PLZ.UN vs. CRT.UN, SGR.UN, SRT.UN, REI.UN, CHP.UN, SRU.UN, CRR.UN, NWH.UN, MRC, and DRM
Should you be buying Plaza Retail REIT stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Plaza Retail REIT include CT Real Estate Investment Trust (CRT.UN), Slate Grocery REIT (SGR.UN), Slate Retail REIT (SRT.UN), RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust (REI.UN), Choice Properties Real Est Invstmnt Trst (CHP.UN), SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trst (SRU.UN), Crombie Real Estate Investment Trust (CRR.UN), NorthWest Health Prop Real Est Inv Trust (NWH.UN), Morguard (MRC), and Dream Unlimited (DRM). These companies are all part of the "real estate" sector.
Plaza Retail REIT (TSE:PLZ.UN) and CT Real Estate Investment Trust (TSE:CRT.UN) are both small-cap real estate companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, risk and dividends.
CT Real Estate Investment Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Plaza Retail REIT. CT Real Estate Investment Trust 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.
0.9% of Plaza Retail REIT shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 15.4% of CT Real Estate Investment Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 35.4% of Plaza Retail REIT shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 31.5% of CT Real Estate Investment Trust shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Plaza Retail REIT has a beta of 1.04, meaning that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CT Real Estate Investment Trust has a beta of 0.97, meaning that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.
CT Real Estate Investment Trust has a net margin of 21.36% compared to Plaza Retail REIT's net margin of 18.21%. CT Real Estate Investment Trust's return on equity of 6.71% beat Plaza Retail REIT's return on equity.
In the previous week, Plaza Retail REIT had 1 more articles in the media than CT Real Estate Investment Trust. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Plaza Retail REIT and 0 mentions for CT Real Estate Investment Trust. Plaza Retail REIT's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat CT Real Estate Investment Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that Plaza Retail REIT is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Plaza Retail REIT received 43 more outperform votes than CT Real Estate Investment Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.89% of users gave Plaza Retail REIT an outperform vote while only 46.18% of users gave CT Real Estate Investment Trust an outperform vote.
Plaza Retail REIT pays an annual dividend of C$0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.5%. CT Real Estate Investment Trust pays an annual dividend of C$0.93 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.4%. Plaza Retail REIT pays out 140.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. CT Real Estate Investment Trust pays out 97.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Plaza Retail REIT currently has a consensus price target of C$4.19, suggesting a potential upside of 11.67%. CT Real Estate Investment Trust has a consensus price target of C$15.70, suggesting a potential upside of 7.31%. Given Plaza Retail REIT's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Plaza Retail REIT is more favorable than CT Real Estate Investment Trust.
Summary
Plaza Retail REIT beats CT Real Estate Investment Trust on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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