CAR.UN vs. BEI.UN, KMP.UN, CIGI, FSV, REI.UN, GRT.UN, CHP.UN, TCN, DIR.UN, and SRU.UN
Should you be buying Canadian Apartment Properties REIT stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Canadian Apartment Properties REIT include Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust (BEI.UN), Killam Apartment REIT (KMP.UN), Colliers International Group (CIGI), FirstService (FSV), RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust (REI.UN), Granite Real Estate Investment Trust (GRT.UN), Choice Properties Real Est Invstmnt Trst (CHP.UN), Tricon Residential (TCN), Dream Industrial Real Estate Invest Trst (DIR.UN), and SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trst (SRU.UN). These companies are all part of the "real estate" sector.
Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust (TSE:BEI.UN) and Canadian Apartment Properties REIT (TSE:CAR.UN) are both mid-cap real estate companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment and earnings.
41.5% of Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.2% of Canadian Apartment Properties REIT shares are owned by institutional investors. 17.9% of Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Canadian Apartment Properties REIT shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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 currently has a consensus target price of C$84.92, suggesting a potential upside of 23.46%. Canadian Apartment Properties REIT has a consensus target price of C$56.30, suggesting a potential upside of 29.01%. 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.
Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust has a beta of 1.74, suggesting that its share price is 74% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Canadian Apartment Properties REIT has a beta of 1.19, suggesting that its share price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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 an annual dividend of C$1.45 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust pays out 9.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Canadian Apartment Properties REIT pays out -193.3% 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.
In the previous week, Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust had 2 more articles in the media than Canadian Apartment Properties REIT. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust and 0 mentions for Canadian Apartment Properties REIT. Canadian Apartment Properties REIT's average media sentiment score of 1.50 beat Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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.
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.
Summary
Canadian Apartment Properties REIT beats Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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