SGR.UN vs. PLZ.UN, SRT.UN, CRT.UN, WFC, AX.UN, MRG.UN, DRM, RUF.UN, MI.UN, and NXR.UN
Should you be buying Slate Grocery REIT stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Slate Grocery REIT include Plaza Retail REIT (PLZ.UN), Slate Retail REIT (SRT.UN), CT Real Estate Investment Trust (CRT.UN), Wall Financial (WFC), Artis Real Estate Investment Trust Unit (AX.UN), Morguard North American Residential REIT (MRG.UN), Dream Unlimited (DRM), Pure Multi-Family REIT (RUF.UN), Minto Apartment Real Estate Invt Trust (MI.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, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation, earnings, risk, dividends, profitability and analyst recommendations.
Slate Grocery REIT pays an annual dividend of C$1.17 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.1%. Plaza Retail REIT pays an annual dividend of C$0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.9%. Slate Grocery REIT pays out 120.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Plaza Retail REIT pays out 70.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
In the previous week, Plaza Retail REIT had 1 more articles in the media than Slate Grocery REIT. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Plaza Retail REIT and 0 mentions for Slate Grocery REIT. Slate Grocery REIT's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Plaza Retail REIT'saverage media sentiment score.
Plaza Retail REIT has a net margin of 36.92% compared to Slate Grocery REIT's net margin of 21.26%. Plaza Retail REIT's return on equity of 7.80% beat Slate Grocery REIT's return on equity.
Slate Grocery REIT presently has a consensus price target of C$11.13, indicating a potential upside of 5.35%. Plaza Retail REIT has a consensus price target of C$4.75, indicating a potential upside of 37.28%. Given Plaza Retail REIT's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Plaza Retail REIT is more favorable than Slate Grocery REIT.
Slate Grocery REIT has a beta of 1.47, meaning that its stock price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Plaza Retail REIT has a beta of 1.01, meaning that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.
13.5% of Slate Grocery REIT shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.3% of Plaza Retail REIT shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Slate Grocery REIT shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 35.1% of Plaza Retail REIT shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Slate Grocery REIT has higher revenue and earnings than Plaza Retail 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.
Plaza Retail REIT received 166 more outperform votes than Slate Grocery REIT when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.67% of users gave Plaza Retail REIT an outperform vote while only 13.33% of users gave Slate Grocery REIT an outperform vote.
Summary
Plaza Retail REIT beats Slate Grocery REIT on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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