Community Healthcare Trust Incorporated (NYSE:CHCT – Get Free Report) announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, April 25th, NASDAQ reports. Stockholders of record on Friday, May 10th will be paid a dividend of 0.46 per share by the real estate investment trust on Friday, May 24th. This represents a $1.84 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 6.99%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, May 9th. This is a boost from Community Healthcare Trust’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.46.
Community Healthcare Trust has increased its dividend by an average of 2.3% per year over the last three years and has raised its dividend annually for the last 9 consecutive years. Community Healthcare Trust has a payout ratio of 203.3% indicating that the company cannot currently cover its dividend with earnings alone and is relying on its balance sheet to cover its dividend payments. Equities research analysts expect Community Healthcare Trust to earn $2.56 per share next year, which means the company should continue to be able to cover its $1.83 annual dividend with an expected future payout ratio of 71.5%.
Community Healthcare Trust Price Performance
NYSE CHCT traded up $0.68 on Friday, hitting $26.33. 98,918 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 176,583. Community Healthcare Trust has a twelve month low of $24.50 and a twelve month high of $37.15. The firm has a market capitalization of $729.08 million, a P/E ratio of 125.38, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.33 and a beta of 0.65. The company’s 50 day moving average price is $26.32 and its 200-day moving average price is $26.72.
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Community Healthcare Trust Company Profile
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 December 31, 2023, the Company had investments of approximately $1.1 billion in 193 real estate properties (including a portion of one property accounted for as a sales-type lease and two properties classified as held for sale).
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