Diversified Healthcare Trust (DHC) Stock Analysis & Forecast

Oct 12 close

$7.62+0.12 (+1.6%)

Gekko Brief

AI summaryOct 12 close

Diversified Healthcare Trust this week announced a quarterly dividend on its common shares and entered a new 15-year triple net lease covering seven skilled nursing facilities, including a Colorado skilled nursing portfolio leased to The Ensign Group. The lease shifts the facilities from a RIDEA structure to one with CPI-linked rent escalators, a change framed as altering the risk profile of that portion of the portfolio. A third quarter 2026 conference call has also been scheduled for 3 November.

DHC closed at $7.62, up 1.6%, sitting between its 50-day average of $7.98 and its 200-day average of $7.59, a mixed trend signal. The GekkoIndex reads 64.8, placing the stock in the Accumulation zone. Gekko Fair Value stands at $7.89, putting the current price 3.4% below that level. Over the past month the stock returned 1.6%, over three months -14.5%, over six months 6.7%, and over the past year 85%.

The next earnings date falls on 2 November, after close, 21 days away and within a typical 20-trading-day holding period; the prior report on 3 August showed an EPS of -$0.16 against a -$0.15 estimate, with a -1.1% reaction, and DHC has beaten estimates in 4 of the last 8 quarters. No insider, Congress, or unusual options activity appears in the respective 90-day and 30-day windows. Seasonally, the next 20 trading days have averaged a 6.1% gain over 5 years, rising in 3 of them. Analyst consensus carries a target of $10.15, implying 33.2% upside from current levels.

Written by AI from the Oct 12, 2026 close and checked automatically against the figures on this page.

Diversified Healthcare Trust price vs fair value

$7.89$7.62Oct ’25Apr ’26Oct ’26
Close $7.62200-day averageGekko Fair Value $7.89

Diversified Healthcare Trust quick facts

Market cap
$1.84B
P/E ratio
—
Forward P/E
16.6
EPS, TTM
−$1.10
Revenue, TTM
$1.50B
Profit margin
-17.7%
Dividend yield
0.53%
Beta
2.27
Volume
1.11M avg 1.66M
1-year return
+85.0%
Typical daily move
±3.2%
Typical 20-day move
±12.6%
50-day average
$7.98
200-day average
$7.59
Next earnings
Nov 2 after close
Shares outstanding
242.1M
52-week range
$3.92$9.66

Diversified Healthcare Trust swing-trade checklist

Diversified Healthcare Trust scores 2 supportive, 2 mixed and 1 headwind across the 5 checklist items with data.

Six things swing traders check before a 20-day hold, read from the latest data.

2 supportive2 mixed1 headwind

  • Trendmixed

    Averages disagree

    Close $7.62 sits between the 50-day ($7.98) and 200-day ($7.59) averages, or the averages disagree.

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  • GekkoIndexsupportive

    64.8, Accumulation

    Reading 64.8 is in the Accumulation zone.

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  • Fair valuemixed

    3.4% below

    Price is within 5% of Gekko Fair Value (3.4% below).

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  • Smart moneyno data

    No data

    No insider, Congress or unusual options activity in the window.

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  • Earnings riskheadwind

    Reports in 21 days

    Reports on Nov 2, 2026, 21 days away — inside a typical 20-trading-day hold.

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  • Seasonalitysupportive

    +6.1% on average

    From this point in the calendar, the next 20 trading days averaged +6.1% over 5 years, rising in 3 of them.

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Diversified Healthcare Trust stock chart and price history

Diversified Healthcare Trust closed at $7.62 on Oct 12, 2026, +85.0% over the past year, inside a 52-week range of $3.92 to $9.66.

Close50-day average200-day averageVolume
Diversified Healthcare Trust share price, past year, with 50-day and 200-day moving averages and volume$4$6$10NovDecJan 2026FebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOct7.62

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Performance Breakdown

1 month
+1.6%
3 months
−14.5%
6 months
+6.7%
1 year
+85.0%
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About Diversified Healthcare Trust

Diversified Healthcare Trust holds a mix of healthcare-focused properties spread throughout the United States, including buildings used for medical offices, life science research, senior living, and wellness purposes. The trust functions as a real estate investment trust, so its business centers on owning and leasing this kind of space rather than delivering care directly.

Because it operates as a REIT, revenue comes from rents and related income tied to its property holdings. Oversight of these assets falls to a subsidiary of The RMR Group Inc., a firm engaged in alternative asset management that is based out of Newton, Massachusetts, and this subsidiary runs the trust's operations on its behalf.

Details about where Diversified Healthcare Trust itself is headquartered or when it was established are not included here. Its stock trades under the ticker symbol DHC.

Sector
Finance
Website
dhcreit.com

Diversified Healthcare Trust GekkoIndex: the smart money zone

Diversified Healthcare Trust’s GekkoIndex — Gekko’s 0 to 100 smart money score — reads 64.8, in the Accumulation zone, down 1.1 points over five sessions.

010064.8Accumulation

Down 1.1 points over five sessions.

Reading for Oct 12, 2026

What followed past readings in each zone

ZoneReadings5 days10 days20 days50 days
Buying25−1.6%+1.1%+3.4%+8.0%
Accumulation (current zone)178+1.5%+2.3%+5.6%+23.3%
Neutral370+1.4%+2.6%+4.9%+10.5%
Distribution62−0.2%+1.0%+2.2%+6.6%
Selling0Not available

Average DHC share-price change over the trading days after each daily reading in its GekkoIndex history. Across every stock Gekko tracks, Accumulation readings averaged +2.2% over 20 days. Past behaviour doesn’t guarantee future results.

Accumulation zone: Institutional interest building. About the five zones →

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Is Diversified Healthcare Trust stock overvalued? Gekko Fair Value

Diversified Healthcare Trust trades 3.4% below Gekko Fair Value of $7.89, so the shares are about fair value on Gekko’s estimate.

Gekko’s own estimate of what Diversified Healthcare Trust shares are worth, recalculated every trading day.

$7.89

Gekko Fair Value, Oct 9, 2026

3.4% below fair value · About fair value

At the end of Aug 2026 the price was 7.2% below the estimate.

Gekko Fair ValueShare price, month end
$8$8Aug 2026SepOct 2026

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Diversified Healthcare Trust insider and Congress trading

No open-market insider purchases were filed for Diversified Healthcare Trust, and no Congress trades were disclosed, in the last 90 days.

Plus buybacks, unusual options and fund positions, each dated to when it became public.

Insider buying last 90 days

No open-market insider purchases were filed for DHC in the last 90 days.

From Form 4 filings, dated to when each was filed.

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Congress trades last 90 days

No trades in DHC were disclosed by members of Congress in the last 90 days.

From congressional disclosures, which report amounts as ranges.

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Buybacks

Diversified Healthcare Trust has been buying back its own shares.

Bought back, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
$50K
As a share of market cap
0.00%
Trailing four quarters
$1.17M

From company filings.

Diversified Healthcare Trust earnings: next date and track record

Diversified Healthcare Trust reports on Nov 2, 2026, after the close (21 days away), and beat the EPS estimate in 4 of its last 8 reports.

4 of 8reports beat the EPS estimate
±8.6%average move across the report
4 of 8reports followed by a gain

Share-price move across each report

−18.4%Nov ’24+10.4%Feb ’25+26.0%May ’25+4.9%Aug ’25−1.2%Nov ’25−2.2%Feb ’26+4.2%May ’26−1.1%Aug ’26
ReportedEPSSurpriseRevenueSurpriseMove
Aug 3, 2026−$0.16
est −$0.15
−9.1%$365.4M
est $370.8M
−1.4%−1.1%
May 4, 2026−$0.18
est −$0.16
−14.9%$366.5M
est $380.2M
−3.6%+4.2%
Feb 23, 2026$0.09
est −$0.17
+151.4%$379.6M
est $392.9M
−3.4%−2.2%
Nov 3, 2025$0.04
est −$0.21
+118.6%$388.7M
est $382.3M
+1.7%−1.2%
Aug 4, 2025$0.08
est −$0.22
+136.4%$382.7M
est $380.6M
+0.6%+4.9%
May 5, 2025$0.06
est −$0.25
+124.0%$386.9M
est $383.2M
+1.0%+26.0%
Feb 25, 2025−$0.36
est −$0.29
−24.1%$379.6M
est $371.0M
+2.3%+10.4%
Nov 4, 2024−$0.41
est −$0.26
−57.7%$373.6M
est $380.2M
−1.7%−18.4%

“Move” is the close of the first session after the report compared with the close of the last session before it, so it reads the same whether the company reported before the open or after the close.

Diversified Healthcare Trust stock forecast and analyst price targets

Analysts’ average 12-month price target for Diversified Healthcare Trust is $10.15, +33.2% from the last close.

$10.15consensus 12-month target, +33.2% from the last close
+5.6%average 20-day move after past Accumulation readings
+6.1%average move over the next 20 trading days in the last 5 years
±3.2%typical daily move, from the 14-day average range

Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions. These are analyst targets and historical base rates, which don’t guarantee future results.

Diversified Healthcare Trust seasonality: the next 20 trading days

Over the next 20 trading days from Oct 10, Diversified Healthcare Trust averaged +6.1% across the last 5 years, rising in 3 of them.

Next 20 trading days, by year

−0.3%2021+36.3%2022+7.6%2023−26.4%2024+10.4%2025

Average move and hit rate

WindowAverageYears higher
Next 5 trading days+2.8%4 of 5
Next 10 trading days+4.2%3 of 5
Next 15 trading days+11.6%4 of 5
Next 20 trading days+6.1%3 of 5
Next 30 trading days−4.1%3 of 5

For scale, DHC’s typical 20-trading-day move in either direction is about 12.6%.

Diversified Healthcare Trust market cap and key statistics

Diversified Healthcare Trust’s market cap is $1.84B and revenue of $1.50B over the last twelve months.

Valuation

Market cap
$1.84B
Forward P/E
16.6
EPS, TTM
−$1.10
Gekko Fair Value
$7.89

Trading

Volume
1.11M
Avg volume, 20 days
1.66M
52-week high
$9.66
52-week low
$3.92
Shares outstanding
242.1M

Financials

Revenue, TTM
$1.50B
Profit margin
-17.7%
Return on equity
-15.5%
Quarterly earnings growth, YoY
−68.4%

Risk and income

Beta
2.27
Typical daily move
±3.2%
Typical 20-day move
±12.6%
Dividend yield
0.53%

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Diversified Healthcare Trust stock FAQ

What is Diversified Healthcare Trust’s market cap?

Diversified Healthcare Trust’s market cap is $1.84B at the Oct 12, 2026 close of $7.62, with 242.1M shares outstanding.

What is the Diversified Healthcare Trust stock forecast?

The consensus analyst 12-month price target for Diversified Healthcare Trust is $10.15, +33.2% from the last close. Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions of its own.

Is Diversified Healthcare Trust stock overvalued or undervalued?

On Gekko’s estimate Diversified Healthcare Trust is about fair value: the Oct 12, 2026 close of $7.62 is 3.4% below Gekko Fair Value of $7.89. Gekko Fair Value is recalculated every trading day, and a gap inside 5% either way counts as about fair value.

When does Diversified Healthcare Trust report earnings next?

Diversified Healthcare Trust is expected to report on Nov 2, 2026, after the market closes (21 days away). Analysts expect earnings of −$0.15 per share on revenue of $370.9M. Diversified Healthcare Trust beat the earnings estimate in 4 of its last 8 reports, moving 8.6% on average across the report.

What is Diversified Healthcare Trust’s 52-week high and low?

Diversified Healthcare Trust’s 52-week high is $9.66 and its 52-week low is $3.92; it closed at $7.62 on Oct 12, 2026, +85.0% over the past year.

Is Diversified Healthcare Trust stock a buy right now?

Gekko describes the data; it does not make buy or sell recommendations. On the swing-trade checklist, 2 of the 5 items with data read as supportive (gekkoindex and seasonality), 2 as mixed (trend and fair value) and 1 as a headwind (earnings risk). The checklist is a description of current data, not a recommendation.

How this page works

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