FCR.UN vs. TCN, AIF, SVI, MEQ, CIGI, FSV, SRU.UN, CSH.UN, DIR.UN, and BEI.UN
Should you be buying First Capital Real Estate Investment Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of First Capital Real Estate Investment Trust include Tricon Residential (TCN), Altus Group (AIF), StorageVault Canada (SVI), Mainstreet Equity (MEQ), Colliers International Group (CIGI), FirstService (FSV), SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trst (SRU.UN), Chartwell Retirement Residences (CSH.UN), Dream Industrial Real Estate Invest Trst (DIR.UN), and Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust (BEI.UN). These companies are all part of the "real estate" sector.
First Capital Real Estate Investment Trust (TSE:FCR.UN) and Tricon Residential (TSE:TCN) are both mid-cap real estate companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, profitability and risk.
First Capital Real Estate Investment Trust pays an annual dividend of C$0.86 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.8%. Tricon Residential pays an annual dividend of C$0.31 per share. First Capital Real Estate Investment Trust pays out -168.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Tricon Residential pays out 55.4% 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. First Capital Real Estate Investment Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Tricon Residential has higher revenue and earnings than First Capital Real Estate Investment Trust. First Capital Real Estate Investment Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Tricon Residential, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
First Capital Real Estate Investment Trust currently has a consensus target price of C$18.08, indicating a potential upside of 21.37%. Tricon Residential has a consensus target price of C$12.39, indicating a potential upside of ∞. Given Tricon Residential's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Tricon Residential is more favorable than First Capital Real Estate Investment Trust.
43.5% of First Capital Real Estate Investment Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.5% of Tricon Residential shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of First Capital Real Estate Investment Trust shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.1% of Tricon Residential shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
First Capital Real Estate Investment Trust has a beta of 1.26, suggesting that its stock price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tricon Residential has a beta of 1.47, suggesting that its stock price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, First Capital Real Estate Investment Trust had 3 more articles in the media than Tricon Residential. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for First Capital Real Estate Investment Trust and 0 mentions for Tricon Residential. First Capital Real Estate Investment Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat Tricon Residential's score of 0.00 indicating that First Capital Real Estate Investment Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.
First Capital Real Estate Investment Trust received 87 more outperform votes than Tricon Residential when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 77.01% of users gave Tricon Residential an outperform vote while only 67.74% of users gave First Capital Real Estate Investment Trust an outperform vote.
Tricon Residential has a net margin of 12.91% compared to First Capital Real Estate Investment Trust's net margin of -13.95%. Tricon Residential's return on equity of 3.18% beat First Capital Real Estate Investment Trust's return on equity.
Summary
Tricon Residential beats First Capital Real Estate Investment Trust on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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