APR.UN vs. MRT.UN, BTB.UN, TNT.UN, AX.UN, CRR.UN, PLZ.UN, REAL, HOM.U, MRD, and D.UN
Should you be buying Automotive Properties Real Est Invt TR stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Automotive Properties Real Est Invt TR include Morguard Real Estate Inv. (MRT.UN), BTB Real Estate Investment Trust (BTB.UN), True North Commercial REIT (TNT.UN), Artis Real Estate Investment Trust Unit (AX.UN), Crombie Real Estate Investment Trust (CRR.UN), Plaza Retail REIT (PLZ.UN), Real Matters (REAL), Bsr Real Estate Investment Trust (HOM.U), Melcor Developments (MRD), and Dream Office Real Estate Investment Trst (D.UN). These companies are all part of the "real estate" sector.
Automotive Properties Real Est Invt TR (TSE:APR.UN) and Morguard Real Estate Inv. (TSE:MRT.UN) are both small-cap real estate companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, earnings, institutional ownership, risk and profitability.
Automotive Properties Real Est Invt TR has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Morguard Real Estate Inv.. Morguard Real Estate Inv. is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Automotive Properties Real Est Invt TR, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Automotive Properties Real Est Invt TR has a net margin of 55.13% compared to Morguard Real Estate Inv.'s net margin of -41.36%. Automotive Properties Real Est Invt TR's return on equity of 9.61% beat Morguard Real Estate Inv.'s return on equity.
Automotive Properties Real Est Invt TR has a beta of 0.87, indicating that its share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Morguard Real Estate Inv. has a beta of 1.42, indicating that its share price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500.
1.5% of Automotive Properties Real Est Invt TR shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.8% of Morguard Real Estate Inv. shares are owned by institutional investors. 40.9% of Automotive Properties Real Est Invt TR shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 91.8% of Morguard Real Estate Inv. shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Automotive Properties Real Est Invt TR pays an annual dividend of C$0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.0%. Morguard Real Estate Inv. pays an annual dividend of C$0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. Automotive Properties Real Est Invt TR pays out 62.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Morguard Real Estate Inv. pays out -14.5% 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.
Automotive Properties Real Est Invt TR presently has a consensus price target of C$12.31, indicating a potential upside of 23.74%. Morguard Real Estate Inv. has a consensus price target of C$5.25, indicating a potential downside of 1.13%. Given Automotive Properties Real Est Invt TR's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Automotive Properties Real Est Invt TR is more favorable than Morguard Real Estate Inv..
Automotive Properties Real Est Invt TR received 51 more outperform votes than Morguard Real Estate Inv. when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.72% of users gave Automotive Properties Real Est Invt TR an outperform vote while only 37.14% of users gave Morguard Real Estate Inv. an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Morguard Real Estate Inv. had 6 more articles in the media than Automotive Properties Real Est Invt TR. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Morguard Real Estate Inv. and 0 mentions for Automotive Properties Real Est Invt TR. Morguard Real Estate Inv.'s average media sentiment score of 1.54 beat Automotive Properties Real Est Invt TR's score of 0.00 indicating that Morguard Real Estate Inv. is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Automotive Properties Real Est Invt TR beats Morguard Real Estate Inv. on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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