MEQ vs. SVI, AIF, FCR.UN, TCN, IIP.UN, KMP.UN, CRT.UN, CRR.UN, AP.UN, and MRC
Should you be buying Mainstreet Equity stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Mainstreet Equity include StorageVault Canada (SVI), Altus Group (AIF), First Capital Realty (FCR.UN), Tricon Residential (TCN), Interrent Real Estate Investment Trust (IIP.UN), Killam Apartment REIT (KMP.UN), CT Real Estate Investment Trust (CRT.UN), Crombie Real Estate Investment Trust (CRR.UN), Allied Properties Real Estate Investment (AP.UN), and Morguard (MRC). These companies are all part of the "real estate" sector.
Mainstreet Equity (TSE:MEQ) and StorageVault Canada (TSE:SVI) are both small-cap real estate companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking, earnings, valuation and analyst recommendations.
Mainstreet Equity has a net margin of 74.24% compared to StorageVault Canada's net margin of -0.59%. Mainstreet Equity's return on equity of 12.47% beat StorageVault Canada's return on equity.
Mainstreet Equity currently has a consensus target price of C$175.00, suggesting a potential downside of 2.65%. Given Mainstreet Equity's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Mainstreet Equity is more favorable than StorageVault Canada.
In the previous week, StorageVault Canada had 3 more articles in the media than Mainstreet Equity. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for StorageVault Canada and 1 mentions for Mainstreet Equity. Mainstreet Equity's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat StorageVault Canada's score of -3.00 indicating that Mainstreet Equity is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Mainstreet Equity has higher earnings, but lower revenue than StorageVault Canada. StorageVault Canada is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Mainstreet Equity, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Mainstreet Equity received 191 more outperform votes than StorageVault Canada when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.19% of users gave Mainstreet Equity an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave StorageVault Canada an outperform vote.
Mainstreet Equity pays an annual dividend of C$0.11 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. StorageVault Canada pays an annual dividend of C$0.01 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Mainstreet Equity pays out 0.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. StorageVault Canada pays out -100.0% 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. StorageVault Canada is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Mainstreet Equity has a beta of 1.55, suggesting that its stock price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, StorageVault Canada has a beta of 0.88, suggesting that its stock price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500.
19.2% of Mainstreet Equity shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 22.2% of StorageVault Canada shares are owned by institutional investors. 48.9% of Mainstreet Equity shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 38.3% of StorageVault Canada shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Mainstreet Equity beats StorageVault Canada on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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