SOT.UN vs. INO.UN, OPI, DRG.UN, AP.UN, D.UN, HMT, UFC, YAK, MR.UN, and MPC
Should you be buying Slate Office REIT stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Slate Office REIT include Inovalis Real Estate Investment Trust (INO.UN), Office Properties Income Trust (OPI), Dream Global REIT (DRG.UN), Allied Properties Real Estate Investment Trust (AP.UN), Dream Office Real Estate Investment Trst (D.UN), Halmont Properties (HMT), Urbanfund (UFC), Mongolia Growth Group (YAK), Melcor Real Estate Investment Trust (MR.UN), and Madison Pacific Properties (MPC). These companies are all part of the "real estate" sector.
Inovalis Real Estate Investment Trust (TSE:INO.UN) and Slate Office REIT (TSE:SOT.UN) are both small-cap real estate companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk and earnings.
Inovalis Real Estate Investment Trust has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Slate Office REIT. Inovalis Real Estate Investment Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Slate Office REIT, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Slate Office REIT has a net margin of -66.21% compared to Slate Office REIT's net margin of -151.62%. Slate Office REIT's return on equity of -11.19% beat Inovalis Real Estate Investment Trust's return on equity.
8.9% of Inovalis Real Estate Investment Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 4.4% of Slate Office REIT shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Inovalis Real Estate Investment Trust shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 20.1% of Slate Office REIT shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Inovalis Real Estate Investment Trust pays an annual dividend of C$0.41 per share and has a dividend yield of 32.8%. Slate Office REIT pays an annual dividend of C$0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 35.3%. Inovalis Real Estate Investment Trust pays out -45.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Slate Office REIT pays out -7.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
Inovalis Real Estate Investment Trust currently has a consensus target price of C$1.25, suggesting a potential upside of 0.00%. Slate Office REIT has a consensus target price of C$0.64, suggesting a potential upside of 89.08%. Given Inovalis Real Estate Investment Trust's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Slate Office REIT is more favorable than Inovalis Real Estate Investment Trust.
Inovalis Real Estate Investment Trust has a beta of 1.59, suggesting that its share price is 59% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Slate Office REIT has a beta of 0.93, suggesting that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Slate Office REIT received 217 more outperform votes than Inovalis Real Estate Investment Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.25% of users gave Slate Office REIT an outperform vote while only 60.58% of users gave Inovalis Real Estate Investment Trust an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Inovalis Real Estate Investment Trust and Inovalis Real Estate Investment Trust both had 1 articles in the media. Slate Office REIT's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Inovalis Real Estate Investment Trust'saverage media sentiment score.
Summary
Slate Office REIT beats Inovalis Real Estate Investment Trust on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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