FCR.UN vs. CHP.UN, REI.UN, SRU.UN, CRT.UN, SGR.UN, PLZ.UN, SRT.UN, FSV, CIGI, and CAR.UN
Should you be buying First Capital Real Estate Investment Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of First Capital 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), CT Real Estate Investment Trust (CRT.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.
First Capital Real Estate Investment Trust vs. Its Competitors
Choice Properties Real Est Invstmnt Trst (TSE:CHP.UN) and First Capital Real Estate Investment Trust (TSE:FCR.UN) are both real estate companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, valuation, risk, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership and analyst recommendations.
Choice Properties Real Est Invstmnt Trst presently has a consensus target price of C$15.86, indicating a potential upside of 8.69%. First Capital Real Estate Investment Trust has a consensus target price of C$21.09, indicating a potential upside of 8.06%. Given Choice Properties Real Est Invstmnt Trst's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Choice Properties Real Est Invstmnt Trst is more favorable than First Capital Real Estate Investment Trust.
Choice Properties Real Est Invstmnt Trst has higher revenue and earnings than First Capital Real Estate Investment Trust. Choice Properties Real Est Invstmnt Trst is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than First Capital Real Estate Investment Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
13.2% of Choice Properties Real Est Invstmnt Trst shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 48.3% of First Capital Real Estate Investment Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 15.8% of Choice Properties Real Est Invstmnt Trst shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of First Capital Real Estate Investment Trust shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Choice Properties Real Est Invstmnt Trst pays an annual dividend of C$0.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. First Capital Real Estate Investment Trust pays an annual dividend of C$0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. Choice Properties Real Est Invstmnt Trst pays out -454.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. First Capital Real Estate Investment Trust pays out 71.4% 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. Choice Properties Real Est Invstmnt Trst is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Choice Properties Real Est Invstmnt Trst has a net margin of 44.96% compared to First Capital Real Estate Investment Trust's net margin of -8.48%. Choice Properties Real Est Invstmnt Trst's return on equity of 13.73% beat First Capital Real Estate Investment Trust's return on equity.
In the previous week, First Capital Real Estate Investment Trust had 3 more articles in the media than Choice Properties Real Est Invstmnt Trst. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for First Capital Real Estate Investment Trust and 1 mentions for Choice Properties Real Est Invstmnt Trst. First Capital Real Estate Investment Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.49 beat Choice Properties Real Est Invstmnt Trst's score of 1.05 indicating that First Capital Real Estate Investment Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Choice Properties Real Est Invstmnt Trst has a beta of 0.739045, suggesting that its stock price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Capital Real Estate Investment Trust has a beta of 0.950827, suggesting that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Choice Properties Real Est Invstmnt Trst beats First Capital Real Estate Investment Trust on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (TSE:FCR.UN) was last updated on 10/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
