Slate Grocery REIT (SGR.UN) Competitors

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

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

Slate Grocery REIT has a beta of 1.66, suggesting that its share price is 66% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CT Real Estate Investment Trust has a beta of 1, suggesting that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.

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

Slate Grocery REIT pays an annual dividend of C$1.17 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.0%. CT Real Estate Investment Trust pays an annual dividend of C$0.93 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.7%. 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. CT Real Estate Investment Trust pays out 101.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, SGR.UN or CRT.UN?

CT Real Estate Investment Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Slate Grocery REIT. CT Real Estate Investment Trust 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$209.07M	4.12	C$34.14M	C$0.76	19.22
CT Real Estate Investment Trust	C$566.11M	3.10	C$116.80M	C$0.92	17.62

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

In the previous week, CT Real Estate Investment Trust had 2 more articles in the media than Slate Grocery REIT. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for CT Real Estate Investment Trust and 0 mentions for Slate Grocery REIT. CT Real Estate Investment Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.39 beat Slate Grocery REIT's score of 0.00 indicating that CT Real Estate Investment Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Slate Grocery REIT	Neutral
CT Real Estate Investment Trust	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community favor SGR.UN or CRT.UN?

CT Real Estate Investment Trust received 126 more outperform votes than Slate Grocery REIT when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 45.55% of users gave CT Real Estate Investment Trust an outperform vote while only 9.09% of users gave Slate Grocery REIT an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Slate Grocery REIT	Outperform Votes 2 9.09%	Underperform Votes 20 90.91%
CT Real Estate Investment Trust	Outperform Votes 128 45.55%	Underperform Votes 153 54.45%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in SGR.UN or CRT.UN?

13.1% of Slate Grocery REIT shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 15.5% of CT Real Estate Investment Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Slate Grocery REIT shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 31.5% of CT Real Estate Investment Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is SGR.UN or CRT.UN more profitable?

CT Real Estate Investment Trust has a net margin of 20.63% compared to Slate Grocery REIT's net margin of 16.33%. CT Real Estate Investment Trust's return on equity of 6.46% beat Slate Grocery REIT's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Slate Grocery REIT	16.33%	5.14%	3.59%
CT Real Estate Investment Trust	20.63%	6.46%	3.85%

Do analysts rate SGR.UN or CRT.UN?

Slate Grocery REIT currently has a consensus price target of C$9.75, suggesting a potential downside of 33.26%. CT Real Estate Investment Trust has a consensus price target of C$15.95, suggesting a potential downside of 1.60%. Given CT Real Estate Investment Trust's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe CT Real Estate Investment Trust 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
CT Real Estate Investment Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25

Summary

CT Real Estate Investment Trust beats Slate Grocery REIT on 16 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.