CAR.UN vs. BEI.UN, NVU.UN, KMP.UN, IIP.UN, RUF.UN, MRG.UN, MI.UN, HOM.U, MHC.UN, and HOM.UN
Should you be buying Canadian Apartment Properties REIT stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Canadian Apartment Properties REIT include Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust (BEI.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.
Canadian Apartment Properties REIT vs. Its 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 business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation and risk.
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.
Canadian Apartment Properties REIT received 77 more outperform votes than Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.28% of users gave Canadian Apartment Properties REIT an outperform vote while only 49.72% of users gave Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust an outperform vote.
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.
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 hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
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 an annual dividend of C$1.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. 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.
Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust presently has a consensus target price of C$80.64, indicating a potential upside of 16.07%. Canadian Apartment Properties REIT has a consensus target price of C$54.50, indicating a potential upside of 22.12%. Given Canadian Apartment Properties REIT's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Canadian Apartment Properties REIT is more favorable than Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust.
In the previous week, Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust and Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust both had 1 articles in the media. Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.68 beat Canadian Apartment Properties REIT's score of 0.59 indicating that Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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.
Summary
Canadian Apartment Properties REIT beats Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (TSE:CAR.UN) was last updated on 6/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
