DRM vs. MRD, GDC, HMT, SRU.UN, FCR.UN, DRG.UN, CSH.UN, AIF, NVU.UN, and HR.UN
Should you be buying Dream Unlimited stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Dream Unlimited include Melcor Developments (MRD), Genesis Land Development (GDC), Halmont Properties (HMT), SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trst (SRU.UN), First Capital Real Estate Investment Trust (FCR.UN), Dream Global REIT (DRG.UN), Chartwell Retirement Residences (CSH.UN), Altus Group (AIF), Northview Apartment REIT (NVU.UN), and H&R Real Estate Investment Trust (HR.UN). These companies are all part of the "real estate" sector.
Melcor Developments (TSE:MRD) and Dream Unlimited (TSE:DRM) are both small-cap real estate companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, media sentiment and risk.
Melcor Developments has a net margin of 19.98% compared to Melcor Developments' net margin of -30.05%. Dream Unlimited's return on equity of 5.01% beat Melcor Developments' return on equity.
Melcor Developments has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Dream Unlimited. Dream Unlimited is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Melcor Developments, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Melcor Developments pays an annual dividend of C$0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Dream Unlimited pays an annual dividend of C$0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Melcor Developments pays out 21.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Dream Unlimited pays out -18.1% 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.
9.4% of Melcor Developments shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 20.7% of Dream Unlimited shares are held by institutional investors. 64.9% of Melcor Developments shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 46.6% of Dream Unlimited shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Melcor Developments has a beta of 1.39, meaning that its stock price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dream Unlimited has a beta of 1.34, meaning that its stock price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Melcor Developments and Melcor Developments both had 2 articles in the media. Dream Unlimited's average media sentiment score of 0.63 beat Melcor Developments' score of 0.49 indicating that Melcor Developments is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Dream Unlimited has a consensus price target of C$30.00, suggesting a potential upside of 37.30%. Given Melcor Developments' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Dream Unlimited is more favorable than Melcor Developments.
Melcor Developments received 74 more outperform votes than Dream Unlimited when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 72.47% of users gave Dream Unlimited an outperform vote while only 69.32% of users gave Melcor Developments an outperform vote.
Summary
Melcor Developments beats Dream Unlimited on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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