HOT.UN vs. SOT.UN, MPC, MR.UN, INO.UN, BRE, TNT.UN, GDC, ERE-UN, IVQ, and IVQ.U
Should you be buying American Hotel Income Properties REIT stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of American Hotel Income Properties REIT include Slate Office REIT (SOT.UN), Madison Pacific Properties (MPC), Melcor Real Estate Investment Trust (MR.UN), Inovalis Real Estate Investment Trust (INO.UN), Bridgemarq Real Estate Services (BRE), True North Commercial REIT (TNT.UN), Genesis Land Development (GDC), European Residential Real Estate Investment Trust (ERE-UN), Invesque (IVQ), and Invesque (IVQ.U). These companies are all part of the "real estate" sector.
Slate Office REIT (TSE:SOT.UN) and American Hotel Income Properties REIT (TSE:HOT.UN) are both small-cap real estate companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, risk, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, community ranking and media sentiment.
Slate Office REIT received 112 more outperform votes than American Hotel Income Properties REIT when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.07% of users gave American Hotel Income Properties REIT an outperform vote while only 61.91% of users gave Slate Office REIT an outperform vote.
Slate Office REIT pays an annual dividend of C$0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 17.4%. American Hotel Income Properties REIT pays an annual dividend of C$0.25 per share and has a dividend yield of 41.0%. Slate Office REIT pays out -8.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. American Hotel Income Properties REIT pays out -19.5% 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. American Hotel Income Properties REIT is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
American Hotel Income Properties REIT has higher revenue and earnings than Slate Office REIT. Slate Office REIT is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than American Hotel Income Properties REIT, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
American Hotel Income Properties REIT has a net margin of -27.79% compared to American Hotel Income Properties REIT's net margin of -57.24%. American Hotel Income Properties REIT's return on equity of -19.51% beat Slate Office REIT's return on equity.
5.0% of Slate Office REIT shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 2.4% of American Hotel Income Properties REIT shares are owned by institutional investors. 18.4% of Slate Office REIT shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.2% of American Hotel Income Properties REIT shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Slate Office REIT has a beta of 0.94, meaning that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, American Hotel Income Properties REIT has a beta of 2.22, meaning that its share price is 122% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Slate Office REIT had 3 more articles in the media than American Hotel Income Properties REIT. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Slate Office REIT and 1 mentions for American Hotel Income Properties REIT. Slate Office REIT's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat American Hotel Income Properties REIT's score of -0.22 indicating that American Hotel Income Properties REIT is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Slate Office REIT currently has a consensus target price of C$1.22, suggesting a potential upside of 77.02%. American Hotel Income Properties REIT has a consensus target price of C$1.23, suggesting a potential upside of 102.19%. Given Slate Office REIT's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe American Hotel Income Properties REIT is more favorable than Slate Office REIT.
Summary
American Hotel Income Properties REIT beats Slate Office REIT on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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