SRU.UN vs. REI.UN, CHP.UN, FCR.UN, CRT.UN, SGR.UN, PLZ.UN, SRT.UN, FSV, CAR.UN, and CIGI
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 RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust (REI.UN), Choice Properties Real Est Invstmnt Trst (CHP.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), Canadian Apartment Properties REIT (CAR.UN), and Colliers International Group (CIGI). These companies are all part of the "real estate" sector.
SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trst vs.
SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trst (TSE:SRU.UN) and RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust (TSE:REI.UN) are both mid-cap real estate companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, earnings, community ranking, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk and institutional ownership.
In the previous week, RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust had 6 more articles in the media than SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trst. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust and 1 mentions for SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trst. SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trst's average media sentiment score of 0.40 beat RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust's score of -0.40 indicating that SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trst is being referred to more favorably in the media.
17.9% of SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trst shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 40.3% of RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.9% of SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trst shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trst has a net margin of 29.07% compared to RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust's net margin of 4.86%. SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trst's return on equity of 5.35% beat RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust's return on equity.
SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trst currently has a consensus price target of C$27.33, indicating a potential upside of 7.11%. RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust has a consensus price target of C$20.17, indicating a potential upside of 17.32%. Given RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust is more favorable than SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trst.
RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust received 268 more outperform votes than SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trst when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.14% of users gave RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust an outperform vote while only 49.74% of users gave SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trst an outperform vote.
SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trst pays an annual dividend of C$1.85 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.2%. RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust pays an annual dividend of C$1.11 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.5%. SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trst pays out 112.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust pays out 555.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trst is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trst has a beta of 1.25, meaning that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust has a beta of 1.31, meaning that its share price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500.
SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trst has higher earnings, but lower revenue than RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust. SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trst is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust beats SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trst on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:SRU.UN) was last updated on 5/10/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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