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 superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, dividends, profitability, risk, valuation, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.

Is DBRG or CHCT more profitable?

DigitalBridge Group has a net margin of 21.42% compared to Community Healthcare Trust's net margin of -0.39%. DigitalBridge Group's return on equity of 3.58% beat Community Healthcare Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
DigitalBridge Group	21.42%	3.58%	1.72%
Community Healthcare Trust	-0.39%	-0.09%	-0.05%

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 $1.86 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.5%. DigitalBridge Group pays out 5.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Community Healthcare Trust pays out -2,066.7% 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has better earnings and valuation, 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	$1.50B	1.31	$185.28M	$0.73	15.43
Community Healthcare Trust	$112.85M	4.88	$7.71M	-$0.09	-216.86

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in DBRG or CHCT?

Community Healthcare Trust received 261 more outperform votes than DigitalBridge Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.80% of users gave Community Healthcare Trust an outperform vote while only 53.85% of users gave DigitalBridge Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
DigitalBridge Group	Outperform Votes 35 53.85%	Underperform Votes 30 46.15%
Community Healthcare Trust	Outperform Votes 296 61.80%	Underperform Votes 183 38.20%

Which has more risk and volatility, DBRG or CHCT?

DigitalBridge Group has a beta of 1.91, meaning that its share price is 91% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Community Healthcare Trust has a beta of 0.68, meaning that its share price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to DBRG or CHCT?

In the previous week, Community Healthcare Trust had 4 more articles in the media than DigitalBridge Group. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Community Healthcare Trust and 2 mentions for DigitalBridge Group. DigitalBridge Group's average media sentiment score of 1.66 beat Community Healthcare Trust's score of 0.58 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	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Community Healthcare Trust	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in 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. 3.4% of DigitalBridge Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 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 will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts recommend DBRG or CHCT?

DigitalBridge Group presently has a consensus price target of $17.38, suggesting a potential upside of 54.24%. Community Healthcare Trust has a consensus price target of $21.25, suggesting a potential upside of 8.88%. Given DigitalBridge Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly 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)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Community Healthcare Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Summary

DigitalBridge Group beats Community Healthcare Trust on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.