Community Healthcare Trust Inc
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Assessment
Our Rating
A journalistic assessment by our editorial team at the time of the deep dive — it rates the company, not the entry point. Not investment advice and not a solicitation to buy or sell.
The business works in principle, but one material question is open. As long as it stays open, our findings do not carry a quality verdict.
Why this colour
The business holds up: rent mostly arrives on time, no single tenant dominates the portfolio, and the balance sheet is not overleveraged (net debt of roughly 6.0 times annualized Adjusted EBITDAre as of June 30, 2026). But several operating questions remain open — occupancy has recently fallen instead of risen (89.8 percent as of June 30, 2026), the six-hospital troubled tenant has gone unresolved for more than two years, and growth funded by new shares is effectively frozen by management's own account. That is not a substance risk in the sense of an existential threat, but it is also not a company whose stock has settled down. The decision is yours.
What the thesis turns on
Assessment: Opportunities & Risks
Community Healthcare Trust is a solid landlord of healthcare real estate with a broadly diversified portfolio whose payout policy recently lived beyond its means: the dividend consumed 88 percent of AFFO in 2025 and, measured against FAD, ran as high as roughly 110 percent. The 31 percent cut on August 4, 2026 makes the payout more sustainable but resolves neither the two-year-old troubled tenant nor the rising interest burden. Not investment advice.
Portfolio & Business Model
A broadly diversified portfolio with no real tenant concentration: 197 properties across 36 U.S. states, no tenant above 10 percent of annualized rent (largest: US HealthVest 7.3 percent, Lifepoint Health 6.4 percent, as of December 31, 2025). Annualized net operating income rose to $101.4 million in the second quarter of 2026 (Q2 2025: $94.0 million).
Dividend Coverage
Coverage kept getting thinner before the cut: the AFFO payout ratio rose from 72 percent (2023) to 88 percent (2025), and measured against the stricter FAD metric it ran at roughly 110 percent over the trailing four quarters. The August 4, 2026 cut to $0.33 lowers that ratio to about 60 percent of AFFO, per the company.
Troubled Tenant
An operator of six geriatric behavioral hospitals has paid almost no rent since 2024; $19.7 million in loans are fully reserved. The sale process underway since July 17, 2025 still had not closed as of the August 28, 2026 data cutoff.
Debt & Interest
Interest expense rose from $17.8 million to $27.0 million between 2023 and 2025; since interest-rate swaps expired on March 29, 2026, $75 million of the credit line sits unhedged at a floating rate of about 5.3 percent. Net debt of $559.3 million equals 43.9 percent of total capitalization (June 30, 2026).
Valuation
At $14.90 (August 26, 2026), the stock trades at about 6.7 times annualized AFFO and roughly at book value per share ($14.46). Five analysts see an average price target of $18.25 (as of August 28, 2026) — an estimate, not a promise.
Worth Noting
This analysis was prompted by the mandatory filing (8-K) on August 4, 2026: a 31 percent dividend cut after more than ten years of uninterrupted increases — not a scanner hit.
Data as of August 28, 2026; the price anchor ($14.90) is the closing price on August 26, 2026.
Risk of confusion: some price and metrics screeners still show the old dividend rate ($1.885 a year, roughly 11 to 12 percent yield) instead of the new rate in effect since August 4, 2026.
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Price history
Chart
Interactive price chart (TradingView).
52-week range: 13.30 $ to 19.00 $ · Last price: 14.40 $ (As of: September 17, 2026)
Key figures
Key figures at a glance
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Basics
Performance
Technical Indicators
Calculated from the price history · as of 09/18/2026
Valuation
Profitability
Balance Sheet & Safety
Growth
Dividend
Quality & Screener
Highlighted are things our editorial team noticed: green = stands out as strong, red = deserves a closer look. No single metric is a verdict on its own — always read it in context.
Comparison
Industry comparison
The stock alongside the largest companies in the same group. The median row is the middle value of the companies shown above — not of the whole industry.
Industry: REIT - Healthcare Facilities
| Company | Market cap ($B) | P/E | EV/EBITDA | Gross Margin % | EBIT Margin % | Sales Growth (Year) % | Perf. 1Y % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Community Healthcare Trust Inc CHCT | 0.4 | 118.4 | 10.4 | 80.6 | – | 4.7 | 5.8 |
| Welltower Inc WELL | 164.0 | 115.0 | 63.8 | 39.6 | 18.0 | 35.8 | 42.1 |
| Ventas Inc VTR | 42.9 | 164.4 | 24.5 | 40.0 | 13.8 | 18.5 | 32.9 |
| Omega Healthcare Investors Inc OHI | 14.4 | 23.5 | 12.7 | 97.9 | 65.5 | 14.0 | 20.7 |
| Healthpeak Properties Inc DOC | 14.2 | 66.6 | 12.1 | 57.7 | 12.3 | 4.5 | 21.0 |
| American Healthcare REIT, Inc. AHR | 10.7 | 91.9 | 28.6 | 19.3 | 6.4 | 9.2 | 29.2 |
| CareTrust REIT Inc. CTRE | 8.8 | 25.4 | 19.4 | 96.4 | 57.8 | 108.8 | 15.8 |
| Healthcare Realty Trust Incorporated HR | 6.4 | – | 16.1 | 62.0 | 11.5 | -6.9 | 7.8 |
| Sabra Healthcare REIT Inc SBRA | 5.1 | 32.5 | 19.3 | 50.3 | 31.4 | 10.2 | 14.5 |
| Median of companies shown | 10.7 | 79.2 | 19.3 | 57.7 | 15.9 | 10.2 | 20.7 |
Based on the most recently reported figures. Only stocks from the same trading venue are lined up, so the market caps are counted in one currency. Compare in a chart →
Fiscal years
Annual Figures
Fiscal years from the audited annual reports, oldest first. EBIT is the operating profit before interest and taxes; total assets are everything the company owns.
Revenue, operating income and net income per fiscal year $M
Revenue Operating income Net income
| Fiscal Year | Revenue ($M) | EBIT ($M) | Net Income ($M) | EPS ($) | Operating Cash Flow ($M) | Equity ($M) | Total Assets ($M) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 25 | 4 | 3 | 0.24 | 15 | 194 | 252 |
| 2017 | 37 | 7 | 4 | 0.24 | 22 | 283 | 386 |
| 2018 | 49 | 13 | 4 | 0.25 | 24 | 272 | 427 |
| 2019 | 61 | 19 | 8 | 0.45 | 32 | 353 | 563 |
| 2020 | 76 | 28 | 19 | 0.88 | 48 | 430 | 668 |
| 2021 | 91 | 33 | 22 | 0.97 | 56 | 462 | 754 |
| 2022 | 98 | 34 | 22 | 0.93 | 60 | 497 | 876 |
| 2023 | 113 | 25 | 8 | 0.31 | 61 | 513 | 945 |
| 2024 | 116 | 20 | -3 | -0.12 | 59 | 476 | 993 |
| 2025 | 121 | 20 | 5 | 0.19 | 56 | 429 | 991 |
Quarters
Quarterly Figures
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Revenue & Profit
Cash Flow
Balance Sheet
Margins
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Source: fundamental data
| Quarter | EPS (Earnings Per Share) | EPS YoY (%) | Sales ($M) | Sales YoY (%) | Net Margin (%) | OCF ($M) | FCF ($M) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024: Q4 | 0.07 | -60.90 | 29 | 0.60 | 6.30 | 16 | 11 |
| 2025: Q1 | 0.06 | -57.30 | 30 | 2.50 | 5.30 | 14 | 10 |
| 2025: Q2 | -0.50 | – | 29 | 5.70 | -43.20 | 14 | 10 |
| 2025: Q3 | 0.06 | -7.20 | 31 | 4.00 | 5.30 | 13 | 8 |
| 2025: Q4 | 0.54 | 682.40 | 31 | 5.60 | 46.60 | 16 | 30 |
| 2026: Q1 | 0.09 | 58.60 | 32 | 4.80 | 8.10 | 14 | 9 |
| 2026: Q2 | 0.06 | 112.00 | 31 | 7.20 | 7.70 | 18 | 18 |
What Do These Terms Mean?
- EPS (Earnings Per Share):
- Quarterly profit divided by the total share count — how much of the profit works out to a single share.
- YoY (Year over Year):
- Change versus the same quarter a year ago — this is how you compare without seasonal distortion (e.g. the holiday shopping season).
- Sales:
- All revenue for the quarter, before any costs are deducted — the top line of the income statement.
- Net Margin:
- What percentage of sales is left over as profit in the end. Negative means the company is posting a loss.
- OCF (Operating Cash Flow):
- The cash that actually flows into the till from the core business during the quarter — harder to dress up than book profit.
- FCF (Free Cash Flow):
- Operating cash flow minus capital expenditures — the money that's genuinely free to use, say for paying down debt, buybacks, or dividends.
Screening
Appears in These Scanners
This stock currently matches 12 of our scanner strategies — each hit links to the scanner.
Quality & Balance Sheet
Breakout & Setup
Dividends
Momentum & Trend
Research
Risk & Weakness
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Outlook
Analysts & Price Target
Combined picture of the price targets and recommendations of every analyst covering the stock. Price targets are expectations for the next 12 months, not promises — and they often follow the price rather than predict it.
Distribution of Recommendations
Estimates by Fiscal Year
| Fiscal Year | EPS Estimate ($) | EPS Range ($) | Revenue Estimate ($M) | Expected Growth | Analysts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12/31/2026 | – | – | 126 | – | 4 |
| 12/31/2027 | – | – | 133 | – | 4 |
Average of the analyst estimates for the coming fiscal years. The range shows how far the most optimistic and the most cautious estimate sit apart — the wider it is, the less certain the expectation.
Valuation
What is priced in?
Instead of guessing what the stock is worth, we turn the question around: what free cash flow growth has to happen for today’s market value to add up? The assumptions behind it can be moved.
Today’s market value implies roughly -7.1% growth in free cash flow per year over ten years (assumptions: discount rate 10.0%, terminal growth 2.5%).
| Free cash flow (last twelve months) | $59.3M |
|---|---|
| Market cap | $411.0M |
| Free cash flow in year ten | $28.3M |
| Terminal value as a share of market value | 36.2% |
For comparison: over the past five years free cash flow shrank by 2.8% per year.
It shows which assumption is built into today’s price, not whether that assumption will hold. Every assumption can be changed with the sliders; the figures move with them.
A simplified model calculation — not a forecast and not a recommendation.
AI classification
AI Rating
Community Healthcare Trust ist ein Vermieter von Arztpraxen und Kliniken; in den geprüften Berichten (vier Quartalsberichte 10-Q, zwei Geschäftsberichte 10-K) gibt es keinen wesentlichen Bezug zu Künstlicher Intelligenz — weder als Umsatzquelle noch als konkretes Risiko.
View the full file — quotes, sources, reviewed filings
Filings Reviewed: 10-Q 2026-08-04 · 10-Q 2026-05-05 · 10-Q 2025-10-28 · 10-Q 2025-07-29 · 10-K 2026-02-17 · 10-K 2025-02-18
Rated on August 28, 2026 · How the Rating Is Built
Growth
Growth Score
Ten checks against the annual reports — each one passed counts a point.
- Revenue grows by more than 15% a year over three years 7.5%
- More than 10% revenue growth is expected for the coming year 5.8%
- Share count grows by less than 3% a year 4.4%
- Revenue growth plus cash-flow margin add up to at least 40 ("Rule of 40") 34.3%
- Gross margin at 40% or higher and without meaningful erosion 8.7%
- Goodwill from acquisitions does not grow faster than revenue 0.0%
- Net debt below twice EBITDA 6.4 x EBITDA
- Operating cash flow covers the profits of the last three years 167 m
- Return on capital at 15% or higher, or up versus two years ago 2.9%
- Insiders hold at least 10% or are net buyers 6.1%
A criterion without figures counts neither as passed nor as failed; a score is only produced from 7 judgeable criteria upwards. Source: fundamental data. All ten criteria in detail
Quality check
AAQS
5/10The AAQS (AlleAktien Quality Score) checks 10 quality criteria on growth, profitability, and balance-sheet strength — per the methodology developed and published by AlleAktien, calculated by us from our own fundamental data. A stock counts as a quality stock from 9 out of 10 points. Where a company has a shorter listing history, we calculate over the fiscal years available (at least five).
- Sales growth 10Y > 5% 19.1%
- Exp. sales growth 3Y > 5% 4.8%
- EBIT growth 10Y > 5% 20.2%
- Exp. EBIT growth 3Y > 5% 4.8%
- Net debt < 4x EBIT 26.3x
- EBIT positive, 10Y straight 10
- Max. EBIT decline < 50% 40.6%
- Return on equity > 15% 1.2%
- ROCE > 15% 2.8%
- Expected return > 10% 14.0%
View stocks with the full AAQS score · Read the methodology at AlleAktien
Source: fundamental data
Insiders
Insider Transactions
Reportable transactions by officers and major shareholders from SEC Form 4 filings. "Other" includes things like stock grants and option exercises without a buy/sell character.
| Date | Person | Role | Type | Shares | Price | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 18, 2026 | Stach Leigh Ann | Executive Vice President & CAO | Other | 14,810 | 15.46 | 228,963 |
| Aug 18, 2026 | Monroe William G. IV | Executive Vice President & CFO | Other | 27,573 | 15.46 | 426,279 |
| Aug 18, 2026 | Dupuy David H. | CEO and President | Other | 26,853 | 15.46 | 415,147 |
| Aug 14, 2026 | Stach Leigh Ann | Executive Vice President & CAO | Other | 4,983 | 16.14 | 80,426 |
| Aug 14, 2026 | Dupuy David H. | CEO and President | Buy | 10,000 | 15.13 | 151,300 |
| Aug 11, 2026 | Hensley Robert Z | Director | Buy | 8,000 | 15.21 | 121,680 |
| Jul 30, 2026 | Stach Leigh Ann | Executive Vice President & CAO | Other | 8,589 | 0.00 | – |
| Jul 30, 2026 | Monroe William G. IV | Executive Vice President & CFO | Other | 10,163 | 0.00 | – |
| Jul 30, 2026 | Dupuy David H. | CEO and President | Other | 15,573 | 0.00 | – |
The company
About the Company
Community Healthcare Trust Incorporated is a real estate investment trust. It focuses on owning income-producing real estate properties associated primarily with the delivery of outpatient healthcare services in our target sub-markets throughout the United States.
- Employees
- 35
- Headquarters
- Franklin, TN
- Address
- 3326 Aspen Grove Drive, 37067-2870 Franklin, United States
- Phone
- 615 771 3052
- Website
- chct.reit
- IPO Date
- 05/21/2015
- ISIN
- US20369C1062
Management
| Name | Title | Birth Year |
|---|---|---|
| David H. Dupuy | CEO, President & Director | 1969 |
| William G. Monroe IV | Executive VP, CFO & Corporate Secretary | 1979 |
| Leigh Ann Stach | Executive VP & Chief Accounting Officer | 1967 |
| Mark E. Kearns | Senior Vice President of Asset Management | – |
| Gary Moothart | VP & Controller | – |
Executives per the latest required filings; titles kept in their original language. Source: fundamental data.
Filings
Company Filings (8-K)
An 8-K is the filing a US company must use to disclose material events immediately — takeovers, changes at the top, major contracts or payment troubles, for instance. The links open the original document at the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
- 08/04/2026 Community Healthcare Trust Inc (CHCT): Results of Operations and Financial Condition; Regulation FD Disclosure; Financial Statements and Exhibits SEC ↗
Data as of: September 17, 2026 · Source: fundamental data & SEC filings (annual and quarterly reports, 10-K/10-Q)
Note: pure fact-based analysis, not investment advice and not a solicitation to buy or sell. All figures without guarantee.