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Community Healthcare Trust Incorporated (CHCT)

Real Estate | REIT - Healthcare Facilities | Franklin, United States | NYSE
13.26 USD +0.09 (0.683%) ⇧ (Oct. 15, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 13.21 -0.05 (-0.050%) ⇩ (Oct. 15, 2026, 5:05 p.m. EDT)

Short-term:★⯪☆☆☆Long-term:★☆☆☆☆Dividends:★★⯪☆☆
Hot Take ↕ | Oct. 10, 2026, 8:30 a.m. EDT

The investment case here is defined by a severe disconnect between the attractive headline yield and the deteriorating reality of the business. While the 13% dividend yield looks compelling on paper, the company is paying out nearly 290% of its earnings, which is unsustainable and suggests the payout is being propped up by asset sales or balance sheet erosion rather than organic cash generation. The price history confirms this structural decline: the stock has lost over 40% of its value over the last nine years, with five consecutive years of negative annual returns. This multi-year downtrend is a powerful signal that the market views the underlying healthcare facilities business as fundamentally broken or facing insurmountable headwinds. Although the short-term statistical forecast shows a negligible lean upward, the overwhelming options flow—specifically the massive wall of put buying in 2027—suggests smart money is betting against a recovery. Until the payout ratio becomes sustainable and the multi-year price trajectory stabilizes, this remains a speculative hold for income rather than a sound investment.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoARIMA ✓0.216850
AutoETS0.216851
MSTL0.217617
AutoTheta0.217747

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoARIMA

Forecast Reliability
Score 40%
H-stat 1.95
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.000
Excess Kurtosis 5.46
Attribute Value
Sector Real Estate
Ex Dividend Date 2026-08-18
Last Dividend Date 2026-08-18
Debt to Equity Ratio 135.984
Revenue per Share 4.626
Market Cap 378,861,984
Trailing P/E 20.40
Forward P/E 33.15
Beta 0.65
Profit Margins 16.81%
Website https://www.chct.reit

As of Oct. 10, 2026, 8:30 a.m. EDT: Speculators are overwhelmingly positioning for downside protection. In the January 2027 expiration, put open interest is massive (281 contracts at the $15 strike vs only 26 at the $12.50 strike), while call open interest is negligible. This heavy skew toward out-of-the-money puts indicates a strong consensus among option buyers that the stock will struggle to recover from current lows and may face further pressure.


Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
2.23% 11.29% 10.13% 7.92%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-08-19 0.330 2.231237
2026-05-11 0.480 2.846975
2026-02-23 0.478 2.927128
2025-11-07 0.475 3.284924
2025-08-08 0.473 3.275623
2025-05-09 0.470 2.922886
2025-02-24 0.468 2.540717
2024-11-08 0.465 2.474720
2024-08-09 0.463 2.573652
2024-05-09 0.460 1.895344
2024-02-16 0.458 1.684443
2023-11-08 0.455 1.720877
2023-08-10 0.453 1.308492
2023-05-11 0.450 1.271546
2023-02-17 0.448 1.096427
2022-11-09 0.445 1.303075
2022-08-11 0.443 1.098710
2022-05-12 0.440 1.221883
2022-02-18 0.438 1.001372
2021-11-10 0.435 0.925532
2021-08-12 0.433 0.903401
2021-05-13 0.430 0.921165
2021-02-24 0.428 0.931042
2020-11-13 0.425 0.897382
2020-08-14 0.423 0.895997
2020-05-14 0.420 1.214224
2020-02-14 0.418 0.834665
2019-11-14 0.415 0.920177
2019-08-15 0.413 0.962704
2019-05-16 0.410 1.102743
2019-02-21 0.408 1.176131
2018-11-15 0.405 1.414600
2018-08-16 0.403 1.272498
2018-05-17 0.400 1.555210
2018-02-15 0.398 1.687871
2017-11-16 0.395 1.415771
2017-08-24 0.393 1.506324
2017-05-17 0.390 1.591837
2017-02-15 0.388 1.707747
2016-11-16 0.385 1.808361
2016-08-17 0.383 1.673220
2016-05-18 0.380 2.078775
2016-02-17 0.378 2.101167
2015-11-18 0.375 2.032520
2015-08-18 0.142 0.790646
Additional Data
dividendYield 13.08
exDividendDate 2026-08-19
trailingAnnualDividendRate 1.763
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.13386485
lastDividendValue 0.33
lastDividendDate 2026-08-19
dividendDate 2026-08-31

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change -0.059957147
Address1 3,326 Aspen Grove Drive
Address2 Suite 150
All Time High 52.54
All Time Low 13.14
Ask 0.0
Ask Size 600
Audit Risk 6
Average Analyst Rating 2.3 - Buy
Average Daily Volume10 Day 370,380
Average Daily Volume3 Month 360,448
Average Volume 360,448
Average Volume10Days 370,380
Beta 0.649
Bid 0.0
Bid Size 100
Board Risk 2
Book Value 15.316
City Franklin
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,767,139,200
Compensation Risk 7
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 13.26
Current Ratio 3.026
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,790,726,400
Day High 13.58
Day Low 13.23
Debt To Equity 135.984
Display Name Community Healthcare Trust
Dividend Date 1,788,134,400
Dividend Yield 13.08
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,793,804,400
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,793,804,400
Earnings Timestamp 1,793,736,000
Earnings Timestamp End 1,793,736,000
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,793,736,000
Ebitda 78,157,000
Ebitda Margins 0.62636
Enterprise To Ebitda 11.646
Enterprise To Revenue 7.295
Enterprise Value 910,209,856
Eps Forward 0.4
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 0.65
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,787,097,600
Exchange NYQ
Exchange Data Delayed By 20
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fax 615 771 3064
Fifty Day Average 14.5462
Fifty Day Average Change -1.2861996
Fifty Day Average Change Percent -0.08842169
Fifty Two Week Change Percent -5.9957147
Fifty Two Week High 19.165
Fifty Two Week High Change -5.9050007
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.30811378
Fifty Two Week Low 13.14
Fifty Two Week Low Change 0.119999886
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.009132411
Fifty Two Week Range 13.14 - 19.165
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 1,432,128,600,000
Five Year Avg Dividend Yield 6.73
Float Shares 25,216,461
Forward Eps 0.4
Forward P E 33.15
Free Cashflow 65,844,376
Full Exchange Name NYSE
Full Time Employees 35
Fullday Change 0.03999996
Fullday Change Percent 0.3037203
Fullday Price 13.26
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,790,812,800
Gross Margins 0.80623
Gross Profits 100,602,000
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.0642
Held Percent Institutions 0.84265
Implied Shares Outstanding 28,571,793
Industry REIT - Healthcare Facilities
Industry Disp REIT - Healthcare Facilities
Industry Key reit-healthcare-facilities
Is Earnings Date Estimate 0
Language en-US
Last Dividend Date 1,787,097,600
Last Dividend Value 0.33
Last Fiscal Year End 1,767,139,200
Long Business Summary Community Healthcare Trust Incorporated is a real estate investment trust that 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. As of June 30, 2026, the Company had investments of approximately 1.2 billion dollars in 197 real estate properties (including one property with sales-type leases). The properties are in 36 states, totaling approximately 4.5 million square feet in the aggregate. Community Healthcare Trust was established on march 28, 2014 and is based in Franklin, United States.
Long Name Community Healthcare Trust Incorporated
Market us_market
Market Cap 378,861,984
Market State PREPRE
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_288219415
Most Recent Quarter 1,782,777,600
Net Income To Common 17,926,000
Next Fiscal Year End 1,798,675,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 413,474,940
Number Of Analyst Opinions 4
Open 13.33
Operating Cashflow 59,495,000
Operating Margins 0.31165
Overall Risk 4
Payout Ratio 2.8864002
Phone 615 771 3052
Post Market Change -0.05000019
Post Market Change Percent -0.37707534
Post Market Price 13.21
Post Market Time 1,792,098,300
Previous Close 13.17
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 0.86576134
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 3.0362396
Profit Margins 0.16814
Quick Ratio 2.548
Quote Source Name Delayed Quote
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key buy
Recommendation Mean 2.25
Region US
Regular Market Change 0.0900002
Regular Market Change Percent 0.683372
Regular Market Day High 13.58
Regular Market Day Low 13.23
Regular Market Day Range 13.23 - 13.58
Regular Market Open 13.33
Regular Market Previous Close 13.17
Regular Market Price 13.26
Regular Market Time 1,792,094,402
Regular Market Volume 274,448
Return On Assets 0.021240002
Return On Equity 0.049250003
Revenue Growth 0.074
Revenue Per Share 4.626
Sand P52 Week Change 0.16207206
Sector Real Estate
Sector Disp Real Estate
Sector Key real-estate
Share Holder Rights Risk 3
Shares Outstanding 28,571,793
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.0296
Shares Short 849,531
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,788,134,400
Shares Short Prior Month 1,103,454
Short Name Community Healthcare Trust Inco
Short Percent Of Float 0.035099998
Short Ratio 2.17
Source Interval 15
State TN
Symbol CHCT
Target High Price 18.0
Target Low Price 14.0
Target Mean Price 16.5
Target Median Price 17.0
Total Cash 11,720,000
Total Cash Per Share 0.433
Total Debt 563,302,016
Total Revenue 124,780,000
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 1.763
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.13386485
Trailing Eps 0.65
Trailing P E 20.400002
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 16.60875
Two Hundred Day Average Change -3.3487492
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent -0.2016256
Type Disp Equity
Volume 274,448
Website https://www.chct.reit
Zip 37,067-2870