NYSE:CHCT - Community Healthcare Trust Stock Price, Forecast & News

Community Healthcare Trust trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "CHCT."

Community Healthcare Trust announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, February 7th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, February 18th will be paid a dividend of $0.4175 per share on Friday, February 28th. This represents a $1.67 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.36%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, February 14th. This is a positive change from Community Healthcare Trust's previous quarterly dividend of $0.42. View Community Healthcare Trust's Dividend History.

Community Healthcare Trust Inc (NYSE:CHCT) announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, February, 25th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.09 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.46 by $0.37. The real estate investment trust earned $16.83 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $16.77 million. Community Healthcare Trust had a net margin of 13.77% and a return on equity of 2.96%. View Community Healthcare Trust's Earnings History.

Community Healthcare Trust is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, May 5th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Community Healthcare Trust.

7 Wall Street analysts have issued 12 month price targets for Community Healthcare Trust's stock. Their forecasts range from $35.05 to $51.00. On average, they expect Community Healthcare Trust's stock price to reach $43.01 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 13.5%. View Analyst Price Targets for Community Healthcare Trust.

7 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Community Healthcare Trust in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 4 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Community Healthcare Trust.

Headlines about CHCT stock have trended extremely positive recently, according to InfoTrie. The research firm identifies positive and negative press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Community Healthcare Trust earned a daily sentiment score of 4.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news articles about the real estate investment trust a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near term. View News Stories for Community Healthcare Trust.

Community Healthcare Trust saw a increase in short interest in the month of February. As of February 14th, there was short interest totalling 281,400 shares, an increase of 5.9% from the January 30th total of 265,600 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 126,400 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.2 days. Approximately 1.6% of the company's shares are sold short. View Community Healthcare Trust's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Community Healthcare Trust include CHIMERA INVT CO/SH NEW (CIM), Outfront Media (OUT), National Health Investors (NHI), Two Harbors Investment (TWO), Equity Commonwealth (EQC), Weingarten Realty Investors (WRI), Physicians Realty Trust (DOC), MGM Growth Properties (MGP), QTS Realty Trust (QTS), Rayonier (RYN), Agree Realty (ADC), MFA FINL INC/SH (MFA), Taubman Centers (TCO), Corporate Office Properties Trust (OFC) and Keppel REIT (KREVF).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Community Healthcare Trust investors own include AT&T (T), Verizon Communications (VZ), CROWN CASTLE IN/SH SH (CCI), Western Asset Mortgage Capital (WMC), Enterprise Products Partners (EPD), AbbVie (ABBV), Duke Energy (DUK), Energy Transfer LP Unit (ET), IBM (IBM) and Store Capital (STOR).

(CHCT) raised $126 million in an IPO on Thursday, May 21st 2015. The company issued 6,300,000 shares at $19.00-$21.00 per share. Sandler ONeill + Partners, Evercore ISI and SunTrust Robinson Humphrey served as the underwriters for the IPO and Janney Montgomery Scott, Oppenheimer and BB&T Capital Markets were co-managers.

Community Healthcare Trust's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Bank of New York Mellon Corp (6.15%), Vaughan Nelson Investment Management L.P. (3.61%), State Street Corp (3.02%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.27%), Global Alpha Capital Management Ltd. (1.19%) and State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D (1.14%). Company insiders that own Community Healthcare Trust stock include Horn R Lawrence Van, Leigh Ann Stach and W Page Barnes. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Community Healthcare Trust.

CHCT stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Foundry Partners LLC, Royce & Associates LP, THB Asset Management, State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D, Vaughan Nelson Investment Management L.P., Manning & Napier Group LLC, Bank of America Corp DE and Sei Investments Co.. Company insiders that have sold Community Healthcare Trust company stock in the last year include Horn R Lawrence Van, Leigh Ann Stach and W Page Barnes. View Insider Buying and Selling for Community Healthcare Trust.

CHCT stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Jane Street Group LLC, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Cubist Systematic Strategies LLC, TBH Global Asset Management LLC, Great West Life Assurance Co. Can, Meitav Dash Investments Ltd. and Aigen Investment Management LP. View Insider Buying and Selling for Community Healthcare Trust.

Shares of CHCT can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of CHCT stock can currently be purchased for approximately $49.75.

Community Healthcare Trust has a market capitalization of $1.00 billion and generates $60.85 million in revenue each year. The real estate investment trust earns $4.40 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.77 on an earnings per share basis. Community Healthcare Trust employs 16 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Community Healthcare Trust.

The official website for Community Healthcare Trust is http://www.chct.reit/.

Community Healthcare Trust's mailing address is 3326 Aspen Grove Drive Suite 150, Franklin TN, 37067. The real estate investment trust can be reached via phone at 615-771-3052 or via email at [email protected]