GRT.UN vs. FSV, CIGI, TCN, SGD, REAX, AXR, AEI, BPO, MMI, and OPI
Should you be buying Granite Real Estate Investment Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Granite Real Estate Investment Trust include FirstService (FSV), Colliers International Group (CIGI), Tricon Residential (TCN), Snowline Gold (SGD), Real Brokerage (REAX), Alexco Resource (AXR), Arsenal Energy (AEI), Brookfield Office Properties (BPO), Marcus & Millichap (MMI), and Office Properties Income Trust (OPI). These companies are all part of the "real estate" industry.
Granite Real Estate Investment Trust vs. Its Competitors
Granite Real Estate Investment Trust (TSE:GRT.UN) and FirstService (TSE:FSV) are both mid-cap real estate companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings and profitability.
Granite Real Estate Investment Trust has higher earnings, but lower revenue than FirstService. Granite Real Estate Investment Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than FirstService, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Granite Real Estate Investment Trust has a net margin of 42.50% compared to FirstService's net margin of 2.19%. FirstService's return on equity of 10.05% beat Granite Real Estate Investment Trust's return on equity.
72.4% of Granite Real Estate Investment Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.9% of FirstService shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Granite Real Estate Investment Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.3% of FirstService shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Granite Real Estate Investment Trust has a beta of 1.18, meaning that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FirstService has a beta of 0.96, meaning that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Granite Real Estate Investment Trust and Granite Real Estate Investment Trust both had 1 articles in the media. Granite Real Estate Investment Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.43 beat FirstService's score of 0.67 indicating that Granite Real Estate Investment Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Granite Real Estate Investment Trust pays an annual dividend of C$3.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. FirstService pays an annual dividend of C$1.35 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Granite Real Estate Investment Trust pays out 90.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. FirstService pays out 39.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Granite Real Estate Investment Trust currently has a consensus price target of C$87.43, suggesting a potential upside of 10.75%. FirstService has a consensus price target of C$197.00, suggesting a potential downside of 29.11%. Given Granite Real Estate Investment Trust's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Granite Real Estate Investment Trust is more favorable than FirstService.
Summary
Granite Real Estate Investment Trust beats FirstService on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (TSE:GRT.UN) was last updated on 8/19/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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