GDC vs. MRD, WFC, ERE-UN, TNT.UN, BRE, BTB.UN, MHC.UN, D.UN, SOT.UN, and HOT.UN
Should you be buying Genesis Land Development stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Genesis Land Development include Melcor Developments (MRD), Wall Financial (WFC), European Residential Real Estate Investment Trust (ERE-UN), True North Commercial REIT (TNT.UN), Bridgemarq Real Estate Services (BRE), BTB Real Estate Investment Trust (BTB.UN), Flagship Communities Real Estate Investment Trust (MHC.UN), Dream Office Real Estate Investment Trst (D.UN), Slate Office REIT (SOT.UN), and American Hotel Income Properties REIT (HOT.UN). These companies are all part of the "real estate" sector.
Genesis Land Development (TSE:GDC) and Melcor Developments (TSE:MRD) are both small-cap real estate companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, profitability and media sentiment.
8.9% of Genesis Land Development shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 9.8% of Melcor Developments shares are owned by institutional investors. 75.4% of Genesis Land Development shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 64.8% of Melcor Developments shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Melcor Developments received 175 more outperform votes than Genesis Land Development when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.32% of users gave Melcor Developments an outperform vote while only 63.41% of users gave Genesis Land Development an outperform vote.
Melcor Developments has a net margin of 19.98% compared to Genesis Land Development's net margin of 7.14%. Genesis Land Development's return on equity of 6.00% beat Melcor Developments' return on equity.
Melcor Developments has higher revenue and earnings than Genesis Land Development. Melcor Developments is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Genesis Land Development, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Genesis Land Development has a beta of 1.02, meaning that its stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Melcor Developments has a beta of 1.41, meaning that its stock price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Genesis Land Development had 3 more articles in the media than Melcor Developments. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Genesis Land Development and 1 mentions for Melcor Developments. Melcor Developments' average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Genesis Land Development's score of 0.29 indicating that Melcor Developments is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Melcor Developments beats Genesis Land Development on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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