Slate Grocery REIT (SGR.UN) Competitors

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

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%

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

Slate Grocery REIT pays an annual dividend of C$0.86 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.0%. 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 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. CT Real Estate Investment Trust pays out 60.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Does the media prefer SGR.UN or CRT.UN?

In the previous week, Slate Grocery REIT had 1 more articles in the media than CT Real Estate Investment Trust. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Slate Grocery REIT and 0 mentions for CT Real Estate Investment Trust. Slate Grocery REIT's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled CT Real Estate Investment Trust'saverage media sentiment score.

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

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of SGR.UN or CRT.UN?

8.5% of Slate Grocery REIT shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 7.2% of CT Real Estate Investment Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Slate Grocery REIT shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 31.5% of CT Real Estate Investment Trust shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has better valuation & earnings, 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$210.85M	4.02	C$34.14M	C$0.64	22.35
CT Real Estate Investment Trust	C$590.21M	6.59	C$116.80M	C$1.54	10.63

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

Slate Grocery REIT has a beta of 1.483966, suggesting that its share price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CT Real Estate Investment Trust has a beta of 0.968412, suggesting that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate SGR.UN or CRT.UN?

Slate Grocery REIT currently has a consensus target price of C$9.75, indicating a potential downside of 31.96%. CT Real Estate Investment Trust has a consensus target price of C$16.49, indicating a potential upside of 0.74%. Given CT Real Estate Investment Trust's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly 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)	4 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.20

Summary

CT Real Estate Investment Trust beats Slate Grocery REIT on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.