Plaza Retail REIT (PLZ.UN) Competitors

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

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

8.4% of Slate Grocery REIT shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.6% of Plaza Retail REIT shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Slate Grocery REIT shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 35.4% of Plaza Retail REIT shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts prefer SGR.UN or PLZ.UN?

Plaza Retail REIT has a consensus target price of C$4.25, indicating a potential upside of 1.92%. Given Plaza Retail REIT's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, 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
Slate Grocery REIT	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Plaza Retail REIT	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has better earnings & valuation, SGR.UN or PLZ.UN?

Slate Grocery REIT has higher revenue and earnings than Plaza Retail REIT. Plaza Retail REIT is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Slate Grocery 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
Slate Grocery REIT	C$210.85M	4.10	C$34.14M	C$0.64	22.82
Plaza Retail REIT	C$123.97M	3.71	C$11.34M	C$0.32	13.10

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

In the previous week, Plaza Retail REIT's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Slate Grocery REIT's score of 0.00 indicating that Plaza Retail REIT is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Slate Grocery REIT	Neutral
Plaza Retail REIT	Positive

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

Slate Grocery REIT pays an annual dividend of C$0.86 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.9%. Plaza Retail REIT pays an annual dividend of C$0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.7%. Slate Grocery REIT pays out 134.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Plaza Retail REIT pays out 88.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Plaza Retail REIT is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Is SGR.UN or PLZ.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
Slate Grocery REIT	16.33%	5.14%	3.59%
Plaza Retail REIT	9.40%	2.07%	3.30%

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

Slate Grocery REIT has a beta of 1.415809, meaning that its stock price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Plaza Retail REIT has a beta of 0.643934, meaning that its stock price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Slate Grocery REIT beats Plaza Retail REIT on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.