CHCT vs. DBRG, TIGR, WT, GNL, NAVI, PGRE, ELME, NTST, LADR, and AAMI
Should you be buying Community Healthcare Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Community Healthcare Trust include DigitalBridge Group (DBRG), UP Fintech (TIGR), WisdomTree (WT), Global Net Lease (GNL), Navient (NAVI), Paramount Group (PGRE), Elme Communities (ELME), NETSTREIT (NTST), Ladder Capital (LADR), and Acadian Asset Management (AAMI). These companies are all part of the "trading" industry.
Community Healthcare Trust vs. Its Competitors
DigitalBridge Group (NYSE:DBRG) and Community Healthcare Trust (NYSE:CHCT) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment and profitability.
92.7% of DigitalBridge Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.8% of Community Healthcare Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.6% of DigitalBridge Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.1% of Community Healthcare Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
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 $1.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.0%. DigitalBridge Group pays out 13.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Community Healthcare Trust pays out -606.5% 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 increased 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.
In the previous week, DigitalBridge Group had 7 more articles in the media than Community Healthcare Trust. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for DigitalBridge Group and 0 mentions for Community Healthcare Trust. DigitalBridge Group's average media sentiment score of 0.69 beat Community Healthcare Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that DigitalBridge Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
DigitalBridge Group presently has a consensus price target of $15.94, suggesting a potential upside of 47.09%. Community Healthcare Trust has a consensus price target of $21.00, suggesting a potential upside of 22.81%. Given DigitalBridge Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe DigitalBridge Group is more favorable than Community Healthcare Trust.
DigitalBridge Group has a beta of 1.67, suggesting that its stock price is 67% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Community Healthcare Trust has a beta of 0.73, suggesting that its stock price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
DigitalBridge Group has a net margin of 18.57% compared to Community Healthcare Trust's net margin of -4.51%. DigitalBridge Group's return on equity of 6.06% beat Community Healthcare Trust's return on equity.
Summary
DigitalBridge Group beats Community Healthcare Trust on 16 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:CHCT) was last updated on 7/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
