Company Analysis

CareTrust REIT, Inc (CTRE)

NYSE: CTRE · Real Estate Investment Trusts · Dana Point, CA · filing with the SEC since 2013
Grade6.5
◀ Past 4.2● Present 5.9▶ Future 9.1

The grade of CareTrust REIT, Inc

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
6.5/10
◀ Past4.225% of the headline
● Present5.945% of the headline
▶ Future9.130% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

All nine metrics read as filed from the record.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

4.2/1025% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
2.0/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

2 warning events since 2017; the latest 2022-05-10.

weight 45% of this tense · 20th percentile among 174 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

CareTrust REIT, Inc's filings since 2017 show 2 warning events of 2 kinds: a notice about its exchange listing (8-K item 3.01, the latest 2022-05-10); an auditor change (8-K item 4.01, the latest 2019-02-28) (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
8.0/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+18.3% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 9 of 10.

weight 33% of this tense · 80th percentile among 156 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

CareTrust REIT, Inc's 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $105 million in fiscal 2016 to $476 million in fiscal 2025, up 18.3% a year; it rose in 9 of 9 years; it never fell from a peak; net income was positive in 9 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span18.3%top 14% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 10% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 44% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak0.0%top 10% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed
3.0/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count grew 28.3% a year. 69% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 0 sales, 0 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 30th percentile among 156 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, CareTrust REIT, Inc's diluted share count grew about 28.3% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 69% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 0 sales and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-09-30 (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearsbottom 6% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowtop 47% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

5.9/1045% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
5.8/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 8%: 8¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 22%: owes 22¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 58th percentile among 171 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, CareTrust REIT, Inc earned about 8 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money. Leverage: it owed about 22 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 31.5% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetstop 1% of its family
  • return on equitytop 31% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforebottom 5% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
7.9/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 21% of 157 in its family; net margin 67.3%.

weight 33% of this tense · 79th percentile among 157 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

CareTrust REIT, Inc's standing among 157 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $476 million in fiscal 2025 ranks in the bottom 44% by size; a net margin of 67.3% ranks in the top 4%; revenue growth of 34.4% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 4% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$476Mbottom 44% of its family
  • net margin67.3%top 4% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth34.4%top 4% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

as filed
3.3/10

What are the people in charge doing?

bottom 33% of 160 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2022.

weight 22% of this tense · 33rd percentile among 160 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

CareTrust REIT, Inc's leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Sedgwick, David M. (President and CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2022-01-27, 4.8 years (bottom 35% of its family); the 9 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 4.6 years (bottom 12%); 3 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 9 people in charge now (top 47%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge3 in three years among 9 peopletop 47% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed4.6 yearsbottom 12% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record4.8 yearsbottom 35% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

9.1/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
7.8/10

How much room does it have to grow?

top 22% of 146 in its family for room to expand.

weight 22% of this tense · 78th percentile among 146 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

CareTrust REIT, Inc's room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $198 million against debt of $894 million leaves -13.5% of its assets as net cash, top 42% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 82.7% of revenue (top 2%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets-13.5%top 42% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue82.7%top 2% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
9.4/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 6% of 153 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 94th percentile among 153 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

CareTrust REIT, Inc's growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 34.4% a year over the last three filed years against 18.3% over all 10, speeding up (top 4% of its family); the newest year grew 60.8% (top 2%); capital spending grew 169.1% a year (top 11%) (its annual reports). CareTrust REIT, Inc tags no split of its revenue by line in the annual report on file, so growth by line cannot be read here; research and capital spending are on the trend.

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span+16.1 points a yeartop 4% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth60.8%top 2% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending169.1%top 11% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
9.5/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

top 5% of 150 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 45% of this tense · 95th percentile among 150 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

CareTrust REIT, Inc's newest year against its own record: revenue of $476 million in fiscal 2025 came in 30.8% above the $364 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 2% of its family); net income of $321 million against a prior three-year average of $57 million (top 7%); a net margin of 67.3% against 21% before (top 7%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace30.8%top 2% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+461%top 7% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average+46.3 pointstop 7% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton CTRE · research, not advice