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 business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, valuation, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings and profitability.

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 8.6%. CT Real Estate Investment Trust pays an annual dividend of C$0.93 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.1%. 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.

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

CT Real Estate Investment Trust received 125 more outperform votes than Slate Grocery REIT when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 46.01% 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 127 46.01%	Underperform Votes 149 53.99%

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

In the previous week, Slate Grocery REIT and Slate Grocery REIT both had 1 articles in the media. Slate Grocery REIT's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled CT Real Estate Investment Trust'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Slate Grocery REIT	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
CT Real Estate Investment Trust	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

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%

Which has better 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	3.86	C$34.14M	C$0.76	18.00
CT Real Estate Investment Trust	C$566.11M	2.94	C$116.80M	C$0.92	16.68

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in SGR.UN or CRT.UN?

13.1% of Slate Grocery REIT shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 15.5% of CT Real Estate Investment Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Slate Grocery 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 large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts prefer SGR.UN or CRT.UN?

Slate Grocery REIT presently has a consensus price target of C$9.31, suggesting a potential downside of 31.93%. CT Real Estate Investment Trust has a consensus price target of C$15.75, suggesting a potential upside of 2.61%. Given CT Real Estate Investment Trust's stronger consensus rating and higher probable 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)	4 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
CT Real Estate Investment Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.17

Which has more risk & volatility, 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.

Summary

CT Real Estate Investment Trust beats Slate Grocery REIT on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.