SRU.UN vs. REI.UN, CHP.UN, CRT.UN, SGR.UN, PLZ.UN, SRT.UN, FSV, CIGI, CAR.UN, and SMU.UN
Should you be buying SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trst stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trst include RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust (REI.UN), Choice Properties Real Est Invstmnt Trst (CHP.UN), CT Real Estate Investment Trust (CRT.UN), Slate Grocery REIT (SGR.UN), Plaza Retail REIT (PLZ.UN), Slate Retail REIT (SRT.UN), FirstService (FSV), Colliers International Group (CIGI), Canadian Apartment Properties REIT (CAR.UN), and Summit Industrial Income REIT (SMU.UN). These companies are all part of the "real estate" sector.
SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trst (TSE:SRU.UN) and RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust (TSE:REI.UN) are both mid-cap real estate companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability, community ranking and valuation.
In the previous week, SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trst and SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trst both had 2 articles in the media. RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.80 beat SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trst's score of 1.18 indicating that RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trst currently has a consensus price target of C$26.00, indicating a potential upside of 16.23%. RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust has a consensus price target of C$20.86, indicating a potential upside of 22.04%. Given RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust is more favorable than SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trst.
RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust received 259 more outperform votes than SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trst when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.52% of users gave RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust an outperform vote while only 50.54% of users gave SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trst an outperform vote.
SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trst has higher earnings, but lower revenue than RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust. SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trst is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
19.3% of SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trst shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 35.4% of RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.9% of SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trst shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of RioCan 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.
SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trst pays an annual dividend of C$1.85 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.3%. RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust pays an annual dividend of C$1.11 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.5%. SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trst pays out 103.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust pays out 652.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trst is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trst has a beta of 1.24, meaning that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust has a beta of 1.28, meaning that its share price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500.
SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trst has a net margin of 33.08% compared to RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust's net margin of 4.07%. SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trst's return on equity of 6.04% beat RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust's return on equity.
Summary
RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust beats SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trst on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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