Morguard (MRC) Competitors

Morguard (TSE:MRC) and NorthWest Health Prop Real Est Inv Trust (TSE:NWH.UN) 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, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, valuation, earnings and risk.

Is MRC or NWH.UN a better dividend stock?

Morguard pays an annual dividend of C$0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. NorthWest Health Prop Real Est Inv Trust pays an annual dividend of C$0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.4%. Morguard pays out 8.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. NorthWest Health Prop Real Est Inv Trust pays out -25.2% 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. NorthWest Health Prop Real Est Inv Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has more risk & volatility, MRC or NWH.UN?

Morguard has a beta of 1.16, indicating that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NorthWest Health Prop Real Est Inv Trust has a beta of 0.97, indicating that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, MRC or NWH.UN?

Morguard has higher revenue and earnings than NorthWest Health Prop Real Est Inv Trust. NorthWest Health Prop Real Est Inv Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Morguard, 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
Morguard	C$1.24B	0.96	C$74.18M	C$6.80	16.25
NorthWest Health Prop Real Est Inv Trust	C$522.68M	2.26	-C$354.03M	-C$1.43	-3.39

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of MRC or NWH.UN?

3.2% of Morguard shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 23.5% of NorthWest Health Prop Real Est Inv Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 72.7% of Morguard shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of NorthWest Health Prop Real Est Inv Trust shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is MRC or NWH.UN more profitable?

Morguard has a net margin of 5.97% compared to NorthWest Health Prop Real Est Inv Trust's net margin of -67.73%. Morguard's return on equity of 1.33% beat NorthWest Health Prop Real Est Inv Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Morguard	5.97%	1.33%	3.03%
NorthWest Health Prop Real Est Inv Trust	-67.73%	-14.27%	2.74%

Does the media prefer MRC or NWH.UN?

In the previous week, NorthWest Health Prop Real Est Inv Trust had 1 more articles in the media than Morguard. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for NorthWest Health Prop Real Est Inv Trust and 0 mentions for Morguard. NorthWest Health Prop Real Est Inv Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.75 beat Morguard's score of 0.00 indicating that NorthWest Health Prop Real Est Inv Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Morguard	Neutral
NorthWest Health Prop Real Est Inv Trust	Very Positive

Do analysts prefer MRC or NWH.UN?

Morguard presently has a consensus price target of C$135.00, indicating a potential upside of 22.17%. NorthWest Health Prop Real Est Inv Trust has a consensus price target of C$6.29, indicating a potential upside of 28.54%. Given NorthWest Health Prop Real Est Inv Trust's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe NorthWest Health Prop Real Est Inv Trust is more favorable than Morguard.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Morguard	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
NorthWest Health Prop Real Est Inv Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.29

Does the MarketBeat Community favor MRC or NWH.UN?

Morguard received 34 more outperform votes than NorthWest Health Prop Real Est Inv Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.12% of users gave Morguard an outperform vote while only 34.12% of users gave NorthWest Health Prop Real Est Inv Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Morguard	Outperform Votes 150 69.12%	Underperform Votes 67 30.88%
NorthWest Health Prop Real Est Inv Trust	Outperform Votes 116 34.12%	Underperform Votes 224 65.88%

Summary

Morguard beats NorthWest Health Prop Real Est Inv Trust on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.