MRT.UN vs. AX.UN, APR.UN, DRA.UN, PRV.UN, FRO.UN, TNT.UN, MR.UN, RCO.UN, HRR.UN, and HR.UN
Should you be buying Morguard Real Estate Inv. stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Morguard Real Estate Inv. include Artis Real Estate Investment Trust Unit (AX.UN), Automotive Properties Real Est Invt TR (APR.UN), Dream Hard Asset Alternatives Trust (DRA.UN), PRO Real Estate Investment Trust (PRV.UN), Fronsac Real Estate Investment Trust (FRO.UN), True North Commercial REIT (TNT.UN), Melcor Real Estate Investment Trust (MR.UN), Middlefield Can-Global REIT Income Fund (RCO.UN), Australian REIT Income Fund (HRR.UN), and H&R Real Estate Investment Trust (HR.UN). These companies are all part of the "reit - diversified" industry.
Morguard Real Estate Inv. vs. Its Competitors
Morguard Real Estate Inv. (TSE:MRT.UN) and Artis Real Estate Investment Trust Unit (TSE:AX.UN) are both small-cap real estate companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and valuation.
0.7% of Morguard Real Estate Inv. shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 40.4% of Artis Real Estate Investment Trust Unit shares are owned by institutional investors. 91.8% of Morguard Real Estate Inv. shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 17.7% of Artis Real Estate Investment Trust Unit shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Morguard Real Estate Inv. pays an annual dividend of C$0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Artis Real Estate Investment Trust Unit pays an annual dividend of C$0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.8%. Morguard Real Estate Inv. pays out -14.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Artis Real Estate Investment Trust Unit pays out -27.0% 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. Artis Real Estate Investment Trust Unit is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Morguard Real Estate Inv. currently has a consensus target price of C$5.00, indicating a potential downside of 14.38%. Artis Real Estate Investment Trust Unit has a consensus target price of C$7.50, indicating a potential downside of 2.98%. Given Artis Real Estate Investment Trust Unit's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Artis Real Estate Investment Trust Unit is more favorable than Morguard Real Estate Inv..
Morguard Real Estate Inv. has higher revenue and earnings than Artis Real Estate Investment Trust Unit. Morguard Real Estate Inv. is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Artis Real Estate Investment Trust Unit, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Morguard Real Estate Inv. has a net margin of -41.19% compared to Artis Real Estate Investment Trust Unit's net margin of -114.89%. Morguard Real Estate Inv.'s return on equity of -10.91% beat Artis Real Estate Investment Trust Unit's return on equity.
Morguard Real Estate Inv. has a beta of 1.4, meaning that its share price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Artis Real Estate Investment Trust Unit has a beta of 1.2, meaning that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Morguard Real Estate Inv. had 1 more articles in the media than Artis Real Estate Investment Trust Unit. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Morguard Real Estate Inv. and 1 mentions for Artis Real Estate Investment Trust Unit. Morguard Real Estate Inv.'s average media sentiment score of 1.20 beat Artis Real Estate Investment Trust Unit's score of 1.13 indicating that Morguard Real Estate Inv. is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Morguard Real Estate Inv. beats Artis Real Estate Investment Trust Unit on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (TSE:MRT.UN) was last updated on 7/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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