHTCXW

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisNXDTUHTCXW
Valuation 29 #103 of 145 26 #108 of 145 48 #59 of 112
Growth 6 #133 of 141 – 45 #53 of 96
Profitability 2 #131 of 134 – 51 #45 of 91
Financial Health 67 #46 of 138 – 40 #76 of 125
Shareholder Returns 43 #75 of 131 95 #8 of 131 82 #13 of 67
Overall 30 – 53
  • NXDT ranked among 149 companies in Property REITs
  • UHT ranked among 149 companies in Property REITs
  • CXW ranked among 130 companies in Business Services

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodNXDTUHTCXWSPY
1 month +0.2%-4.9%-4.2% -0.2%
3 months -2.8%-18.8%+0.6% +3.9%
6 months +2.2%-9.9%+49.7% +8.2%
Year to date +35.8%-6.3%+61.1% +12.9%
1 year +47.3%+0.8%+65.9% +12.3%
3 years -29.6%-3.4%+149.1% +87.4%
3 years, per year -11.1%-1.1%+35.6% +23.3%
5 years -65.3%-37.1%+259.7% +67.9%
5 years, per year -19.1%-8.9%+29.2% +10.9%
10 years -76.0%-35.0%+130.6% +261.1%
10 years, per year -13.3%-4.2%+8.7% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureNXDTUHTCXWSPY
Volatility, 1Y 61.3%23.7%42.0% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 61.0%26.3%43.8% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.13-0.090.37 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.770.031.57 0.97
Max drawdown, 5Y -84.7%-46.7%-39.7% -25.4%
From 52-week high -10.2%-19.8%-13.3% -1.2%
52-week high $5.79$45.82$35.53 $779.14
52-week low $2.66$36.41$16.13 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleNXDTUHTCXW
P/E now vs peer median -3.7xmedian 26.3x 25.2xmedian 26.3x 23.8xmedian 21.2x
P/S now vs peer median 3.5xmedian 4.0x 5.3xmedian 4.0x 1.2xmedian 0.9x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 31.1xmedian 14.4x —median 14.4x 11.0xmedian 11.9x
P/FCF now vs peer median -37.3xmedian 23.3x 11.0xmedian 23.3x 53.1xmedian 13.7x
P/B now vs peer median 0.4xmedian 1.3x 3.7xmedian 1.3x 2.1xmedian 2.4x
PEG now vs peer median 12.93median 1.91 5.21median 1.91 3.36median 1.00

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsNXDTUHTCXW
Revenue $78.07M – $2.48B
Operating income -$1.21M – –
Net income -$66.70M – $127.90M
Free cash flow -$7.40M – $57.32M
EPS (diluted) $-1.22 $1.45 $1.29
Cash & equivalents $11.67M $6.47M $108.93M
Total debt $1.16B – $5.01B
Shares (diluted) 60.44M 13.88M 98.89M
Enterprise value $234.55M $506.92M $2.55B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricNXDTUHTCXW
P/E -3.7x 25.2x 23.8x
P/FCF -37.3x 11.0x 53.1x
P/Operating cash flow -88.6x – 15.2x
P/S 3.5x 5.3x 1.2x
P/B 0.4x 3.7x 2.1x
P/Tangible book 0.4x 3.7x 2.1x
EV/EBITDA 31.1x – 11.0x
EV/EBIT -442.8x – 17.3x
EV/Revenue 6.9x – 1.7x
EV/FCF -72.5x – 74.7x
EV/Operating cash flow -172.2x – 21.4x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 12.93 5.21 3.36

Growth

14 metrics
MetricNXDTUHTCXW
Revenue growth (1Y) -20.5% – 24.3%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -16.7% – 10.2%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – – –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – – –
Operating income growth (1Y) -414.0% – –
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – – –
Net income growth (1Y) 35.7% – 22.9%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -23.7% – 2.2%
EPS growth (1Y) 42.1% 12.4% 35.1%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -0.3% 4.8% 7.1%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -188.2% – -26.4%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -27.3% – 2.6%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -648.0% – -66.4%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -29.6% – -19.8%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricNXDTUHTCXW
Gross margin – – –
EBITDA margin 22.1% – 15.6%
Operating margin -1.6% – –
Pretax margin -85.1% – 7.0%
Net margin -94.2% – 5.1%
FCF margin -9.5% – 2.3%
Operating cash flow margin -4.0% – 8.1%
Return on equity -10.0% – 9.0%
Return on assets -6.5% – 3.7%
Return on invested capital -0.1% – 6.6%
Return on capital employed – – 8.5%
Asset turnover 0.1x – 0.7x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 0.0x – 1.6x
Stock comp / revenue 6.0% – 1.1%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricNXDTUHTCXW
Debt / assets 26.2% – 39.0%
Debt / equity 0.4x – 0.9x
Net debt / EBITDA 15.1x – 3.2x
Debt / FCF -36.8x – 23.5x
Liabilities / assets 35.2% 75.7% 58.4%
Equity / assets 64.8% 24.3% 41.6%
Interest coverage -0.1x – 3.3x
Current ratio – – 1.3x
Quick ratio – – 1.1x
Cash ratio – – 0.2x
Altman Z-score – – 1.90

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricNXDTUHTCXW
Dividend yield 9.2% 8.1% –
Net buyback yield -22.0% – 6.2%
Shareholder yield -12.7% 8.1% 6.2%
Payout ratio (earnings) -10.3% – –
Payout ratio (FCF) -93.2% – –
Dividend growth (1Y) 25.4% – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusNXDTUHTCXW
Forward P/E – 20.1xFY2026 1.8xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year – $1.83FY2026 $16.94FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – +44.1%FY2026 +1,468.5%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after – -7.1% -85.4%
Revenue, next fiscal year – $104.34MFY2026 $2.85BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY – +5.2%FY2026 +29.1%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after – -5.7% -0.2%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersNXDTUHTCXW
Held by institutions 50.2% 61.7% 87.5%
Institutions holding 126 184 278
Change in shares held, QoQ +3.8% +18.8% +0.2%
Institutions buying 80 93 155
Institutions selling 34 53 86
Buyers to sellers 2.35 1.75 1.80

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

NXDTUHTCXW
NXDT 1.00 0.17 0.08
UHT 0.17 1.00 0.04
CXW 0.08 0.04 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, NXDT, UHT and CXW?

CoreCivic (CXW) is the largest by market capitalisation: Nexpoint Diversified Real Estate Trust (NXDT) $269.12M, Universal Health Realty Income Trust (UHT) $506.92M, CoreCivic (CXW) $3.02B.

Which stock is cheaper, NXDT, UHT and CXW?

CoreCivic (CXW) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Nexpoint Diversified Real Estate Trust (NXDT) -3.7x, Universal Health Realty Income Trust (UHT) 25.1x, CoreCivic (CXW) 23.6x). On next year's consensus earnings, CoreCivic (CXW) is cheapest (Universal Health Realty Income Trust (UHT) 20.1x, CoreCivic (CXW) 1.8x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

CoreCivic (CXW) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Nexpoint Diversified Real Estate Trust (NXDT) -20.5%, CoreCivic (CXW) +24.3%.

Which company is more profitable?

CoreCivic (CXW) has the highest net margin (Nexpoint Diversified Real Estate Trust (NXDT) -94.2%, CoreCivic (CXW) 5.1%). On return on invested capital, CoreCivic (CXW) leads (Nexpoint Diversified Real Estate Trust (NXDT) -0.1%, CoreCivic (CXW) 6.6%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year CoreCivic (CXW) returned the most: Nexpoint Diversified Real Estate Trust (NXDT) +47.3%, Universal Health Realty Income Trust (UHT) +0.8%, CoreCivic (CXW) +65.9%. Over five years, CoreCivic (CXW) compounded fastest (Nexpoint Diversified Real Estate Trust (NXDT) -19.1%/yr, Universal Health Realty Income Trust (UHT) -8.9%/yr, CoreCivic (CXW) +29.2%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Nexpoint Diversified Real Estate Trust (NXDT) 0.03%, Universal Health Realty Income Trust (UHT) 0.00%, CoreCivic (CXW) 0.00%. Universal Health Realty Income Trust (UHT) and CoreCivic (CXW) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Universal Health Realty Income Trust (UHT) has been the steadiest (Nexpoint Diversified Real Estate Trust (NXDT) 61.3%, Universal Health Realty Income Trust (UHT) 23.7%, CoreCivic (CXW) 42.0%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, NXDT, UHT and CXW?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, CoreCivic (CXW) leads on 10. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.