MRD vs. GDC, WFC, DRM, HOM.U, MRT.UN, REAL, PLZ.UN, D.UN, APR.UN, and MHC.UN
Should you be buying Melcor Developments stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Melcor Developments include Genesis Land Development (GDC), Wall Financial (WFC), Dream Unlimited (DRM), Bsr Real Estate Investment Trust (HOM.U), Morguard Real Estate Inv. (MRT.UN), Real Matters (REAL), Plaza Retail REIT (PLZ.UN), Dream Office Real Estate Investment Trst (D.UN), Automotive Properties Real Est Invt TR (APR.UN), and Flagship Communities Real Estate Investment Trust (MHC.UN). These companies are all part of the "real estate" sector.
Melcor Developments (TSE:MRD) and Genesis Land Development (TSE:GDC) are both small-cap real estate companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, dividends, community ranking, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
Melcor Developments has a beta of 1.41, meaning that its stock price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Genesis Land Development has a beta of 1.02, meaning that its stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500.
9.8% of Melcor Developments shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 8.9% of Genesis Land Development shares are held by institutional investors. 64.8% of Melcor Developments shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 75.4% of Genesis Land Development shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Melcor Developments has higher revenue and earnings than Genesis Land Development. Melcor Developments is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Genesis Land Development, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Genesis Land Development had 1 more articles in the media than Melcor Developments. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Genesis Land Development and 1 mentions for Melcor Developments. Melcor Developments' average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Genesis Land Development's score of 0.29 indicating that Melcor Developments is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Melcor Developments received 175 more outperform votes than Genesis Land Development when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.32% of users gave Melcor Developments an outperform vote while only 63.41% of users gave Genesis Land Development an outperform vote.
Melcor Developments has a net margin of 19.98% compared to Genesis Land Development's net margin of 7.14%. Genesis Land Development's return on equity of 6.00% beat Melcor Developments' return on equity.
Summary
Melcor Developments beats Genesis Land Development on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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