AIF vs. SVI, MEQ, FCR.UN, TCN, CIGI, FSV, HR.UN, AP.UN, KMP.UN, and IIP.UN
Should you be buying Altus Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Altus Group include StorageVault Canada (SVI), Mainstreet Equity (MEQ), First Capital Realty (FCR.UN), Tricon Residential (TCN), Colliers International Group (CIGI), FirstService (FSV), H&R Real Estate Investment Trust (HR.UN), Allied Properties Real Estate Investment (AP.UN), Killam Apartment REIT (KMP.UN), and Interrent Real Estate Investment Trust (IIP.UN). These companies are all part of the "real estate" sector.
StorageVault Canada (TSE:SVI) and Altus Group (TSE:AIF) are both real estate companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation and risk.
Altus Group received 372 more outperform votes than StorageVault Canada when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.70% of users gave Altus Group an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave StorageVault Canada an outperform vote.
StorageVault Canada pays an annual dividend of C$0.01 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Altus Group pays an annual dividend of C$0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. StorageVault Canada pays out -100.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Altus Group pays out 272.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Altus Group has a net margin of 1.32% compared to Altus Group's net margin of -0.59%. StorageVault Canada's return on equity of 1.70% beat Altus Group's return on equity.
StorageVault Canada has a beta of 0.88, meaning that its stock price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Altus Group has a beta of 0.78, meaning that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Altus Group has a consensus target price of C$53.11, indicating a potential upside of 8.57%. Given StorageVault Canada's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Altus Group is more favorable than StorageVault Canada.
In the previous week, Altus Group had 1 more articles in the media than StorageVault Canada. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Altus Group and 8 mentions for StorageVault Canada. Altus Group's average media sentiment score of -0.16 beat StorageVault Canada's score of -0.28 indicating that StorageVault Canada is being referred to more favorably in the media.
22.2% of StorageVault Canada shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.2% of Altus Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 38.3% of StorageVault Canada shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.1% of Altus Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Altus Group has higher revenue and earnings than StorageVault Canada. StorageVault Canada is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Altus Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Altus Group beats StorageVault Canada on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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