Mainstreet Equity (MEQ) Competitors

Tricon Residential (TSE:TCN) and Mainstreet Equity (TSE:MEQ) are both real estate companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation, profitability, dividends, media sentiment, risk and earnings.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in TCN or MEQ?

Tricon Residential received 268 more outperform votes than Mainstreet Equity when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 77.01% of users gave Tricon Residential an outperform vote while only 56.85% of users gave Mainstreet Equity an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Tricon Residential	Outperform Votes 459 77.01%	Underperform Votes 137 22.99%
Mainstreet Equity	Outperform Votes 191 56.85%	Underperform Votes 145 43.15%

Is TCN or MEQ more profitable?

Mainstreet Equity has a net margin of 52.74% compared to Tricon Residential's net margin of 12.91%. Mainstreet Equity's return on equity of 9.38% beat Tricon Residential's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Tricon Residential	12.91%	3.18%	2.08%
Mainstreet Equity	52.74%	9.38%	2.56%

Do insiders and institutionals believe in TCN or MEQ?

75.5% of Tricon Residential shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.0% of Mainstreet Equity shares are held by institutional investors. 3.1% of Tricon Residential shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 48.9% of Mainstreet Equity shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts recommend TCN or MEQ?

Tricon Residential presently has a consensus target price of C$15.16, suggesting a potential upside of 0.00%. Mainstreet Equity has a consensus target price of C$205.00, suggesting a potential upside of 0.90%. Given Mainstreet Equity's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Mainstreet Equity is more favorable than Tricon Residential.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Tricon Residential	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Mainstreet Equity	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the media favor TCN or MEQ?

In the previous week, Mainstreet Equity had 1 more articles in the media than Tricon Residential. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Mainstreet Equity and 0 mentions for Tricon Residential. Mainstreet Equity's average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat Tricon Residential's score of 0.00 indicating that Mainstreet Equity is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Tricon Residential	Neutral
Mainstreet Equity	Positive

Which has higher earnings & valuation, TCN or MEQ?

Mainstreet Equity has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Tricon Residential. Tricon Residential is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Mainstreet Equity, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Tricon Residential	C$884.73M	0.00	C$114.19M	C$0.56	N/A
Mainstreet Equity	C$238.63M	7.94	C$125.85M	C$13.51	15.04

Is TCN or MEQ a better dividend stock?

Tricon Residential pays an annual dividend of C$0.31 per share. Mainstreet Equity pays an annual dividend of C$0.11 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Tricon Residential pays out 55.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Mainstreet Equity pays out 0.8% 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. Mainstreet Equity is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has more volatility & risk, TCN or MEQ?

Tricon Residential has a beta of 1.47, suggesting that its share price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mainstreet Equity has a beta of 1.63, suggesting that its share price is 63% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Mainstreet Equity beats Tricon Residential on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.