BEI.UN vs. NVU.UN, KMP.UN, IIP.UN, RUF.UN, MRG.UN, CAR.UN, GZT, CUF.UN, TCN, and NWH.UN
Should you be buying Boardwalk REIT stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Boardwalk REIT include 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 REIT (MRG.UN), Canadian Apartment Properties REIT (CAR.UN), Gazit Globe (GZT), Cominar REIT (CUF.UN), Tricon Residential (TCN), and NorthWest Health Prop Real Est Inv Trust (NWH.UN). These companies are all part of the "real estate" sector.
Boardwalk REIT vs.
Boardwalk REIT (TSE:BEI.UN) and Northview Apartment REIT (TSE:NVU.UN) are both mid-cap real estate companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership and earnings.
Boardwalk REIT has a net margin of 57.24% compared to Northview Apartment REIT's net margin of 0.00%. Boardwalk REIT's return on equity of 8.43% beat Northview Apartment REIT's return on equity.
In the previous week, Boardwalk REIT had 1 more articles in the media than Northview Apartment REIT. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Boardwalk REIT and 0 mentions for Northview Apartment REIT. Boardwalk REIT's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Northview Apartment REIT's average media sentiment score.
Boardwalk REIT has higher revenue and earnings than Northview Apartment REIT. Northview Apartment REIT is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Boardwalk REIT, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Boardwalk REIT received 95 more outperform votes than Northview Apartment REIT when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 56.11% of users gave Northview Apartment REIT an outperform vote while only 50.42% of users gave Boardwalk REIT an outperform vote.
40.5% of Boardwalk REIT shares are owned by institutional investors. 19.2% of Boardwalk REIT 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.
Boardwalk REIT pays an annual dividend of C$1.17 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Northview Apartment REIT pays an annual dividend of C$1.63 per share. Boardwalk REIT pays out 22.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Northview Apartment REIT pays out 55.2% 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. Boardwalk REIT is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Boardwalk REIT presently has a consensus target price of C$64.93, indicating a potential upside of 20.60%.
Summary
Boardwalk REIT beats Northview Apartment REIT on 13 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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BEI.UN vs. The Competition
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