SRU.UN vs. CHP.UN, REI.UN, FCR.UN, CRT.UN, SGR.UN, PLZ.UN, SRT.UN, FSV, CIGI, and CAR.UN
Should you be buying SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trst stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trst include Choice Properties Real Est Invstmnt Trst (CHP.UN), RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust (REI.UN), First Capital Real Estate Investment Trust (FCR.UN), CT Real Estate Investment Trust (CRT.UN), Slate Grocery REIT (SGR.UN), Plaza Retail REIT (PLZ.UN), Slate Retail REIT (SRT.UN), FirstService (FSV), Colliers International Group (CIGI), and Canadian Apartment Properties REIT (CAR.UN). These companies are all part of the "real estate" sector.
SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trst vs. Its Competitors
SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trst (TSE:SRU.UN) and Choice Properties Real Est Invstmnt Trst (TSE:CHP.UN) are both real estate companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment and valuation.
SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trst has a beta of 0.807971, meaning that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Choice Properties Real Est Invstmnt Trst has a beta of 0.739045, meaning that its stock price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500.
15.1% of SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trst shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.2% of Choice Properties Real Est Invstmnt Trst shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.9% of SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trst shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 15.8% of Choice Properties Real Est Invstmnt Trst shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Choice Properties Real Est Invstmnt Trst has higher revenue and earnings than SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trst. Choice Properties Real Est Invstmnt Trst is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trst, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Choice Properties Real Est Invstmnt Trst has a net margin of 44.96% compared to SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trst's net margin of 29.07%. Choice Properties Real Est Invstmnt Trst's return on equity of 13.73% beat SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trst's return on equity.
SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trst pays an annual dividend of C$1.85 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.0%. Choice Properties Real Est Invstmnt Trst pays an annual dividend of C$0.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trst pays out 137.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Choice Properties Real Est Invstmnt Trst pays out -454.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trst presently has a consensus target price of C$27.93, suggesting a potential upside of 5.85%. Choice Properties Real Est Invstmnt Trst has a consensus target price of C$15.86, suggesting a potential upside of 8.69%. Given Choice Properties Real Est Invstmnt Trst's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Choice Properties Real Est Invstmnt Trst is more favorable than SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trst.
In the previous week, SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trst had 3 more articles in the media than Choice Properties Real Est Invstmnt Trst. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trst and 1 mentions for Choice Properties Real Est Invstmnt Trst. Choice Properties Real Est Invstmnt Trst's average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trst's score of 0.54 indicating that Choice Properties Real Est Invstmnt Trst is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Choice Properties Real Est Invstmnt Trst beats SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trst on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:SRU.UN) was last updated on 10/14/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
