AX.UN vs. APR.UN, MRT.UN, BTB.UN, CRR.UN, HR.UN, WFC, SGR.UN, MI.UN, MRG.UN, and DRM
Should you be buying Artis Real Estate Investment Trust Unit stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Artis Real Estate Investment Trust Unit include Automotive Properties Real Est Invt TR (APR.UN), Morguard Real Estate Inv. (MRT.UN), BTB Real Estate Investment Trust (BTB.UN), Crombie Real Estate Investment Trust (CRR.UN), H&R Real Estate Investment Trust (HR.UN), Wall Financial (WFC), Slate Grocery REIT (SGR.UN), Minto Apartment Real Estate Invt Trust (MI.UN), Morguard North American Residential REIT (MRG.UN), and Dream Unlimited (DRM). These companies are all part of the "real estate" sector.
Automotive Properties Real Est Invt TR (TSE:APR.UN) and Artis Real Estate Investment Trust Unit (TSE:AX.UN) are both small-cap real estate companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership and dividends.
Automotive Properties Real Est Invt TR has a beta of 0.87, suggesting that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Artis Real Estate Investment Trust Unit has a beta of 1.09, suggesting that its stock price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Automotive Properties Real Est Invt TR has a net margin of 55.13% compared to Automotive Properties Real Est Invt TR's net margin of -122.27%. Artis Real Estate Investment Trust Unit's return on equity of 9.61% beat Automotive Properties Real Est Invt TR's return on equity.
1.5% of Automotive Properties Real Est Invt TR shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.4% of Artis Real Estate Investment Trust Unit shares are owned by institutional investors. 40.9% of Automotive Properties Real Est Invt TR shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 17.3% of Artis Real Estate Investment Trust Unit shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Artis Real Estate Investment Trust Unit had 3 more articles in the media than Automotive Properties Real Est Invt TR. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Artis Real Estate Investment Trust Unit and 0 mentions for Automotive Properties Real Est Invt TR. Automotive Properties Real Est Invt TR's average media sentiment score of 1.35 beat Artis Real Estate Investment Trust Unit's score of 0.00 indicating that Artis Real Estate Investment Trust Unit is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Automotive Properties Real Est Invt TR has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Artis Real Estate Investment Trust Unit. Artis Real Estate Investment Trust Unit is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Automotive Properties Real Est Invt TR, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Automotive Properties Real Est Invt TR currently has a consensus target price of C$12.31, indicating a potential upside of 23.74%. Artis Real Estate Investment Trust Unit has a consensus target price of C$7.05, indicating a potential upside of 9.30%. Given Artis Real Estate Investment Trust Unit's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Automotive Properties Real Est Invt TR is more favorable than Artis Real Estate Investment Trust Unit.
Artis Real Estate Investment Trust Unit received 46 more outperform votes than Automotive Properties Real Est Invt TR when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 57.72% of users gave Automotive Properties Real Est Invt TR an outperform vote while only 48.83% of users gave Artis Real Estate Investment Trust Unit an outperform vote.
Automotive Properties Real Est Invt TR pays an annual dividend of C$0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.0%. Artis Real Estate Investment Trust Unit pays an annual dividend of C$0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.3%. Automotive Properties Real Est Invt TR pays out 62.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Artis Real Estate Investment Trust Unit pays out -20.1% 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. Artis Real Estate Investment Trust Unit is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
Automotive Properties Real Est Invt TR beats Artis Real Estate Investment Trust Unit on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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