REAL vs. BRE, PLZ.UN, APR.UN, HOM.U, MRD, MRT.UN, D.UN, MHC.UN, NXR.UN, and BTB.UN
Should you be buying Real Matters stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Real Matters include Bridgemarq Real Estate Services (BRE), Plaza Retail REIT (PLZ.UN), Automotive Properties Real Est Invt TR (APR.UN), Bsr Real Estate Investment Trust (HOM.U), Melcor Developments (MRD), Morguard Real Estate Inv. (MRT.UN), Dream Office Real Estate Investment Trst (D.UN), Flagship Communities Real Estate Investment Trust (MHC.UN), Nexus Industrial REIT (NXR.UN), and BTB Real Estate Investment Trust (BTB.UN). These companies are all part of the "real estate" sector.
Real Matters (TSE:REAL) and Bridgemarq Real Estate Services (TSE:BRE) are both small-cap real estate companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, media sentiment and community ranking.
41.3% of Real Matters shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 4.0% of Bridgemarq Real Estate Services shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.5% of Real Matters shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Bridgemarq Real Estate Services shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Real Matters has a beta of 0.69, indicating that its stock price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bridgemarq Real Estate Services has a beta of 1.29, indicating that its stock price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Bridgemarq Real Estate Services has a net margin of 22.98% compared to Real Matters' net margin of -3.21%. Bridgemarq Real Estate Services' return on equity of 0.00% beat Real Matters' return on equity.
Real Matters received 99 more outperform votes than Bridgemarq Real Estate Services when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.13% of users gave Bridgemarq Real Estate Services an outperform vote while only 58.15% of users gave Real Matters an outperform vote.
Bridgemarq Real Estate Services has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Real Matters. Real Matters is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bridgemarq Real Estate Services, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Real Matters currently has a consensus price target of C$7.36, suggesting a potential upside of 34.75%. Given Real Matters' higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Real Matters is more favorable than Bridgemarq Real Estate Services.
In the previous week, Real Matters had 5 more articles in the media than Bridgemarq Real Estate Services. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Real Matters and 1 mentions for Bridgemarq Real Estate Services. Real Matters' average media sentiment score of 0.33 beat Bridgemarq Real Estate Services' score of 0.31 indicating that Real Matters is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Bridgemarq Real Estate Services beats Real Matters on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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