CRT.UN vs. CHP.UN, REI.UN, SRU.UN, FCR.UN, SGR.UN, PLZ.UN, SRT.UN, FSV, CIGI, and CAR.UN
Should you be buying CT Real Estate Investment Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CT Real Estate Investment Trust include Choice Properties Real Est Invstmnt Trst (CHP.UN), RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust (REI.UN), SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trst (SRU.UN), First Capital Real Estate Investment Trust (FCR.UN), Slate Grocery REIT (SGR.UN), Plaza Retail REIT (PLZ.UN), Slate Retail REIT (SRT.UN), FirstService (FSV), Colliers International Group (CIGI), and Canadian Apartment Properties REIT (CAR.UN). These companies are all part of the "real estate" sector.
CT Real Estate Investment Trust vs. Its Competitors
CT Real Estate Investment Trust (TSE:CRT.UN) and Choice Properties Real Est Invstmnt Trst (TSE:CHP.UN) are both real estate companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and profitability.
CT Real Estate Investment Trust pays an annual dividend of C$0.93 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%. Choice Properties Real Est Invstmnt Trst pays an annual dividend of C$0.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. CT Real Estate Investment Trust pays out 60.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Choice Properties Real Est Invstmnt Trst pays out -454.5% 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.
7.2% of CT Real Estate Investment Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 12.9% of Choice Properties Real Est Invstmnt Trst shares are owned by institutional investors. 31.5% of CT Real Estate Investment Trust shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 15.8% of Choice Properties Real Est Invstmnt Trst shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, CT Real Estate Investment Trust had 1 more articles in the media than Choice Properties Real Est Invstmnt Trst. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for CT Real Estate Investment Trust and 1 mentions for Choice Properties Real Est Invstmnt Trst. CT Real Estate Investment Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.49 beat Choice Properties Real Est Invstmnt Trst's score of 0.29 indicating that CT Real Estate Investment Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Choice Properties Real Est Invstmnt Trst has higher revenue and earnings than CT Real Estate Investment Trust. Choice Properties Real Est Invstmnt Trst is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CT Real Estate Investment Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
CT Real Estate Investment Trust currently has a consensus target price of C$16.49, suggesting a potential upside of 0.07%. Choice Properties Real Est Invstmnt Trst has a consensus target price of C$16.00, suggesting a potential upside of 4.58%. Given Choice Properties Real Est Invstmnt Trst's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Choice Properties Real Est Invstmnt Trst is more favorable than CT Real Estate Investment Trust.
CT Real Estate Investment Trust has a beta of 0.967209, meaning that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Choice Properties Real Est Invstmnt Trst has a beta of 0.801716, meaning that its stock price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Choice Properties Real Est Invstmnt Trst has a net margin of 44.96% compared to CT Real Estate Investment Trust's net margin of 20.63%. Choice Properties Real Est Invstmnt Trst's return on equity of 13.73% beat CT Real Estate Investment Trust's return on equity.
Summary
Choice Properties Real Est Invstmnt Trst beats CT Real Estate Investment Trust on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:CRT.UN) was last updated on 9/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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