GRT.UN vs. DIR.UN, CHP.UN, TCN, BEI.UN, REI.UN, SRU.UN, FCR.UN, CSH.UN, HR.UN, and AIF
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 Dream Industrial Real Estate Invest Trst (DIR.UN), Choice Properties Real Est Invstmnt Trst (CHP.UN), Tricon Residential (TCN), Boardwalk REIT (BEI.UN), RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust (REI.UN), SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trst (SRU.UN), First Capital Realty (FCR.UN), Chartwell Retirement Residences (CSH.UN), H&R Real Estate Investment Trust (HR.UN), and Altus Group (AIF). These companies are all part of the "real estate" sector.
Dream Industrial Real Estate Invest Trst (TSE:DIR.UN) and Granite Real Estate Investment Trust (TSE:GRT.UN) are both mid-cap real estate companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, profitability, risk and media sentiment.
Granite Real Estate Investment Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Dream Industrial Real Estate Invest Trst. Granite Real Estate Investment Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Dream Industrial Real Estate Invest Trst, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Dream Industrial Real Estate Invest Trst currently has a consensus target price of C$16.17, indicating a potential upside of 30.90%. Granite Real Estate Investment Trust has a consensus target price of C$87.33, indicating a potential upside of 27.16%. Given Granite Real Estate Investment Trust's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Dream Industrial Real Estate Invest Trst is more favorable than Granite Real Estate Investment Trust.
In the previous week, Dream Industrial Real Estate Invest Trst had 1 more articles in the media than Granite Real Estate Investment Trust. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Dream Industrial Real Estate Invest Trst and 6 mentions for Granite Real Estate Investment Trust. Dream Industrial Real Estate Invest Trst's average media sentiment score of 0.55 beat Granite Real Estate Investment Trust's score of 0.21 indicating that Granite Real Estate Investment Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Dream Industrial Real Estate Invest Trst received 89 more outperform votes than Granite Real Estate Investment Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.38% of users gave Dream Industrial Real Estate Invest Trst an outperform vote while only 57.39% of users gave Granite Real Estate Investment Trust an outperform vote.
Dream Industrial Real Estate Invest Trst has a beta of 1.23, suggesting that its share price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Granite Real Estate Investment Trust has a beta of 1.14, suggesting that its share price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Granite Real Estate Investment Trust has a net margin of 26.22% compared to Granite Real Estate Investment Trust's net margin of 23.54%. Dream Industrial Real Estate Invest Trst's return on equity of 2.57% beat Granite Real Estate Investment Trust's return on equity.
31.0% of Dream Industrial Real Estate Invest Trst shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.9% of Granite Real Estate Investment Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.2% of Dream Industrial Real Estate Invest Trst shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Granite Real Estate Investment Trust shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Dream Industrial Real Estate Invest Trst pays an annual dividend of C$0.70 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.7%. Granite Real Estate Investment Trust pays an annual dividend of C$3.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. Dream Industrial Real Estate Invest Trst pays out 194.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Granite Real Estate Investment Trust pays out 152.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Summary
Granite Real Estate Investment Trust beats Dream Industrial Real Estate Invest Trst on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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