Community Healthcare Trust Inc (CHCT) stock analysis

P/E below its 5-year median

Community Healthcare Trust's P/E of 22.4 is below its own 5-year median of 50.4.

P/E below the industry

Community Healthcare Trust's P/E of 22.4 is below the Miscellaneous Investing median of 26.3.

EV/EBITDA against its history

Needs positive EBITDA and price history.

P/B below the industry

Community Healthcare Trust's price-to-book of 1.04 is below the Miscellaneous Investing median of 1.20.

Trading below fair value

The share price of $15.01 is below our fair value estimate of $24.51.

Margin of safety over 20%

The price is 38.8% below fair value, more than the 20% cushion we look for.

Revenue growing under 10% a year

Revenue grew 7.5% a year over the last three fiscal years, short of the 10% we look for.

EPS growing under 10% a year

Diluted EPS grew -53.8% a year over the last three fiscal years.

Earnings acceleration

Needs positive net income now, a year ago and five years ago.

Growing faster than the industry

Revenue grew 5.7% over the last twelve months; the Miscellaneous Investing median is 4.6%.

Company guidance

No outlook found in earnings releases from the last twelve months.

Gross margin trend

This company does not report gross profit.

Return on equity under 15%

Return on equity was 4.9% over the last twelve months and averaged 2.3% over five years; we look for 15% on both.

Return on invested capital

Needs operating income and invested capital.

Return on equity above the industry

Community Healthcare Trust's return on equity of 4.9% is above the Miscellaneous Investing median of 3.1%.

Earnings shrank over 5 years

Net income shrank 23.2% a year on average over the last five fiscal years.

Net margin above its 5-year average

Net margin was 16.8% over the last twelve months, against a 5-year average of 11.1%.

Net margin above the industry

Community Healthcare Trust's net margin of 16.8% is above the Miscellaneous Investing median of 10.3%.

Debt level

Needs debt and equity figures.

Debt trend

Needs a balance sheet from five years ago with positive equity.

Debt coverage

Needs operating cash flow.

Interest coverage

Interest expense is not reported separately.

Short-term liquidity

The balance sheet is not split into current and non-current items.

Elevated bankruptcy risk

The Altman Z-score is 0.56; above 3 is the safe zone and below 1.8 the distress zone.

Pays a dividend

Community Healthcare Trust paid dividends worth 8.6% of the share price over the last twelve months.

Yield above Treasuries

The 8.6% yield is above the 4.4% on a 1-year Treasury.

Yield in the top quarter

The top quarter of US dividend payers yield 3.8% or more; Community Healthcare Trust yields 8.6%.

Dividend not cut

The dividend per share has not fallen by more than 10% in any of the last 10 fiscal years.

Not covered by earnings

Dividends take 260% of net income, leaving little room.

Cash-flow cover

Needs dividends paid and free cash flow.