Flagship Communities Real Estate Investment Trust (MHC.UN) Competitors

Flagship Communities Real Estate Investment Trust (TSE:MHC.UN) and Pure Multi-Family REIT (TSE:RUF.UN) are both small-cap real estate companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and valuation.

Do analysts recommend MHC.UN or RUF.UN?

Flagship Communities Real Estate Investment Trust presently has a consensus target price of C$21.50, indicating a potential downside of 14.03%. Given Pure Multi-Family REIT's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Pure Multi-Family REIT is more favorable than Flagship Communities Real Estate Investment Trust.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Flagship Communities Real Estate Investment Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.17
Pure Multi-Family REIT	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the media prefer MHC.UN or RUF.UN?

In the previous week, Flagship Communities Real Estate Investment Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Pure Multi-Family REIT'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Flagship Communities Real Estate Investment Trust	Neutral
Pure Multi-Family REIT	Neutral

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of MHC.UN or RUF.UN?

45.4% of Flagship Communities Real Estate Investment Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of Flagship Communities Real Estate Investment Trust shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, MHC.UN or RUF.UN?

Flagship Communities Real Estate Investment Trust has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Pure Multi-Family REIT. Pure Multi-Family REIT is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Flagship Communities Real Estate Investment Trust, 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
Flagship Communities Real Estate Investment Trust	C$78.07M	4.53	C$82.07M	C$4.71	5.31
Pure Multi-Family REIT	C$111.01M	0.00	C$59.73M	C$0.77	N/A

Is MHC.UN or RUF.UN a better dividend stock?

Flagship Communities Real Estate Investment Trust pays an annual dividend of C$0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Pure Multi-Family REIT pays an annual dividend of C$0.38 per share. Flagship Communities Real Estate Investment Trust pays out 17.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Pure Multi-Family REIT pays out 48.8% 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. Flagship Communities Real Estate Investment Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Is MHC.UN or RUF.UN more profitable?

Flagship Communities Real Estate Investment Trust has a net margin of 105.13% compared to Pure Multi-Family REIT's net margin of 0.00%. Flagship Communities Real Estate Investment Trust's return on equity of 17.18% beat Pure Multi-Family REIT's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Flagship Communities Real Estate Investment Trust	105.13%	17.18%	2.73%
Pure Multi-Family REIT	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

Flagship Communities Real Estate Investment Trust beats Pure Multi-Family REIT on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.