PLZ.UN vs. SGR.UN, CRT.UN, REAL, APR.UN, HOM.U, MRD, MRT.UN, D.UN, MHC.UN, and NXR.UN
Should you be buying Plaza Retail REIT stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Plaza Retail REIT include Slate Grocery REIT (SGR.UN), CT Real Estate Investment Trust (CRT.UN), Real Matters (REAL), Automotive Properties Real Est Invt TR (APR.UN), Bsr Real Estate Investment Trust (HOM.U), Melcor Developments (MRD), Morguard Real Estate Inv. (MRT.UN), Dream Office Real Estate Investment Trst (D.UN), Flagship Communities Real Estate Investment Trust (MHC.UN), and Nexus Industrial REIT (NXR.UN). These companies are all part of the "real estate" sector.
Slate Grocery REIT (TSE:SGR.UN) and Plaza Retail REIT (TSE:PLZ.UN) are both small-cap real estate companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, community ranking, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership and risk.
Slate Grocery REIT pays an annual dividend of C$1.17 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.9%. Plaza Retail REIT pays an annual dividend of C$0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.0%. Slate Grocery REIT pays out 344.1% 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 155.6% 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 currently has a consensus target price of C$9.13, indicating a potential downside of 14.64%. Plaza Retail REIT has a consensus target price of C$4.13, indicating a potential upside of 18.53%. Given Slate Grocery REIT's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Plaza Retail REIT is more favorable than Slate Grocery REIT.
Plaza Retail REIT received 167 more outperform votes than Slate Grocery REIT when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.76% of users gave Plaza Retail REIT an outperform vote while only 9.52% of users gave Slate Grocery REIT an outperform vote.
Slate Grocery REIT has a beta of 1.64, indicating that its stock price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Plaza Retail REIT has a beta of 1.04, indicating that its stock price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Slate Grocery REIT had 10 more articles in the media than Plaza Retail REIT. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Slate Grocery REIT and 0 mentions for Plaza Retail REIT. Slate Grocery REIT's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Plaza Retail REIT's score of -0.24 indicating that Plaza Retail REIT is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Plaza Retail REIT has a net margin of 17.20% compared to Plaza Retail REIT's net margin of 7.26%. Slate Grocery REIT's return on equity of 3.80% beat Plaza Retail REIT's return on equity.
13.3% of Slate Grocery REIT shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.9% of Plaza Retail REIT shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Slate Grocery REIT shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 35.2% of Plaza Retail REIT shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Plaza Retail REIT has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Slate Grocery 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.
Summary
Plaza Retail REIT beats Slate Grocery REIT on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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