SGR.UN vs. PLZ.UN, CRT.UN, MI.UN, AX.UN, MRG.UN, WFC, DRM, NXR.UN, APR.UN, and REAL
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), CT Real Estate Investment Trust (CRT.UN), Minto Apartment Real Estate Invt Trust (MI.UN), Artis Real Estate Investment Trust Unit (AX.UN), Morguard North American Residential REIT (MRG.UN), Wall Financial (WFC), Dream Unlimited (DRM), Nexus Industrial REIT (NXR.UN), Automotive Properties Real Est Invt TR (APR.UN), and Real Matters (REAL). These companies are all part of the "real estate" sector.
Plaza Retail REIT (TSE:PLZ.UN) and Slate Grocery REIT (TSE:SGR.UN) are both small-cap real estate companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking and earnings.
Plaza Retail REIT has a beta of 1.04, indicating that its stock price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Slate Grocery REIT has a beta of 1.64, indicating that its stock price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Plaza Retail REIT has a net margin of 17.20% compared to Plaza Retail REIT's net margin of 7.26%. Slate Grocery REIT's return on equity of 3.80% beat Plaza Retail REIT's return on equity.
Plaza Retail REIT received 167 more outperform votes than Slate Grocery REIT when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.76% of users gave Plaza Retail REIT an outperform vote while only 11.11% of users gave Slate Grocery REIT an outperform vote.
1.0% of Plaza Retail REIT shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.3% of Slate Grocery REIT shares are owned by institutional investors. 35.2% of Plaza Retail REIT shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Slate Grocery REIT shares are owned 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.
Plaza Retail REIT currently has a consensus target price of C$4.13, indicating a potential upside of 17.52%. Slate Grocery REIT has a consensus target price of C$10.00, indicating a potential downside of 8.51%. Given Slate Grocery REIT's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Plaza Retail REIT is more favorable than Slate Grocery REIT.
Plaza Retail REIT pays an annual dividend of C$0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.0%. Slate Grocery REIT pays an annual dividend of C$1.17 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.7%. Plaza Retail REIT pays out 155.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Slate Grocery REIT pays out 344.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Plaza Retail REIT has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Slate Grocery 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.
In the previous week, Slate Grocery REIT had 1 more articles in the media than Plaza Retail REIT. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Slate Grocery REIT and 1 mentions for Plaza Retail REIT. Plaza Retail REIT's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Slate Grocery REIT's score of -0.92 indicating that Slate Grocery REIT is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Plaza Retail REIT beats Slate Grocery REIT on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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