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Granite Real Estate Investment Trust (GRT.UN) Competitors

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C$70.99 +0.87 (+1.24%)
As of 07/4/2025 04:00 PM Eastern

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

FirstService (TSE:FSV) and Granite Real Estate Investment Trust (TSE:GRT.UN) are both mid-cap real estate companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, dividends, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation and media sentiment.

FirstService pays an annual dividend of C$1.35 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Granite Real Estate Investment Trust pays an annual dividend of C$3.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. FirstService pays out 39.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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.

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
FirstService2.19% 10.05% 4.67%
Granite Real Estate Investment Trust 42.50%4.28%2.82%

77.9% of FirstService shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.4% of Granite Real Estate Investment Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 10.3% of FirstService shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Granite Real Estate Investment Trust shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Granite Real Estate Investment Trust has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
FirstServiceC$3.47B2.21C$76.13MC$3.4270.81
Granite Real Estate Investment TrustC$540.51M8.24C$229.71MC$3.6319.56

FirstService has a beta of 0.96, suggesting that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Granite Real Estate Investment Trust has a beta of 1.18, suggesting that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.

FirstService presently has a consensus target price of C$197.00, suggesting a potential downside of 18.60%. Granite Real Estate Investment Trust has a consensus target price of C$84.42, suggesting a potential upside of 18.91%. Given Granite Real Estate Investment Trust's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Granite Real Estate Investment Trust is more favorable than FirstService.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
FirstService
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Granite Real Estate Investment Trust
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

In the previous week, FirstService's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Granite Real Estate Investment Trust'saverage media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
FirstService Neutral
Granite Real Estate Investment Trust Neutral

Summary

Granite Real Estate Investment Trust beats FirstService on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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GRT.UN vs. The Competition

MetricGranite Real Estate Investment TrustREIT IndustryReal Estate SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$4.45BC$2.82BC$1.62BC$6.19B
Dividend Yield4.29%6.29%6.26%6.72%
P/E Ratio19.569.6510.4750.85
Price / Sales8.24677.221,331.721,194.53
Price / Cash17.7868.4966.7983.29
Price / Book0.820.751.314.70
Net IncomeC$229.71MC$190.81M-C$120.13MC$301.20M
7 Day Performance2.69%-1.02%0.09%2.27%
1 Month Performance2.17%1.54%2.48%4.69%
1 Year Performance5.61%27.72%13.03%26.89%

Granite Real Estate Investment Trust Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GRT.UN
Granite Real Estate Investment Trust
N/AC$70.99
+1.2%
C$84.42
+18.9%
+4.4%C$4.45BC$540.51M19.5654
FSV
FirstService
N/AC$237.63
+0.4%
C$197.00
-17.1%
+14.0%C$7.53BC$3.47B69.5325,000
CIGI
Colliers International Group
0.5623 of 5 stars
C$178.17
-0.6%
C$180.00
+1.0%
+16.6%C$6.20BC$3.15B41.2316,800
TCN
Tricon Residential
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$4.18BC$884.73M27.391,010
SGD
Snowline Gold
N/AC$8.36
-3.2%
C$12.25
+46.5%
+50.3%C$1.35BN/A-77.402
REAX
Real Brokerage
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$435.92MC$500.93M-14.2460Gap Down
AXR
Alexco Resource
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$272.58MC$29.50M-70.6120
AEI
Arsenal Energy
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$0.00N/A0.0030
BPO
Brookfield Office Properties
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$0.00N/A0.00N/AHigh Trading Volume
MMI
Marcus & Millichap
N/AN/AN/AN/A$0.00N/A0.00890High Trading Volume
OPI
Office Properties Income Trust
N/AN/AN/AN/A$0.00N/A0.002,020Positive News
High Trading Volume

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This page (TSE:GRT.UN) was last updated on 7/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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