Patria Latin American Opportunity Acquisition (PLAO) Competitors

Community Healthcare Trust (NYSE:CHCT) and Patria Latin American Opportunity Acquisition (NASDAQ:PLAO) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, media sentiment and valuation.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CHCT or PLAO?

Community Healthcare Trust received 296 more outperform votes than Patria Latin American Opportunity Acquisition when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Community Healthcare Trust	Outperform Votes 296 61.28%	Underperform Votes 187 38.72%
Patria Latin American Opportunity Acquisition	N/A	N/A

Is CHCT or PLAO more profitable?

Patria Latin American Opportunity Acquisition has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Community Healthcare Trust's net margin of -2.75%. Patria Latin American Opportunity Acquisition's return on equity of 0.00% beat Community Healthcare Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Community Healthcare Trust	-2.75%	-0.65%	-0.32%
Patria Latin American Opportunity Acquisition	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do analysts prefer CHCT or PLAO?

Community Healthcare Trust currently has a consensus target price of $21.00, suggesting a potential upside of 25.15%. Given Community Healthcare Trust's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Community Healthcare Trust is more favorable than Patria Latin American Opportunity Acquisition.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Community Healthcare Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
Patria Latin American Opportunity Acquisition	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of CHCT or PLAO?

87.8% of Community Healthcare Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.3% of Patria Latin American Opportunity Acquisition shares are held by institutional investors. 5.1% of Community Healthcare Trust shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Patria Latin American Opportunity Acquisition shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has better valuation & earnings, CHCT or PLAO?

Community Healthcare Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Patria Latin American Opportunity Acquisition.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Community Healthcare Trust	$116.53M	4.08	$7.71M	-$0.31	-54.13
Patria Latin American Opportunity Acquisition	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the media favor CHCT or PLAO?

In the previous week, Community Healthcare Trust had 2 more articles in the media than Patria Latin American Opportunity Acquisition. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Community Healthcare Trust and 0 mentions for Patria Latin American Opportunity Acquisition. Community Healthcare Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.54 beat Patria Latin American Opportunity Acquisition's score of 0.00 indicating that Community Healthcare Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Community Healthcare Trust	Positive
Patria Latin American Opportunity Acquisition	Neutral

Summary

Community Healthcare Trust beats Patria Latin American Opportunity Acquisition on 9 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.