REAL vs. BRE, APR.UN, PLZ.UN, HOM.U, MRD, MRT.UN, NXR.UN, MHC.UN, D.UN, and BTB.UN
Should you be buying Real Matters stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Real Matters include Bridgemarq Real Estate Services (BRE), Automotive Properties Real Est Invt TR (APR.UN), Plaza Retail REIT (PLZ.UN), Bsr Real Estate Investment Trust (HOM.U), Melcor Developments (MRD), Morguard Real Estate Inv. (MRT.UN), Nexus Industrial REIT (NXR.UN), Flagship Communities Real Estate Investment Trust (MHC.UN), Dream Office Real Estate Investment Trst (D.UN), and BTB Real Estate Investment Trust (BTB.UN). These companies are all part of the "real estate" sector.
Bridgemarq Real Estate Services (TSE:BRE) and Real Matters (TSE:REAL) 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 media sentiment, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, risk, community ranking, profitability and dividends.
Bridgemarq Real Estate Services has a net margin of 22.98% compared to Bridgemarq Real Estate Services' net margin of -3.21%. Real Matters' return on equity of 0.00% beat Bridgemarq Real Estate Services' return on equity.
Bridgemarq Real Estate Services has a beta of 1.29, suggesting that its stock price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Real Matters has a beta of 0.69, suggesting that its stock price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500.
4.0% of Bridgemarq Real Estate Services shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.3% of Real Matters shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of Bridgemarq Real Estate Services shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.5% of Real Matters shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Bridgemarq Real Estate Services had 2 more articles in the media than Real Matters. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Bridgemarq Real Estate Services and 1 mentions for Real Matters. Real Matters' average media sentiment score of 0.68 beat Bridgemarq Real Estate Services' score of 0.34 indicating that Bridgemarq Real Estate Services is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Bridgemarq Real Estate Services has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Real Matters. Real Matters is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bridgemarq Real Estate Services, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Real Matters has a consensus target price of C$7.36, suggesting a potential upside of 39.08%. Given Bridgemarq Real Estate Services' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Real Matters is more favorable than Bridgemarq Real Estate Services.
Real Matters received 99 more outperform votes than Bridgemarq Real Estate Services when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.13% of users gave Bridgemarq Real Estate Services an outperform vote while only 58.15% of users gave Real Matters an outperform vote.
Summary
Bridgemarq Real Estate Services beats Real Matters on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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