Granite Point Mortgage Trust (GPMT) Competitors

Community Healthcare Trust (NYSE:CHCT) and Granite Point Mortgage Trust (NYSE:GPMT) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, community ranking, profitability, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings and risk.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of CHCT or GPMT?

87.8% of Community Healthcare Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.6% of Granite Point Mortgage Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.0% of Community Healthcare Trust shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of Granite Point Mortgage Trust shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media refer more to CHCT or GPMT?

In the previous week, Community Healthcare Trust had 4 more articles in the media than Granite Point Mortgage Trust. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Community Healthcare Trust and 2 mentions for Granite Point Mortgage Trust. Granite Point Mortgage Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.87 beat Community Healthcare Trust's score of 0.58 indicating that Granite Point Mortgage Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
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
Granite Point Mortgage Trust	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has higher earnings and valuation, CHCT or GPMT?

Community Healthcare Trust has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Granite Point Mortgage Trust. Community Healthcare Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Granite Point Mortgage Trust, 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
Community Healthcare Trust	$112.85M	4.88	$7.71M	-$0.09	-216.86
Granite Point Mortgage Trust	$263.73M	0.56	-$63.20M	-$3.86	-0.77

Is CHCT or GPMT more profitable?

Community Healthcare Trust has a net margin of -0.39% compared to Granite Point Mortgage Trust's net margin of -87.21%. Granite Point Mortgage Trust's return on equity of 0.95% beat Community Healthcare Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Community Healthcare Trust	-0.39%	-0.09%	-0.05%
Granite Point Mortgage Trust	-87.21%	0.95%	0.27%

Do analysts prefer CHCT or GPMT?

Community Healthcare Trust currently has a consensus price target of $21.25, indicating a potential upside of 8.88%. Granite Point Mortgage Trust has a consensus price target of $4.58, indicating a potential upside of 54.58%. Given Granite Point Mortgage Trust's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Granite Point Mortgage Trust is more favorable than Community Healthcare Trust.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Community Healthcare Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
Granite Point Mortgage Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Which has more volatility and risk, CHCT or GPMT?

Community Healthcare Trust has a beta of 0.68, indicating that its stock price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Granite Point Mortgage Trust has a beta of 1.86, indicating that its stock price is 86% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CHCT or GPMT?

Community Healthcare Trust received 90 more outperform votes than Granite Point Mortgage Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.80% of users gave Community Healthcare Trust an outperform vote while only 57.38% of users gave Granite Point Mortgage Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Community Healthcare Trust	Outperform Votes 296 61.80%	Underperform Votes 183 38.20%
Granite Point Mortgage Trust	Outperform Votes 206 57.38%	Underperform Votes 153 42.62%

Is CHCT or GPMT a better dividend stock?

Community Healthcare Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.86 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.5%. Granite Point Mortgage Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.7%. Community Healthcare Trust pays out -2,066.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Granite Point Mortgage Trust pays out -5.2% 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.

Summary

Community Healthcare Trust beats Granite Point Mortgage Trust on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.