Community Healthcare Trust (CHCT) Competitors

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

Is ELME or CHCT a better dividend stock?

Elme Communities pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Community Healthcare Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.89 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.4%. Elme Communities pays out -480.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Community Healthcare Trust pays out -484.6% 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 raised 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.

Which has more volatility & risk, ELME or CHCT?

Elme Communities has a beta of 1.01, meaning that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Community Healthcare Trust has a beta of 0.71, meaning that its share price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, ELME or CHCT?

Community Healthcare Trust has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Elme Communities. Elme Communities is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Community Healthcare Trust, 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
Elme Communities	$241.93M	6.12	-$13.10M	-$0.15	-112.05
Community Healthcare Trust	$115.79M	3.46	-$3.18M	-$0.39	-36.16

Do analysts prefer ELME or CHCT?

Elme Communities currently has a consensus price target of $18.50, indicating a potential upside of 10.07%. Community Healthcare Trust has a consensus price target of $18.00, indicating a potential upside of 27.62%. Given Community Healthcare Trust's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Community Healthcare Trust is more favorable than Elme Communities.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Elme Communities	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Community Healthcare Trust	2 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Does the media prefer ELME or CHCT?

In the previous week, Elme Communities had 2 more articles in the media than Community Healthcare Trust. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Elme Communities and 1 mentions for Community Healthcare Trust. Community Healthcare Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.18 beat Elme Communities' score of 0.64 indicating that Community Healthcare Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Elme Communities	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 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)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is ELME or CHCT more profitable?

Elme Communities has a net margin of -5.78% compared to Community Healthcare Trust's net margin of -6.25%. Elme Communities' return on equity of -1.33% beat Community Healthcare Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Elme Communities	-5.78%	-1.33%	-0.78%
Community Healthcare Trust	-6.25%	-1.59%	-0.75%

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in ELME or CHCT?

87.9% of Elme Communities shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.8% of Community Healthcare Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of Elme Communities 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 stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Community Healthcare Trust beats Elme Communities on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.