Financial Contrast: Community Healthcare Trust (NYSE:CHCT) and Assura (OTCMKTS:ARSSF)

Assura (OTCMKTS:ARSSFGet Free Report) and Community Healthcare Trust (NYSE:CHCTGet Free Report) are both real estate companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, risk, profitability, valuation and dividends.

Profitability

This table compares Assura and Community Healthcare Trust’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Assura N/A N/A N/A
Community Healthcare Trust 1.13% 0.25% 0.13%

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Assura and Community Healthcare Trust”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

Gross Revenue Price/Sales Ratio Net Income Earnings Per Share Price/Earnings Ratio
Assura N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Community Healthcare Trust $114.71 million 4.57 $7.71 million $0.64 29.59

Community Healthcare Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Assura.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

87.8% of Community Healthcare Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 4.0% of Community Healthcare Trust shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for Assura and Community Healthcare Trust, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Assura 0 0 0 0 N/A
Community Healthcare Trust 0 2 1 0 2.33

Community Healthcare Trust has a consensus target price of $20.75, suggesting a potential upside of 9.56%. Given Community Healthcare Trust’s higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Community Healthcare Trust is more favorable than Assura.

Summary

Community Healthcare Trust beats Assura on 8 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Assura

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Assura plc is a national healthcare premises specialist and UK REIT based in Altrincham, UK – caring for more than 600 primary healthcare buildings, from which over six million patients are served. A constituent of the FTSE 250 and the EPRA indices, as at 30 September 2023, Assura's portfolio was valued at £2.7 billion. At Assura, we BUILD for health. Assura builds better spaces for people and places, invests in skills and inspires new ways of working, and unlocks the power of design and innovation to deliver lasting impact for communities – aiming for six million people to have benefitted from improvements to and through its healthcare buildings by 2026. Assura is leading for a sustainable future, targeting net zero carbon across its portfolio by 2040.

About Community Healthcare Trust

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Community Healthcare Trust Incorporated (the Company”, we”, our”) was organized in the State of Maryland on March 28, 2014. The Company is a fully-integrated healthcare real estate company that owns and acquires real estate properties that are leased to hospitals, doctors, healthcare systems or other healthcare service providers. As of March 31, 2024, the Company had investments of approximately $1.1 billion in 197 real estate properties (including a portion of one property accounted for as a sales-type lease with a gross amount totaling approximately $3.0 million and two properties classified as an asset held for sale with an aggregate amount totaling approximately $7.5 million. The properties are located in 35 states, totaling approximately 4.4 million square feet in the aggregate and were approximately 92.3% leased, excluding real estate assets held for sale, at March 31, 2024 with a weighted average remaining lease term of approximately 6.9 years.

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