MRD vs. DRM, GDC, HMT, MRC, NWH.UN, AX.UN, RUF.UN, SGR.UN, MRG.UN, and MI.UN
Should you be buying Melcor Developments stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Melcor Developments include Dream Unlimited (DRM), Genesis Land Development (GDC), Halmont Properties (HMT), Morguard (MRC), NorthWest Health Prop Real Est Inv Trust (NWH.UN), Artis Real Estate Investment Trust Unit (AX.UN), Pure Multi-Family REIT (RUF.UN), Slate Grocery REIT (SGR.UN), Morguard North American Residential Real Estate Investment Trust (MRG.UN), and Minto Apartment Real Estate Invt Trust (MI.UN). These companies are all part of the "real estate" sector.
Melcor Developments (TSE:MRD) and Dream Unlimited (TSE:DRM) are both small-cap real estate companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, risk and analyst recommendations.
Melcor Developments pays an annual dividend of C$0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Dream Unlimited pays an annual dividend of C$0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Melcor Developments pays out 18.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Dream Unlimited pays out -545.5% 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.
8.8% of Melcor Developments shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 20.5% of Dream Unlimited shares are held by institutional investors. 65.1% of Melcor Developments shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 47.1% of Dream Unlimited shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Melcor Developments has a net margin of 22.59% compared to Dream Unlimited's net margin of -0.64%. Melcor Developments' return on equity of 5.96% beat Dream Unlimited's return on equity.
Melcor Developments received 73 more outperform votes than Dream Unlimited when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 72.29% of users gave Dream Unlimited an outperform vote while only 69.32% of users gave Melcor Developments an outperform vote.
Melcor Developments has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.
In the previous week, Dream Unlimited had 4 more articles in the media than Melcor Developments. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Dream Unlimited and 1 mentions for Melcor Developments. Dream Unlimited's average media sentiment score of 1.28 beat Melcor Developments' score of 0.59 indicating that Dream Unlimited is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Dream Unlimited has a consensus target price of C$35.00, suggesting a potential upside of 29.20%. Given Dream Unlimited's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Dream Unlimited is more favorable than Melcor Developments.
Melcor Developments has a beta of 1.4, meaning that its stock price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dream Unlimited has a beta of 1.35, meaning that its stock price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Melcor Developments beats Dream Unlimited on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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