BEI.UN vs. CAR.UN, NVU.UN, KMP.UN, IIP.UN, RUF.UN, MRG.UN, MI.UN, HOM.U, MHC.UN, and HOM.UN
Should you be buying Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust include Canadian Apartment Properties REIT (CAR.UN), Northview Apartment REIT (NVU.UN), Killam Apartment REIT (KMP.UN), InterRent Real Estate Investment Trust (IIP.UN), Pure Multi-Family REIT (RUF.UN), Morguard North American Residential Real Estate Investment Trust (MRG.UN), Minto Apartment Real Estate Invt Trust (MI.UN), Bsr Real Estate Investment Trust (HOM.U), Flagship Communities Real Estate Investment Trust (MHC.UN), and BSR Real Estate Investment Trust (HOM.UN). These companies are all part of the "reit - residential" industry.
Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust vs. Its Competitors
Canadian Apartment Properties REIT (TSE:CAR.UN) and Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust (TSE:BEI.UN) are both mid-cap real estate companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation and profitability.
42.6% of Canadian Apartment Properties REIT shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.7% of Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Canadian Apartment Properties REIT shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 17.9% of Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.
Canadian Apartment Properties REIT currently has a consensus price target of C$54.50, suggesting a potential upside of 22.42%. Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust has a consensus price target of C$80.64, suggesting a potential upside of 15.02%. Given Canadian Apartment Properties REIT's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Canadian Apartment Properties REIT is more favorable than Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust.
Canadian Apartment Properties REIT has a beta of 1.23, meaning that its share price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust has a beta of 1.76, meaning that its share price is 76% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Canadian Apartment Properties REIT pays an annual dividend of C$1.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust pays an annual dividend of C$1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Canadian Apartment Properties REIT pays out -468.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust pays out 10.7% 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.
In the previous week, Canadian Apartment Properties REIT and Canadian Apartment Properties REIT both had 3 articles in the media. Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.69 beat Canadian Apartment Properties REIT's score of 0.27 indicating that Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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.
Summary
Canadian Apartment Properties REIT beats Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:BEI.UN) was last updated on 7/9/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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