GRT.UN vs. DIR.UN, CHP.UN, TCN, BEI.UN, REI.UN, SRU.UN, FCR.UN, CSH.UN, HR.UN, and AIF
Should you be buying Granite Real Estate Investment Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Granite Real Estate Investment Trust include Dream Industrial Real Estate Invest Trst (DIR.UN), Choice Properties Real Est Invstmnt Trst (CHP.UN), Tricon Residential (TCN), Boardwalk REIT (BEI.UN), RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust (REI.UN), SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trst (SRU.UN), First Capital Real Estate Investment Trust (FCR.UN), Chartwell Retirement Residences (CSH.UN), H&R Real Estate Investment Trust (HR.UN), and Altus Group (AIF). These companies are all part of the "real estate" sector.
Dream Industrial Real Estate Invest Trst (TSE:DIR.UN) and Granite Real Estate Investment Trust (TSE:GRT.UN) are both mid-cap real estate companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings and institutional ownership.
Dream Industrial Real Estate Invest Trst received 89 more outperform votes than Granite Real Estate Investment Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.38% of users gave Dream Industrial Real Estate Invest Trst an outperform vote while only 57.06% of users gave Granite Real Estate Investment Trust an outperform vote.
Granite Real Estate Investment Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Dream Industrial Real Estate Invest Trst. Granite Real Estate Investment Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Dream Industrial Real Estate Invest Trst, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
31.0% of Dream Industrial Real Estate Invest Trst shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.9% of Granite Real Estate Investment Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 3.2% of Dream Industrial Real Estate Invest Trst shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Granite Real Estate Investment Trust shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Granite Real Estate Investment Trust has a net margin of 26.22% compared to Granite Real Estate Investment Trust's net margin of 23.54%. Dream Industrial Real Estate Invest Trst's return on equity of 2.57% beat Granite Real Estate Investment Trust's return on equity.
Dream Industrial Real Estate Invest Trst has a beta of 1.24, suggesting that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Granite Real Estate Investment Trust has a beta of 1.14, suggesting that its share price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Granite Real Estate Investment Trust had 1 more articles in the media than Dream Industrial Real Estate Invest Trst. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Granite Real Estate Investment Trust and 1 mentions for Dream Industrial Real Estate Invest Trst. Granite Real Estate Investment Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.32 beat Dream Industrial Real Estate Invest Trst's score of 0.87 indicating that Dream Industrial Real Estate Invest Trst is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Dream Industrial Real Estate Invest Trst presently has a consensus price target of C$15.94, suggesting a potential upside of 22.22%. Granite Real Estate Investment Trust has a consensus price target of C$87.70, suggesting a potential upside of 24.36%. Given Dream Industrial Real Estate Invest Trst's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Granite Real Estate Investment Trust is more favorable than Dream Industrial Real Estate Invest Trst.
Dream Industrial Real Estate Invest Trst pays an annual dividend of C$0.70 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.4%. Granite Real Estate Investment Trust pays an annual dividend of C$3.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Dream Industrial Real Estate Invest Trst pays out 194.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Granite Real Estate Investment Trust pays out 152.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Summary
Granite Real Estate Investment Trust beats Dream Industrial Real Estate Invest Trst on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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