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
Artis Real Estate Investment Trust Unit (TSE:AX.UN) and Morguard Real Estate Inv. (TSE:MRT.UN) are both small-cap real estate companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk and profitability.
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.
19.9% of Artis Real Estate Investment Trust Unit shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.8% of Morguard Real Estate Inv. shares are owned by institutional investors. 17.7% of Artis Real Estate Investment Trust Unit shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 91.8% of Morguard Real Estate Inv. shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Artis Real Estate Investment Trust Unit has a beta of 0.766048, indicating that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Morguard Real Estate Inv. has a beta of 0.095558, indicating that its share price is 90% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Artis Real Estate Investment Trust Unit currently has a consensus price target of C$7.50, indicating a potential upside of 6.38%. Morguard Real Estate Inv. has a consensus price target of C$5.00, indicating a potential downside of 13.04%. Given Artis Real Estate Investment Trust Unit's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Artis Real Estate Investment Trust Unit is more favorable than Morguard Real Estate Inv..
Morguard Real Estate Inv. has lower revenue, but higher 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.
Artis Real Estate Investment Trust Unit pays an annual dividend of C$0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.5%. Morguard Real Estate Inv. pays an annual dividend of C$0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Artis Real Estate Investment Trust Unit pays out -93.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Morguard Real Estate Inv. pays out -46.2% 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.
In the previous week, Artis Real Estate Investment Trust Unit had 3 more articles in the media than Morguard Real Estate Inv.. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Artis Real Estate Investment Trust Unit and 2 mentions for Morguard Real Estate Inv.. Artis Real Estate Investment Trust Unit's average media sentiment score of 0.86 beat Morguard Real Estate Inv.'s score of 0.51 indicating that Artis Real Estate Investment Trust Unit is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Artis Real Estate Investment Trust Unit beats Morguard Real Estate Inv. on 10 of the 17 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 9/17/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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