Healthcare Trust (NASDAQ:HTIBP) & Community Healthcare Trust (NYSE:CHCT) Critical Review

Healthcare Trust (NASDAQ:HTIBP) and Community Healthcare Trust (NYSE:CHCT) are both real estate companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings and profitability.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Healthcare Trust and Community Healthcare Trust”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Healthcare Trust	$349.58 million	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Community Healthcare Trust	$112.85 million	4.61	$7.71 million	($0.09)	-204.56

Community Healthcare Trust has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Healthcare Trust.

Dividends

Healthcare Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.78 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.3%. Community Healthcare Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.85 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.0%. Community Healthcare Trust pays out -2,055.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Profitability

This table compares Healthcare Trust and Community Healthcare Trust’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Healthcare Trust	N/A	N/A	N/A
Community Healthcare Trust	-0.39%	-0.09%	-0.05%

Insider & Institutional Ownership

87.8% of Community Healthcare Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.0% of Community Healthcare Trust shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for Healthcare Trust and Community Healthcare Trust, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Healthcare Trust	0	0	0	0	N/A
Community Healthcare Trust	0	2	1	0	2.33

Community Healthcare Trust has a consensus price target of $21.00, indicating a potential upside of 14.07%. Given Community Healthcare Trust’s higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Community Healthcare Trust is more favorable than Healthcare Trust.

About Healthcare Trust

Healthcare Trust, Inc. is a publicly registered real estate investment trust focused on acquiring a diversified portfolio of healthcare real estate, with an emphasis on seniors housing and medical office buildings, located in the United States.

About Community Healthcare Trust

Community Healthcare Trust Incorporated (the Company”, we”, our”) was organized in the State of Maryland on March 28, 2014. The Company is a fully-integrated healthcare real estate company that owns and acquires real estate properties that are leased to hospitals, doctors, healthcare systems or other healthcare service providers. As of March 31, 2024, the Company had investments of approximately $1.1 billion in 197 real estate properties (including a portion of one property accounted for as a sales-type lease with a gross amount totaling approximately $3.0 million and two properties classified as an asset held for sale with an aggregate amount totaling approximately $7.5 million. The properties are located in 35 states, totaling approximately 4.4 million square feet in the aggregate and were approximately 92.3% leased, excluding real estate assets held for sale, at March 31, 2024 with a weighted average remaining lease term of approximately 6.9 years.