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Should you be buying Melcor Developments stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Melcor Developments include Dream Unlimited (DRM), Wall Financial (WFC), Genesis Land Development (GDC), Halmont Properties (HMT), StorageVault Canada (SVI), Morguard (MRC), NorthWest Health Prop Real Est Inv Trust (NWH.UN), Slate Grocery REIT (SGR.UN), Pure Multi-Family REIT (RUF.UN), and Artis Real Estate Investment Trust Unit (AX.UN). These companies are all part of the "real estate" sector.
Melcor Developments vs.
Dream Unlimited (TSE:DRM) and Melcor Developments (TSE:MRD) are both small-cap real estate companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, community ranking and risk.
Melcor Developments has a net margin of 3.77% compared to Dream Unlimited's net margin of -4.18%. Melcor Developments' return on equity of 0.94% beat Dream Unlimited's return on equity.
21.3% of Dream Unlimited shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 8.8% of Melcor Developments shares are owned by institutional investors. 47.2% of Dream Unlimited shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 65.2% of Melcor Developments shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Melcor Developments has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Dream Unlimited. Dream Unlimited is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Melcor Developments, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Melcor Developments received 73 more outperform votes than Dream Unlimited when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 72.00% of users gave Dream Unlimited an outperform vote while only 69.32% of users gave Melcor Developments an outperform vote.
Dream Unlimited has a beta of 1.39, indicating that its stock price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Melcor Developments has a beta of 1.41, indicating that its stock price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Dream Unlimited pays an annual dividend of C$0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Melcor Developments pays an annual dividend of C$0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Dream Unlimited pays out -112.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Melcor Developments pays out 116.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
In the previous week, Dream Unlimited had 1 more articles in the media than Melcor Developments. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Dream Unlimited and 0 mentions for Melcor Developments. Dream Unlimited's average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat Melcor Developments' score of 0.00 indicating that Dream Unlimited is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Dream Unlimited currently has a consensus target price of C$28.00, indicating a potential upside of 47.29%. Given Dream Unlimited's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Dream Unlimited is more favorable than Melcor Developments.
Summary
Dream Unlimited and Melcor Developments tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (TSE:MRD) was last updated on 5/1/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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