BTB.UN vs. MRT.UN, APR.UN, TNT.UN, AX.UN, MHC.UN, D.UN, ERE-UN, MRD, HOM.U, and GDC
Should you be buying BTB Real Estate Investment Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BTB Real Estate Investment Trust include Morguard Real Estate Inv. (MRT.UN), Automotive Properties Real Est Invt TR (APR.UN), True North Commercial REIT (TNT.UN), Artis Real Estate Investment Trust Unit (AX.UN), Flagship Communities Real Estate Investment Trust (MHC.UN), Dream Office Real Estate Investment Trst (D.UN), European Residential Real Estate Investment Trust (ERE-UN), Melcor Developments (MRD), Bsr Real Estate Investment Trust (HOM.U), and Genesis Land Development (GDC). These companies are all part of the "real estate" sector.
Morguard Real Estate Inv. (TSE:MRT.UN) and BTB Real Estate Investment Trust (TSE:BTB.UN) are both small-cap real estate companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, profitability, valuation and earnings.
In the previous week, Morguard Real Estate Inv. had 6 more articles in the media than BTB Real Estate Investment Trust. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Morguard Real Estate Inv. and 3 mentions for BTB Real Estate Investment Trust. BTB Real Estate Investment Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.44 beat Morguard Real Estate Inv.'s score of 0.69 indicating that Morguard Real Estate Inv. is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Morguard Real Estate Inv. presently has a consensus target price of C$5.25, indicating a potential downside of 1.87%. BTB Real Estate Investment Trust has a consensus target price of C$3.28, indicating a potential upside of 2.99%. Given Morguard Real Estate Inv.'s higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe BTB Real Estate Investment Trust is more favorable than Morguard Real Estate Inv..
BTB Real Estate Investment Trust has a net margin of 28.63% compared to BTB Real Estate Investment Trust's net margin of -28.98%. Morguard Real Estate Inv.'s return on equity of 7.79% beat BTB Real Estate Investment Trust's return on equity.
BTB Real Estate Investment Trust received 31 more outperform votes than Morguard Real Estate Inv. when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 55.71% of users gave BTB Real Estate Investment Trust an outperform vote while only 37.14% of users gave Morguard Real Estate Inv. an outperform vote.
Morguard Real Estate Inv. pays an annual dividend of C$0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. BTB Real Estate Investment Trust pays an annual dividend of C$0.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.4%. Morguard Real Estate Inv. pays out -20.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. BTB Real Estate Investment Trust pays out 71.4% 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.
Morguard Real Estate Inv. has a beta of 1.42, meaning that its stock price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BTB Real Estate Investment Trust has a beta of 1.47, meaning that its stock price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500.
BTB Real Estate Investment Trust has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Morguard Real Estate Inv.. Morguard Real Estate Inv. is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BTB Real Estate Investment Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
1.0% of Morguard Real Estate Inv. shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.4% of BTB Real Estate Investment Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 80.0% of Morguard Real Estate Inv. shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of BTB Real Estate Investment Trust shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
BTB Real Estate Investment Trust beats Morguard Real Estate Inv. on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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