Community Healthcare Trust (CHCT) Stock Overview
A real estate investment trust. More details
| Snowflake Score | |
|---|---|
| Valuation | 4/6 |
| Future Growth | 3/6 |
| Past Performance | 1/6 |
| Financial Health | 1/6 |
| Dividends | 5/6 |
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Community Healthcare Trust Incorporated Competitors
Price History & Performance
| Historical stock prices | |
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| Current Share Price | US$18.07 |
| 52 Week High | US$18.67 |
| 52 Week Low | US$13.23 |
| Beta | 0.68 |
| 1 Month Change | 0.89% |
| 3 Month Change | 3.97% |
| 1 Year Change | 4.27% |
| 3 Year Change | -49.71% |
| 5 Year Change | -62.15% |
| Change since IPO | -8.51% |
Recent News & Updates
Narrative Update • Jun 18
CHCT: Dividend Commitment And Tight Cash Flows Will Support Future Upside
Analysts have lifted their price target on Community Healthcare Trust stock to $20 from $19, pointing to expectations for relatively safe dividend payments supported by management's commitment to incremental quarterly increases despite currently tight cash flow coverage. What’s in the News for Community Healthcare Trust Community Healthcare Trust declared a quarterly dividend of US$0.4800 per share.
Narrative Update • Jun 03
CHCT: Fair Outlook Balances Rising Leverage With Supportive Cost Of Equity
Narrative Update on Community Healthcare Trust Analysts have trimmed their projected fair value for Community Healthcare Trust by $1 to $19, reflecting expectations for moderate earnings growth alongside rising leverage and a view that the REIT could benefit from a lower cost of equity over time. What’s in the News Community Healthcare Trust declared a quarterly dividend of US$0.4800 per share, with payment scheduled for May 22, 2026.Narrative Update • May 19
CHCT: Core Operations And Asset Sales Will Shape Balanced Future Returns
Analysts recently adjusted price targets for Community Healthcare Trust in a tight $17 to $19 range, with some trimming and others lifting their views as they factor in moderate earnings expectations, a slightly higher cost of equity, leverage trends, and continued focus on core operations and capital recycling. Analyst Commentary Recent research points to a fairly balanced view on Community Healthcare Trust, with price targets clustered in the mid to high teens and analysts weighing steady execution against funding and tenant risks.Recent updates
Narrative Update • Jun 18
CHCT: Dividend Commitment And Tight Cash Flows Will Support Future Upside
Analysts have lifted their price target on Community Healthcare Trust stock to $20 from $19, pointing to expectations for relatively safe dividend payments supported by management's commitment to incremental quarterly increases despite currently tight cash flow coverage. What’s in the News for Community Healthcare Trust Community Healthcare Trust declared a quarterly dividend of US$0.4800 per share.Narrative Update • Jun 03
CHCT: Fair Outlook Balances Rising Leverage With Supportive Cost Of Equity
Narrative Update on Community Healthcare Trust Analysts have trimmed their projected fair value for Community Healthcare Trust by $1 to $19, reflecting expectations for moderate earnings growth alongside rising leverage and a view that the REIT could benefit from a lower cost of equity over time. What’s in the News Community Healthcare Trust declared a quarterly dividend of US$0.4800 per share, with payment scheduled for May 22, 2026.Narrative Update • May 19
CHCT: Core Operations And Asset Sales Will Shape Balanced Future Returns
Analysts recently adjusted price targets for Community Healthcare Trust in a tight $17 to $19 range, with some trimming and others lifting their views as they factor in moderate earnings expectations, a slightly higher cost of equity, leverage trends, and continued focus on core operations and capital recycling. Analyst Commentary Recent research points to a fairly balanced view on Community Healthcare Trust, with price targets clustered in the mid to high teens and analysts weighing steady execution against funding and tenant risks.Seeking Alpha • Apr 29
REIT To Avoid: 11% Yielding Community Healthcare Trust
Summary Community Healthcare Trust appears attractive with an 11.15% yield and strong dividend history, but underlying fundamentals are deteriorating. CHCT’s true AFFO is materially overstated due to aggressive add-backs, resulting in a 118% payout ratio and likely unsustainable dividend. Management’s excessive G&A and mounting tenant issues exacerbate operational inefficiency and risk. A broken growth model, rising leverage, and declining AFFO/share signal a probable dividend cut absent a significant turnaround. Read the full article on Seeking AlphaNarrative Update • Apr 29
CHCT: Hospital Sales And Capital Recycling Will Support Future Upside
Analysts have adjusted their blended price target for Community Healthcare Trust to $19. This reflects updated views on moderate earnings growth, higher leverage, and the potential benefits of an improved cost of equity, alongside a continued focus on core operations and capital recycling.Narrative Update • Apr 15
CHCT: Hospital Sales And Capital Recycling Will Support Future Upside
Analysts have made only a modest adjustment to Community Healthcare Trust's overall price targets, with figures now clustering in a tighter $17 to $19 range as they weigh steady earnings expectations against rising leverage and ongoing progress on asset sales. Analyst Commentary Bullish analysts are generally aligned around a constructive view, with recent research pointing to steady earnings expectations, a clearer path on asset sales, and tighter valuation targets in the high teens.Narrative Update • Mar 31
CHCT: Hospital Sales And Capital Recycling Will Support Future Upside
Analysts have nudged the average price target for Community Healthcare Trust down by $1 to $19. This reflects updated views on earnings growth, leverage trends, and the expected P/E multiple as management works through asset sales and capital recycling.Narrative Update • Mar 17
CHCT: Portfolio Reshaping And Higher Future P/E Should Support Upside Returns
Analysts now set an $18.50 fair value for Community Healthcare Trust, a $0.25 uptick that reflects recent Street price target revisions clustered in the mid to high teens, as well as commentary around earnings growth, rising leverage and ongoing portfolio reshaping efforts. Analyst Commentary Street research around Community Healthcare Trust centers on moderate earnings expectations, balance sheet trends and the impact of planned asset sales on valuation and risk.Narrative Update • Mar 03
CHCT: Core Operations And Hospital Sale Progress Will Support Future Upside
Analysts have nudged their price targets on Community Healthcare Trust up by about $1 to a range of roughly $17 to $18. They cite a steady recent quarter and management's focus on core operations and capital recycling as the planned sale of six geriatric behavioral hospitals moves through final due diligence.Narrative Update • Feb 17
CHCT: Rebased Fair Value And Dividend Policy Will Support Future Upside
Analysts now see fair value for Community Healthcare Trust at $20.00, down from $25.00, reflecting updated assumptions around revenue growth, profit margins and the stock's future P/E profile following recent research, including a Truist price target adjustment. Analyst Commentary Recent research includes a price target increase of $1 for Community Healthcare Trust, which supports the updated fair value view.Narrative Update • Feb 03
CHCT: Updated Discount And P/E Assumptions Will Support Balanced Future Returns
Analysts have lifted their price target on Community Healthcare Trust to about $18.25 from roughly $17.80, citing updated assumptions around discount rates, revenue growth, profit margins, and future P/E expectations. Analyst Commentary Bullish Takeaways Bullish analysts point to the higher price target as a sign that updated assumptions on discount rates and P/E expectations still support room for valuation upside relative to prior estimates.Narrative Update • Jan 20
CHCT: Sustained Dividend Increases And Stable Outlook Will Support Future Total Returns
Analysts have reduced their price target on Community Healthcare Trust slightly to approximately $17.80. This reflects minor updates to discount rate, profit margin assumptions and forward P/E expectations, while their overall fair value view remains essentially unchanged.Narrative Update • Jan 05
CHCT: Steady Dividend Increases Will Support Balanced Total Return Prospects
Analysts have adjusted their price target for Community Healthcare Trust to US$17.80, a change they link to a slightly lower discount rate and modest tweaks to long term assumptions on revenue growth, profit margins and future P/E multiples. What's in the News The Board of Directors approved a common stock cash dividend of $0.475 per share for the quarter ended September 30, 2025, payable on November 21, 2025 to shareholders of record on November 7, 2025 (Key Developments).Narrative Update • Dec 13
CHCT: Rising Quarterly Dividend Will Support Attractive Future Total Returns
Analysts have modestly reiterated their view on Community Healthcare Trust, keeping the price target effectively unchanged at approximately $17.80 per share, as slightly lower discount rate assumptions offset stable growth and margin expectations. What's in the News The Board of Directors approved an increase in the common stock cash dividend for the quarter ended September 30, 2025 to 0.475 dollars per share, payable November 21, 2025 to shareholders of record on November 7, 2025 (Key Developments) The new quarterly dividend rate represents an annualized dividend of 1.90 dollars per share, which may enhance the stock's income profile for investors (Key Developments) Community Healthcare Trust has raised its dividend every quarter since its Initial Public Offering, highlighting a multiyear track record of consistent dividend growth (Key Developments) Valuation Changes Fair Value: Remains unchanged at approximately $17.80 per share, indicating no revision to the intrinsic value estimate.Narrative Update • Nov 27
CHCT: Dividend Growth And Improved Margins Will Sustain Bullish Outlook
Analysts have slightly lowered their price target for Community Healthcare Trust to $17.80 from $17.90. This adjustment reflects modest improvements in revenue growth and profit margin, while also applying a slightly lower discount rate and future price-to-earnings estimate to align with updated market expectations.Narrative Update • Nov 13
CHCT: Dividend Increases Will Drive Shares Toward Bullish Momentum
Analysts have updated their price target for Community Healthcare Trust, maintaining it at $17.90. Slight adjustments to growth projections and discount rates balance each other out in their assessment of the company’s valuation outlook.Narrative Update • Oct 29
Dividend Strength And FFO Resilience Will Support Outperformance Despite Headwinds
Analysts have reduced their price target for Community Healthcare Trust from $19.10 to $17.90. They cite ongoing headwinds such as higher interest rates, tenant challenges, and broader market pressures on the company's performance.New Narrative • May 15
Property Renovations And New Acquisitions Will Revitalize Operations
Redevelopment projects and acquisitions are poised to boost long-term revenue and earnings, enhancing growth and operational consistency.Seeking Alpha • Feb 20
Community Healthcare Trust: Accretive Acquisitions Ahead
Summary Community Healthcare Trust is a healthcare REIT focused on medical office buildings and inpatient rehabilitation facilities. In Q4 2024, CHCT's AFFO was flat Q/Q and down Y/Y, as tenant problems continued to affect performance. The REIT plans acquisitions that could expand its enterprise value by 17% and boost annual AFFO by as much as 9%. CHCT remains a Buy thanks to an undemanding valuation in terms of AFFO multiple and market-implied cap rate. Key risks to consider include additional tenant bankruptcies and high administrative overhead. Read the full article on Seeking AlphaSeeking Alpha • Dec 11
Community Healthcare Trust: 10% Yield Gets Bullish Diagnosis, Few Side Effects Expected
Summary A buy rating gets initiated for Community Healthcare Trust, a REIT with a diversified nationwide (US) portfolio of healthcare-focused properties. The +10% dividend yield is competitive vs. peers, along with a proven history of growing the dividend, and ability to sustain it through earnings. This REIT has a modest debt/equity vs. peers, and is undervalued vs. peers on forward P/FFO, while trading near a 10-year low price. Tenant insolvency is a potential risk, but the portfolio has no more than 9% exposure to a single tenant. Macro data indicates continued growth in demand for outpatient care through 2028 (CAGR growth data). Read the full article on Seeking AlphaSeeking Alpha • Oct 27
Community Healthcare Trust Vs. Medical Properties Trust: Which Is The Better REIT For 2025
Summary Community Healthcare Trust and Medical Properties Trust both securitize medical real estate primarily on a net lease basis and have recently faced tenant issues. I compare the two companies based on AFFO multiple, enterprise-level market-implied cap rate, dividends, and impact from Fed easing. CHCT's main appeal lies in its lower leverage, more attractive enterprise-level valuation, and higher dividend yield. MPW is attractively priced on an AFFO basis, while its dividend is well-covered thanks to a lower payout ratio. Key risks to consider include trends in healthcare spending, addressing problems with distressed tenants, and no uniform reporting standards. Read the full article on Seeking AlphaSeeking Alpha • Aug 12
Community Healthcare Trust: Underservedly Trading Below COVID-19 Share Price Lows
Summary Community Healthcare Trust is a healthcare REIT focused primarily on Medical Offices and Inpatient Rehabilitation Facilities. The REIT has substantially underperformed the Vanguard Real Estate Index Fund ETF in 2024. Shares fell significantly following Q2 2024 results which revealed collection issues with a tenant accounting for $1.5 million in quarterly rent and interest. I expect a majority of the impact on FFO/AFFO to fade on a run-rate basis in Q3 2024 - something which is not reflected in the company's valuation. Key risks to watch are high exposure to medical offices, the time it takes to stabilize the troubled tenant, and no substantial book value discount. Read the full article on Seeking AlphaSeeking Alpha • Jun 05
Community Healthcare Trust: A Buying Opportunity After Recent Underperformance
Summary Community Healthcare Trust is a healthcare REIT with 40% exposure to Medical Offices. The company has managed to grow occupancy to 92.3% and is recovering from the bankruptcy of GenesisCare. After backlash from investors, a new executive compensation plan takes effect in July 2024. Debt accounts for 41% of enterprise value, with 80% of debt fixed-rate with limited near-term maturities. Community Healthcare Trust trades at a market cap rate of 9% which is quite attractive given operational developments. Read the full article on Seeking AlphaSeeking Alpha • Jan 08
GenesisCare Bankruptcy Drags On: Asset Purchases - A Glass Half Empty For Community Healthcare Trust?
Summary Community Healthcare Trust's valuation is at risk due to the unresolved Chapter 11 filing of GenesisCare. GenesisCare's assets are being sold off individually, as no entity was interested in purchasing the company as a whole. The practices operating in two of Community Healthcare Trust’s properties were purchased, and it is likely the leases were assumed with no modifications. Community Healthcare Trust owns five other properties that are leased to GenesisCare, representing 2.6% of the annual base rent. Read the full article on Seeking AlphaSeeking Alpha • Oct 11
Update On GenesisCare's Chapter 11 Filing's Impact On Community Healthcare Trust
Summary Community Healthcare Trust's third largest tenant, GenesisCare, filed for bankruptcy, putting approximately 8.0% of CHCT's FFO at risk. The research analysts following the stock showed a lack of familiarity with the intricacies of lease rejections in Chapter 11 filings during the quarterly earnings call. GenesisCare has already rejected two leases with CHCT, indicating potential further lease rejections and negotiations with new tenants. Read the full article on Seeking AlphaShareholder Returns
| CHCT | US Health Care REITs | US Market | |
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| 7D | 0.1% | -1.1% | 0.1% |
| 1Y | 4.3% | 33.4% | 20.3% |
Return vs Industry: CHCT underperformed the US Health Care REITs industry which returned 33.4% over the past year.
Return vs Market: CHCT underperformed the US Market which returned 20.3% over the past year.
Price Volatility
| CHCT volatility | |
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| CHCT Average Weekly Movement | 3.0% |
| Health Care REITs Industry Average Movement | 4.0% |
| Market Average Movement | 7.3% |
| 10% most volatile stocks in US Market | 16.7% |
| 10% least volatile stocks in US Market | 3.2% |
Stable Share Price: CHCT has not had significant price volatility in the past 3 months compared to the US market.
Volatility Over Time: CHCT's weekly volatility (3%) has been stable over the past year.
About the Company
| Founded | Employees | CEO | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 35 | Dave Dupuy | www.chct.reit |
Community Healthcare Trust Incorporated is a real estate investment trust. It focuses on owning income-producing real estate properties associated primarily with the delivery of outpatient healthcare services in our target sub-markets throughout the United States. As of March 31, 2026, the Company had investments of approximately 1.2 billion US dollars in 198 real estate properties (including one property with sales-type leases and one property classified as held for sale).
Community Healthcare Trust Incorporated Fundamentals Summary
| CHCT fundamental statistics | |
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| Market cap | US$486.25m |
| Earnings (TTM) | US$3.02m |
| Revenue (TTM) | US$122.64m |
161.5x
P/E Ratio4.0x
P/S RatioIs CHCT overvalued?
See Fair Value and valuation analysisEarnings & Revenue
| CHCT income statement (TTM) | |
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| Revenue | US$122.64m |
| Cost of Revenue | US$23.90m |
| Gross Profit | US$98.74m |
| Other Expenses | US$95.72m |
| Earnings | US$3.02m |
Last Reported Earnings
Mar 31, 2026
Next Earnings Date
n/a
| Earnings per share (EPS) | 0.11 |
| Gross Margin | 80.51% |
| Net Profit Margin | 2.46% |
| Debt/Equity Ratio | 132.7% |
How did CHCT perform over the long term?
See historical performance and comparisonDividends
10.6%
Current Dividend Yield116%
Payout RatioCompany Analysis and Financial Data Status
| Data | Last Updated (UTC time) |
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| Company Analysis | 2026/07/13 21:36 |
| End of Day Share Price | 2026/07/13 00:00 |
| Earnings | 2026/03/31 |
| Annual Earnings | 2025/12/31 |
Data Sources
The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.
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| Company Financials | 10 years |
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| Analyst Consensus Estimates | +3 years |
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| Market Prices | 30 years |
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| Ownership | 10 years |
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| Management | 10 years |
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| Key Developments | 10 years |
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Analyst Sources
Community Healthcare Trust Incorporated is covered by 11 analysts. 4 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.
| Analyst | Institution |
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| Nathan Crossett | Berenberg |
| Bryan Maher | B. Riley Securities, Inc. |
| David Toti | Colliers Securities |