BEI.UN vs. CAR.UN, NVU.UN, KMP.UN, IIP.UN, RUF.UN, MI.UN, MRG.UN, HOM.U, MHC.UN, and ERE-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), Minto Apartment Real Estate Invt Trust (MI.UN), Morguard North American Residential Real Estate Investment Trust (MRG.UN), Bsr Real Estate Investment Trust (HOM.U), Flagship Communities Real Estate Investment Trust (MHC.UN), and European Residential Real Estate Investment Trust (ERE-UN). These companies are all part of the "reit - residential" industry.
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 superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, valuation, community ranking, profitability and institutional ownership.
In the previous week, Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust had 2 more articles in the media than Canadian Apartment Properties REIT. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust and 2 mentions for Canadian Apartment Properties REIT. Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.37 beat Canadian Apartment Properties REIT's score of 0.67 indicating that Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.
41.5% of Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.2% of Canadian Apartment Properties REIT shares are held by institutional investors. 17.9% of Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Canadian Apartment Properties REIT shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust has a net margin of 134.70% compared to Canadian Apartment Properties REIT's net margin of -11.69%. Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust's return on equity of 18.16% beat Canadian Apartment Properties REIT's return on equity.
Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust presently has a consensus price target of C$85.93, indicating a potential upside of 7.82%. Canadian Apartment Properties REIT has a consensus price target of C$56.30, indicating a potential upside of 14.69%. Given Canadian Apartment Properties REIT's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Canadian Apartment Properties REIT is more favorable than Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust.
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.
Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust has a beta of 1.74, suggesting that its stock price is 74% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Canadian Apartment Properties REIT has a beta of 1.19, suggesting that its stock price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust pays an annual dividend of C$1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Canadian Apartment Properties REIT pays an annual dividend of C$1.45 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust pays out 9.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Canadian Apartment Properties REIT pays out -193.3% 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.
Canadian Apartment Properties REIT received 79 more outperform votes than Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.34% of users gave Canadian Apartment Properties REIT an outperform vote while only 50.10% of users gave Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust an outperform vote.
Summary
Canadian Apartment Properties REIT beats Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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