MI.UN vs. MRG.UN, HOM.U, MHC.UN, ERE-UN, IIP.UN, KMP.UN, AX.UN, SGR.UN, WFC, and DRM
Should you be buying Minto Apartment Real Estate Invt Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Minto Apartment Real Estate Invt Trust include Morguard North American Residential REIT (MRG.UN), Bsr Real Estate Investment Trust (HOM.U), Flagship Communities Real Estate Investment Trust (MHC.UN), European Residential Real Estate Investment Trust (ERE-UN), Interrent Real Estate Investment Trust (IIP.UN), Killam Apartment REIT (KMP.UN), Artis Real Estate Investment Trust Unit (AX.UN), Slate Grocery REIT (SGR.UN), Wall Financial (WFC), and Dream Unlimited (DRM). These companies are all part of the "real estate" sector.
Morguard North American Residential REIT (TSE:MRG.UN) and Minto Apartment Real Estate Invt Trust (TSE:MI.UN) are both small-cap real estate companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, media sentiment and dividends.
7.5% of Morguard North American Residential REIT shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.3% of Minto Apartment Real Estate Invt Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 25.7% of Morguard North American Residential REIT shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Minto Apartment Real Estate Invt Trust shares are held by 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.
Morguard North American Residential REIT received 85 more outperform votes than Minto Apartment Real Estate Invt Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.58% of users gave Morguard North American Residential REIT an outperform vote while only 60.76% of users gave Minto Apartment Real Estate Invt Trust an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Minto Apartment Real Estate Invt Trust had 3 more articles in the media than Morguard North American Residential REIT. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Minto Apartment Real Estate Invt Trust and 1 mentions for Morguard North American Residential REIT. Morguard North American Residential REIT's average media sentiment score of 0.80 beat Minto Apartment Real Estate Invt Trust's score of 0.59 indicating that Minto Apartment Real Estate Invt Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Morguard North American Residential REIT pays an annual dividend of C$0.74 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Minto Apartment Real Estate Invt Trust pays an annual dividend of C$0.51 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Morguard North American Residential REIT pays out 15.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Minto Apartment Real Estate Invt Trust pays out -17.5% 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.
Morguard North American Residential REIT has a beta of 1.17, suggesting that its share price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Minto Apartment Real Estate Invt Trust has a beta of 1.18, suggesting that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Morguard North American Residential REIT currently has a consensus price target of C$21.50, suggesting a potential upside of 35.05%. Minto Apartment Real Estate Invt Trust has a consensus price target of C$20.27, suggesting a potential upside of 28.07%. Given Minto Apartment Real Estate Invt Trust's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Morguard North American Residential REIT is more favorable than Minto Apartment Real Estate Invt Trust.
Morguard North American Residential REIT has a net margin of 52.36% compared to Morguard North American Residential REIT's net margin of -73.87%. Minto Apartment Real Estate Invt Trust's return on equity of 9.71% beat Morguard North American Residential REIT's return on equity.
Morguard North American Residential REIT has higher revenue and earnings than Minto Apartment Real Estate Invt Trust. Minto Apartment Real Estate Invt Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Morguard North American Residential REIT, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Morguard North American Residential REIT beats Minto Apartment Real Estate Invt Trust on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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