CRT.UN vs. SGR.UN, PLZ.UN, SRU.UN, CHP.UN, REI.UN, CRR.UN, MEQ, NWH.UN, MRC, and IIP.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 Slate Grocery REIT (SGR.UN), Plaza Retail REIT (PLZ.UN), SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trst (SRU.UN), Choice Properties Real Est Invstmnt Trst (CHP.UN), RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust (REI.UN), Crombie Real Estate Investment Trust (CRR.UN), Mainstreet Equity (MEQ), NorthWest Health Prop Real Est Inv Trust (NWH.UN), Morguard (MRC), and Interrent Real Estate Investment Trust (IIP.UN). These companies are all part of the "real estate" sector.
Slate Grocery REIT (TSE:SGR.UN) and CT Real Estate Investment Trust (TSE:CRT.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, earnings, community ranking, dividends, profitability, risk, valuation, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, Slate Grocery REIT had 10 more articles in the media than CT Real Estate Investment Trust. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Slate Grocery REIT and 0 mentions for CT Real Estate Investment Trust. Slate Grocery REIT's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat CT Real Estate Investment Trust's score of -0.27 indicating that CT Real Estate Investment Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Slate Grocery REIT pays an annual dividend of C$1.17 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.7%. CT Real Estate Investment Trust pays an annual dividend of C$0.90 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.5%. Slate Grocery REIT pays out 344.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. CT Real Estate Investment Trust pays out 103.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Slate Grocery REIT presently has a consensus price target of C$9.13, suggesting a potential downside of 16.21%. CT Real Estate Investment Trust has a consensus price target of C$16.29, suggesting a potential upside of 17.25%. Given Slate Grocery REIT's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe CT Real Estate Investment Trust is more favorable than Slate Grocery REIT.
CT Real Estate Investment Trust has a net margin of 19.05% compared to CT Real Estate Investment Trust's net margin of 7.26%. Slate Grocery REIT's return on equity of 5.98% beat CT Real Estate Investment Trust's return on equity.
CT Real Estate Investment Trust received 125 more outperform votes than Slate Grocery REIT when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 46.35% of users gave CT Real Estate Investment Trust an outperform vote while only 9.52% of users gave Slate Grocery REIT an outperform vote.
13.3% of Slate Grocery REIT shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 15.4% of CT Real Estate Investment Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Slate Grocery REIT shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 31.4% of CT Real Estate Investment Trust shares are owned by 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.
Slate Grocery REIT has a beta of 1.64, meaning that its share price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CT Real Estate Investment Trust has a beta of 0.95, meaning that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.
CT Real Estate Investment Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Slate Grocery REIT. CT Real Estate Investment Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Slate Grocery REIT, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
CT Real Estate Investment Trust beats Slate Grocery REIT on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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