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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), Crombie Real Estate Investment Trust (CRR.UN), StorageVault Canada (SVI), Morguard (MRC), NorthWest Health Prop Real Est Inv Trust (NWH.UN), Slate Grocery REIT (SGR.UN), and Pure Multi-Family REIT (RUF.UN). These companies are all part of the "real estate" sector.
Melcor Developments vs. Its Competitors
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 community ranking, risk, media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability and valuation.
21.3% of Dream Unlimited shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 8.8% of Melcor Developments shares are held by institutional investors. 47.2% of Dream Unlimited shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 65.2% of Melcor Developments shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Dream Unlimited has a beta of 1.39, meaning that its share price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Melcor Developments has a beta of 1.41, meaning that its share price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Melcor Developments received 72 more outperform votes than Dream Unlimited when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 72.11% of users gave Dream Unlimited an outperform vote while only 69.32% of users gave Melcor Developments an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Melcor Developments had 1 more articles in the media than Dream Unlimited. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Melcor Developments and 2 mentions for Dream Unlimited. Dream Unlimited's average media sentiment score of 0.68 beat Melcor Developments' score of 0.30 indicating that Dream Unlimited is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Dream Unlimited pays an annual dividend of C$0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Melcor Developments pays an annual dividend of C$0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. 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.
Dream Unlimited currently has a consensus target price of C$27.00, suggesting a potential upside of 33.93%. Given Dream Unlimited's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Dream Unlimited is more favorable than Melcor Developments.
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 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.
Summary
Melcor Developments beats Dream Unlimited on 11 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 6/14/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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