Plaza Retail REIT (PLZ.UN) Competitors

Plaza Retail REIT (TSE:PLZ.UN) and Slate Grocery REIT (TSE:SGR.UN) are both small-cap real estate companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, risk and community ranking.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of PLZ.UN or SGR.UN?

1.0% of Plaza Retail REIT shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.1% of Slate Grocery REIT shares are owned by institutional investors. 35.4% of Plaza Retail REIT shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Slate Grocery REIT shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media refer more to PLZ.UN or SGR.UN?

In the previous week, Plaza Retail REIT had 1 more articles in the media than Slate Grocery REIT. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Plaza Retail REIT and 0 mentions for Slate Grocery REIT. Plaza Retail REIT's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Slate Grocery REIT's score of 0.00 indicating that Plaza Retail REIT is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Plaza Retail REIT	Positive
Slate Grocery REIT	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in PLZ.UN or SGR.UN?

Plaza Retail REIT received 169 more outperform votes than Slate Grocery REIT when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.02% of users gave Plaza Retail REIT an outperform vote while only 9.09% of users gave Slate Grocery REIT an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Plaza Retail REIT	Outperform Votes 171 66.02%	Underperform Votes 88 33.98%
Slate Grocery REIT	Outperform Votes 2 9.09%	Underperform Votes 20 90.91%

Is PLZ.UN or SGR.UN more profitable?

Slate Grocery REIT has a net margin of 16.33% compared to Plaza Retail REIT's net margin of 9.40%. Slate Grocery REIT's return on equity of 5.14% beat Plaza Retail REIT's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Plaza Retail REIT	9.40%	2.07%	3.30%
Slate Grocery REIT	16.33%	5.14%	3.59%

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, PLZ.UN or SGR.UN?

Slate Grocery REIT has higher revenue and earnings than Plaza Retail REIT. Slate Grocery REIT is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Plaza Retail REIT, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Plaza Retail REIT	C$120.65M	3.59	C$11.34M	C$0.10	39.20
Slate Grocery REIT	C$209.07M	4.10	C$34.14M	C$0.76	19.13

Which has more volatility and risk, PLZ.UN or SGR.UN?

Plaza Retail REIT has a beta of 1.08, indicating that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Slate Grocery REIT has a beta of 1.66, indicating that its stock price is 66% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is PLZ.UN or SGR.UN a better dividend stock?

Plaza Retail REIT pays an annual dividend of C$0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.1%. Slate Grocery REIT pays an annual dividend of C$1.17 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.0%. Plaza Retail REIT pays out 280.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Slate Grocery REIT pays out 153.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Slate Grocery REIT is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do analysts prefer PLZ.UN or SGR.UN?

Plaza Retail REIT currently has a consensus price target of C$4.25, suggesting a potential upside of 8.42%. Slate Grocery REIT has a consensus price target of C$9.75, suggesting a potential downside of 32.94%. Given Plaza Retail REIT's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Plaza Retail REIT is more favorable than Slate Grocery REIT.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Plaza Retail REIT	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Slate Grocery REIT	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Summary

Slate Grocery REIT beats Plaza Retail REIT on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.