Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust (BEI.UN) Competitors

Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust (TSE:BEI.UN) and Canadian Apartment Properties REIT (TSE:CAR.UN) are both mid-cap real estate companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, dividends, earnings and risk.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, BEI.UN or CAR.UN?

Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Canadian Apartment Properties REIT. Canadian Apartment Properties REIT is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust, 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
Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust	C$573.10M	6.17	C$679.42M	C$13.51	5.30
Canadian Apartment Properties REIT	C$1.09B	6.55	-C$54.15M	-C$0.32	-133.50

Which has more volatility & risk, BEI.UN or CAR.UN?

Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust has a beta of 1.76, meaning that its stock price is 76% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Canadian Apartment Properties REIT has a beta of 1.23, meaning that its stock price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer BEI.UN or CAR.UN?

Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust presently has a consensus target price of C$83.44, suggesting a potential upside of 16.63%. Canadian Apartment Properties REIT has a consensus target price of C$53.78, suggesting a potential upside of 25.88%. Given Canadian Apartment Properties REIT's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Canadian Apartment Properties REIT is more favorable than Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.63
Canadian Apartment Properties REIT	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Is BEI.UN or CAR.UN more profitable?

Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust has a net margin of 118.55% compared to Canadian Apartment Properties REIT's net margin of -4.95%. Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust's return on equity of 15.71% beat Canadian Apartment Properties REIT's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust	118.55%	15.71%	2.31%
Canadian Apartment Properties REIT	-4.95%	-1.08%	2.40%

Is BEI.UN or CAR.UN a better dividend stock?

Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust pays an annual dividend of C$1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Canadian Apartment Properties REIT pays an annual dividend of C$1.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust pays out 10.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Canadian Apartment Properties REIT pays out -468.8% 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. Canadian Apartment Properties REIT is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the media prefer BEI.UN or CAR.UN?

In the previous week, Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust had 6 more articles in the media than Canadian Apartment Properties REIT. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust and 6 mentions for Canadian Apartment Properties REIT. Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.29 beat Canadian Apartment Properties REIT's score of 0.17 indicating that Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust	11 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Canadian Apartment Properties REIT	1 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of BEI.UN or CAR.UN?

39.7% of Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.6% of Canadian Apartment Properties REIT shares are held by institutional investors. 17.9% of Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Canadian Apartment Properties REIT shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust beats Canadian Apartment Properties REIT on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.