Community Healthcare Trust (CHCT) Competitors

DigitalBridge Group (NYSE:DBRG) and Community Healthcare Trust (NYSE:CHCT) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk and valuation.

Does the media prefer DBRG or CHCT?

In the previous week, DigitalBridge Group had 5 more articles in the media than Community Healthcare Trust. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for DigitalBridge Group and 2 mentions for Community Healthcare Trust. DigitalBridge Group's average media sentiment score of 0.81 beat Community Healthcare Trust's score of 0.51 indicating that DigitalBridge Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
DigitalBridge Group	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Community Healthcare Trust	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of DBRG or CHCT?

92.7% of DigitalBridge Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.8% of Community Healthcare Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.6% of DigitalBridge Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 5.1% of Community Healthcare Trust shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has higher valuation & earnings, DBRG or CHCT?

DigitalBridge Group has higher revenue and earnings than Community Healthcare Trust. Community Healthcare Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than DigitalBridge Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
DigitalBridge Group	$228.14M	8.16	$70.52M	$0.30	35.20
Community Healthcare Trust	$115.79M	4.28	-$3.18M	-$0.31	-56.45

Which has more risk and volatility, DBRG or CHCT?

DigitalBridge Group has a beta of 1.67, indicating that its share price is 67% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Community Healthcare Trust has a beta of 0.73, indicating that its share price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate DBRG or CHCT?

DigitalBridge Group presently has a consensus target price of $15.94, indicating a potential upside of 50.92%. Community Healthcare Trust has a consensus target price of $21.00, indicating a potential upside of 20.00%. Given DigitalBridge Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe DigitalBridge Group is more favorable than Community Healthcare Trust.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
DigitalBridge Group	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.11
Community Healthcare Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Is DBRG or CHCT more profitable?

DigitalBridge Group has a net margin of 18.57% compared to Community Healthcare Trust's net margin of -4.51%. DigitalBridge Group's return on equity of 6.06% beat Community Healthcare Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
DigitalBridge Group	18.57%	6.06%	2.88%
Community Healthcare Trust	-4.51%	-1.10%	-0.53%

Is DBRG or CHCT a better dividend stock?

DigitalBridge Group pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Community Healthcare Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.7%. DigitalBridge Group pays out 13.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Community Healthcare Trust pays out -606.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Community Healthcare Trust has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years. Community Healthcare Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Summary

DigitalBridge Group beats Community Healthcare Trust on 16 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.