Minto Apartment Real Estate Invt Trust (MI.UN) Competitors

Minto Apartment Real Estate Invt Trust (TSE:MI.UN) and Morguard North American Residential REIT (TSE:MRG.UN) are both small-cap real estate companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, community ranking and profitability.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor MI.UN or MRG.UN?

Morguard North American Residential REIT received 83 more outperform votes than Minto Apartment Real Estate Invt Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.47% of users gave Morguard North American Residential REIT an outperform vote while only 61.11% of users gave Minto Apartment Real Estate Invt Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Minto Apartment Real Estate Invt Trust	Outperform Votes 99 61.11%	Underperform Votes 63 38.89%
Morguard North American Residential REIT	Outperform Votes 182 65.47%	Underperform Votes 96 34.53%

Which has better valuation & earnings, MI.UN or MRG.UN?

Morguard North American Residential REIT has higher revenue and earnings than Minto Apartment Real Estate Invt Trust. Minto Apartment Real Estate Invt Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Morguard North American Residential REIT, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Minto Apartment Real Estate Invt Trust	C$157.92M	3.86	-C$116.66M	-C$2.92	-5.24
Morguard North American Residential REIT	C$341.87M	1.76	C$172.57M	C$4.60	3.48

Which has more risk and volatility, MI.UN or MRG.UN?

Minto Apartment Real Estate Invt Trust has a beta of 1.17, suggesting that its share price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Morguard North American Residential REIT has a beta of 1.18, suggesting that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in MI.UN or MRG.UN?

29.5% of Minto Apartment Real Estate Invt Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.6% of Morguard North American Residential REIT shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.0% of Minto Apartment Real Estate Invt Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 25.7% of Morguard North American Residential REIT shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is MI.UN or MRG.UN more profitable?

Morguard North American Residential REIT has a net margin of 50.48% compared to Minto Apartment Real Estate Invt Trust's net margin of -73.87%. Morguard North American Residential REIT's return on equity of 9.05% beat Minto Apartment Real Estate Invt Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Minto Apartment Real Estate Invt Trust	-73.87%	-10.18%	2.03%
Morguard North American Residential REIT	50.48%	9.05%	2.47%

Do analysts prefer MI.UN or MRG.UN?

Minto Apartment Real Estate Invt Trust currently has a consensus price target of C$20.07, suggesting a potential upside of 31.25%. Morguard North American Residential REIT has a consensus price target of C$20.50, suggesting a potential upside of 27.89%. Given Minto Apartment Real Estate Invt Trust's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Minto Apartment Real Estate Invt Trust is more favorable than Morguard North American Residential REIT.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Minto Apartment Real Estate Invt Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.89
Morguard North American Residential REIT	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the media favor MI.UN or MRG.UN?

In the previous week, Morguard North American Residential REIT had 6 more articles in the media than Minto Apartment Real Estate Invt Trust. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Morguard North American Residential REIT and 2 mentions for Minto Apartment Real Estate Invt Trust. Morguard North American Residential REIT's average media sentiment score of 1.50 beat Minto Apartment Real Estate Invt Trust's score of 1.48 indicating that Morguard North American Residential REIT is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Minto Apartment Real Estate Invt Trust	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Morguard North American Residential REIT	5 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Is MI.UN or MRG.UN a better dividend stock?

Minto Apartment Real Estate Invt Trust pays an annual dividend of C$0.51 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Morguard North American Residential REIT pays an annual dividend of C$0.74 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Minto Apartment Real Estate Invt Trust pays out -17.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Morguard North American Residential REIT pays out 16.1% 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.

Summary

Morguard North American Residential REIT beats Minto Apartment Real Estate Invt Trust on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.