MRG.UN vs. MI.UN, HOM.U, MHC.UN, ERE-UN, IIP.UN, KMP.UN, SGR.UN, WFC, AX.UN, and NXR.UN
Should you be buying Morguard North American Residential Real Estate Investment Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Morguard North American Residential Real Estate Investment Trust include Minto Apartment Real Estate Invt Trust (MI.UN), Bsr Real Estate Investment Trust (HOM.U), Flagship Communities Real Estate Investment Trust (MHC.UN), European Residential Real Estate Investment Trust (ERE-UN), InterRent Real Estate Investment Trust (IIP.UN), Killam Apartment REIT (KMP.UN), Slate Grocery REIT (SGR.UN), Wall Financial (WFC), Artis Real Estate Investment Trust Unit (AX.UN), and Nexus Industrial REIT (NXR.UN). These companies are all part of the "real estate" sector.
Morguard North American Residential Real Estate Investment Trust (TSE:MRG.UN) and Minto Apartment Real Estate Invt Trust (TSE:MI.UN) are both small-cap real estate companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends and risk.
In the previous week, Morguard North American Residential Real Estate Investment Trust had 5 more articles in the media than Minto Apartment Real Estate Invt Trust. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Morguard North American Residential Real Estate Investment Trust and 1 mentions for Minto Apartment Real Estate Invt Trust. Minto Apartment Real Estate Invt Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.74 beat Morguard North American Residential Real Estate Investment Trust's score of 1.47 indicating that Minto Apartment Real Estate Invt Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Morguard North American Residential Real Estate Investment Trust currently has a consensus price target of C$20.50, suggesting a potential upside of 28.53%. Minto Apartment Real Estate Invt Trust has a consensus price target of C$20.07, suggesting a potential upside of 31.25%. Given Minto Apartment Real Estate Invt Trust's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Minto Apartment Real Estate Invt Trust is more favorable than Morguard North American Residential Real Estate Investment Trust.
Morguard North American Residential Real Estate Investment Trust 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 Real Estate Investment Trust an outperform vote while only 61.11% of users gave Minto Apartment Real Estate Invt Trust an outperform vote.
Morguard North American Residential Real Estate Investment Trust 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 Real Estate Investment Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Morguard North American Residential Real Estate Investment Trust has a beta of 1.18, suggesting that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Minto Apartment Real Estate Invt Trust has a beta of 1.17, suggesting that its stock price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500.
6.6% of Morguard North American Residential Real Estate Investment Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 29.5% of Minto Apartment Real Estate Invt Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 25.7% of Morguard North American Residential Real Estate Investment Trust shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Minto Apartment Real Estate Invt Trust shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Morguard North American Residential Real Estate Investment Trust 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 an annual dividend of C$0.51 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Morguard North American Residential Real Estate Investment Trust pays out 16.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Minto Apartment Real Estate Invt Trust pays out -17.5% 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.
Morguard North American Residential Real Estate Investment Trust has a net margin of 50.41% compared to Minto Apartment Real Estate Invt Trust's net margin of -73.87%. Morguard North American Residential Real Estate Investment Trust's return on equity of 9.05% beat Minto Apartment Real Estate Invt Trust's return on equity.
Summary
Morguard North American Residential Real Estate Investment Trust beats Minto Apartment Real Estate Invt Trust on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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