Community Healthcare Trust - CHCT Stock Forecast, Price & News

5 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Community Healthcare Trust in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 hold rating and 4 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "buy" CHCT shares.
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5 brokers have issued 1-year target prices for Community Healthcare Trust's shares. Their CHCT share price forecasts range from $39.00 to $48.00. On average, they predict the company's share price to reach $43.50 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 2.1% from the stock's current price.
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Community Healthcare Trust's stock was trading at $35.80 at the start of the year. Since then, CHCT shares have increased by 19.0% and is now trading at $42.60.
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Community Healthcare Trust saw a increase in short interest during the month of December. As of December 30th, there was short interest totaling 503,000 shares, an increase of 31.2% from the December 15th total of 383,500 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 128,600 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 3.9 days. Approximately 2.1% of the company's shares are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, February 14th 2023.
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Community Healthcare Trust will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, February 15th at 10:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at 412-317-0088 with passcode "9915697".

Community Healthcare Trust Incorporated (NYSE:CHCT) issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, May, 3rd. The real estate investment trust reported $0.21 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.25 by $0.04. Community Healthcare Trust had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 4.86% and a net margin of 23.95%. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $0.57 EPS.

Community Healthcare Trust announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, October 27th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, November 10th will be given a dividend of $0.445 per share on Friday, November 25th. This represents a $1.78 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 4.18%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, November 9th. This is a positive change from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $0.44.
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Community Healthcare Trust (NYSE:CHCT) pays an annual dividend of $1.78 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 4.13%. CHCT has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. The company has been increasing its dividend for 7 consecutive years, indicating the company has a new, but growing committment to grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 206.98%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable. Based on earnings estimates, CHCT will have a dividend payout ratio of 71.77% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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(CHCT) raised $126 million in an initial public offering (IPO) on Thursday, May 21st 2015. The company issued 6,300,000 shares at a price of $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 trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "CHCT."

Community Healthcare Trust's stock is owned by a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Peregrine Capital Management LLC (1.08%), State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D (0.88%), Manning & Napier Group LLC (0.84%), New York State Common Retirement Fund (0.54%), Foundry Partners LLC (0.49%) and Cox Capital Mgt LLC (0.26%).
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Shares of CHCT stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of CHCT stock can currently be purchased for approximately $42.60.

Community Healthcare Trust (NYSE:CHCT) has a market capitalization of $1.08 billion and generates $90.58 million in revenue each year. The real estate investment trust earns $22.49 million in net income (profit) each year or $0.86 on an earnings per share basis.

Community Healthcare Trust's mailing address is 3326 Aspen Grove Drive Suite 150, Franklin TN, 37067. The official website for the company is www.chct.reit. The real estate investment trust can be reached via phone at (615) 771-3052, via email at investorrelations@chct.reit, or via fax at 615-771-3064.