BEI.UN vs. CAR.UN, NVU.UN, KMP.UN, IIP.UN, RUF.UN, MI.UN, MRG.UN, HOM.U, MHC.UN, and ERE-UN
Should you be buying Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust include Canadian Apartment Properties REIT (CAR.UN), Northview Apartment REIT (NVU.UN), Killam Apartment REIT (KMP.UN), InterRent Real Estate Investment Trust (IIP.UN), Pure Multi-Family REIT (RUF.UN), Minto Apartment Real Estate Invt Trust (MI.UN), Morguard North American Residential Real Estate Investment Trust (MRG.UN), Bsr Real Estate Investment Trust (HOM.U), Flagship Communities Real Estate Investment Trust (MHC.UN), and European Residential Real Estate Investment Trust (ERE-UN). These companies are all part of the "reit - residential" industry.
Canadian Apartment Properties REIT (TSE:CAR.UN) and Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust (TSE:BEI.UN) are both mid-cap real estate companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking, profitability, risk, media sentiment, earnings and valuation.
Canadian Apartment Properties REIT received 80 more outperform votes than Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.34% of users gave Canadian Apartment Properties REIT an outperform vote while only 50.00% of users gave Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust an outperform vote.
Canadian Apartment Properties REIT presently has a consensus price target of C$56.30, indicating a potential upside of 27.58%. Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust has a consensus price target of C$84.92, indicating a potential upside of 21.27%. Given Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Canadian Apartment Properties REIT is more favorable than Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust.
In the previous week, Canadian Apartment Properties REIT had 1 more articles in the media than Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Canadian Apartment Properties REIT and 1 mentions for Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust. Canadian Apartment Properties REIT's average media sentiment score of 1.66 beat Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust's score of 0.67 indicating that Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
43.2% of Canadian Apartment Properties REIT shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.5% of Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Canadian Apartment Properties REIT shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 17.9% of Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Canadian Apartment Properties REIT has a beta of 1.19, meaning that its share price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust has a beta of 1.74, meaning that its share price is 74% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Canadian Apartment Properties REIT. Canadian Apartment Properties REIT is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust has a net margin of 134.70% compared to Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust's net margin of -11.69%. Canadian Apartment Properties REIT's return on equity of 18.16% beat Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust's return on equity.
Canadian Apartment Properties REIT pays an annual dividend of C$1.45 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust pays an annual dividend of C$1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Canadian Apartment Properties REIT pays out -193.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust pays out 9.0% 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. Canadian Apartment Properties REIT is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
Canadian Apartment Properties REIT beats Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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