Canadian Apartment Properties REIT (CAR.UN) Competitors C$42.00 -0.25 (-0.59%) As of 08/14/2025 04:00 PM Eastern Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsHeadlinesBuy This Stock CAR.UN vs. BEI.UN, NVU.UN, KMP.UN, IIP.UN, RUF.UN, MRG.UN, MI.UN, HOM.U, MHC.UN, and HOM.UNShould 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 Northview Apartment REIT Killam Apartment REIT InterRent Real Estate Investment Trust Pure Multi-Family REIT Morguard North American Residential Real Estate Investment Trust Minto Apartment Real Estate Invt Trust Bsr Real Estate Investment Trust Flagship Communities Real Estate Investment Trust BSR Real Estate Investment Trust 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 contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, dividends, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment and analyst recommendations. Is BEI.UN or CAR.UN more profitable? 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.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust118.55% 15.71% 2.31% Canadian Apartment Properties REIT -4.95%-1.08%2.40% Does the media refer more to BEI.UN or CAR.UN? In the previous week, Canadian Apartment Properties REIT had 2 more articles in the media than Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Canadian Apartment Properties REIT and 1 mentions for Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust. Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.79 beat Canadian Apartment Properties REIT's score of -0.85 indicating that Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust 0 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 1 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Canadian Apartment Properties REIT 0 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 2 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Negative Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of BEI.UN or CAR.UN? 39.7% of Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.6% of Canadian Apartment Properties REIT shares are owned by institutional investors. 17.9% of Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Canadian Apartment Properties REIT shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term. Do analysts prefer BEI.UN or CAR.UN? Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust currently has a consensus price target of C$83.44, suggesting a potential upside of 17.47%. Canadian Apartment Properties REIT has a consensus price target of C$52.29, suggesting a potential upside of 24.49%. Given Canadian Apartment Properties REIT's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Canadian Apartment Properties REIT is more favorable than Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust 0 Sell rating(s) 3 Hold rating(s) 5 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.63Canadian Apartment Properties REIT 0 Sell rating(s) 3 Hold rating(s) 2 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.40 Which has more risk and volatility, BEI.UN or CAR.UN? 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. Comparatively, Canadian Apartment Properties REIT has a beta of 1.23, meaning that its share price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500. Is BEI.UN or CAR.UN a better dividend stock? Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust pays an annual dividend of C$1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Canadian Apartment Properties REIT pays an annual dividend of C$1.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. 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. Which has better earnings and valuation, BEI.UN or CAR.UN? 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. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioBoardwalk Real Estate Investment TrustC$573.10M6.12C$679.42MC$13.515.26Canadian Apartment Properties REITC$1.09B6.44-C$54.15M-C$0.32-131.25 SummaryBoardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust beats Canadian Apartment Properties REIT on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Canadian Apartment Properties REIT News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for CAR.UN and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding CAR.UN and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of TSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart CAR.UN vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricCanadian Apartment Properties REITREIT IndustryReal Estate SectorTSE ExchangeMarket CapC$7.02BC$1.40BC$1.73BC$6.38BDividend Yield2.92%3.83%6.30%6.72%P/E Ratio-131.254.0810.8966.98Price / Sales6.44230.891,195.671,564.00Price / Cash57.91107.6866.7983.29Price / Book0.750.681.354.86Net Income-C$54.15MC$64.85M-C$120.13MC$301.20M7 Day Performance-1.22%-0.81%0.34%1.07%1 Month Performance-8.00%-4.59%0.16%2.35%1 Year Performance-15.34%5.70%9.04%27.93% Canadian Apartment Properties REIT Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)CAR.UNCanadian Apartment Properties REIT0.9672 of 5 starsC$42.00-0.6%C$52.29+24.5%-14.8%C$7.02BC$1.09B-131.25908News CoverageAnalyst DowngradeBEI.UNBoardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust3.3171 of 5 starsC$71.71+0.4%C$83.44+16.4%-12.6%C$3.54BC$573.10M5.311,558News CoveragePositive NewsDividend AnnouncementNVU.UNNorthview Apartment REITN/AN/AN/AN/AC$2.51BC$397.19M12.27950High Trading VolumeKMP.UNKillam Apartment REIT2.3206 of 5 starsC$18.16-0.1%C$22.14+21.9%-6.2%C$2.16BC$356.70M6.98616Analyst ForecastIIP.UNInterRent Real Estate Investment Trust0.854 of 5 starsC$13.21+0.3%C$13.24+0.2%+8.6%C$1.95BC$245.13M-660.50359Positive NewsRUF.UNPure Multi-Family REITN/AN/AN/AN/AC$784.44MC$111.01M13.13189MRG.UNMorguard North American Residential Real Estate Investment Trust4.1772 of 5 starsC$17.84-1.8%C$22.50+26.1%+7.6%C$662.76MC$344.99M4.72N/APositive NewsMI.UNMinto Apartment Real Estate Invt Trust1.1657 of 5 starsC$13.68-0.1%C$15.89+16.1%-12.6%C$546.11MC$157.96M-15.37179Positive NewsHOM.UBsr Real Estate Investment Trust2.0896 of 5 starsC$12.55+0.4%C$15.10+20.3%-1.5%C$418.92MC$168.39M-2.14250Positive NewsMHC.UNFlagship Communities Real Estate Investment Trust3.4917 of 5 starsC$24.50-2.0%C$21.29-13.1%+33.2%C$346.43MC$78.07M5.20N/APositive NewsHOM.UNBSR Real Estate Investment TrustN/AC$17.29+0.2%N/A-0.5%C$0.00C$168.39M-2.18250 Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust Competitors Northview Apartment REIT Competitors Killam Apartment REIT Competitors InterRent Real Estate Investment Trust Competitors Pure Multi-Family REIT Competitors Morguard North American Residential Real Estate Investment Trust Competitors Minto Apartment Real Estate Invt Trust Competitors Bsr Real Estate Investment Trust Competitors Flagship Communities Real Estate Investment Trust Competitors BSR Real Estate Investment Trust Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (TSE:CAR.UN) was last updated on 8/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersTrump’s national nightmare is herePorter Stansberry and Jeff Brown say a new U.S. national emergency is already underway — and it could trigger ...Porter & Company | SponsoredAlex’s “Next Magnificent Seven” stocksThe original “Magnificent Seven” turned $7K into $1.18 million. 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