StorageVault Canada (SVI) Competitors

StorageVault Canada (TSE:SVI) and Tricon Residential (TSE:TCN) are both real estate companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, valuation, profitability, earnings and media sentiment.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of SVI or TCN?

23.6% of StorageVault Canada shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.5% of Tricon Residential shares are held by institutional investors. 38.5% of StorageVault Canada shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.1% of Tricon Residential shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is SVI or TCN a better dividend stock?

StorageVault Canada pays an annual dividend of C$0.01 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Tricon Residential pays an annual dividend of C$0.31 per share. StorageVault Canada pays out -14.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Tricon Residential pays out 55.4% 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. StorageVault Canada is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the media prefer SVI or TCN?

In the previous week, StorageVault Canada had 11 more articles in the media than Tricon Residential. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for StorageVault Canada and 0 mentions for Tricon Residential. Tricon Residential's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat StorageVault Canada's score of -0.13 indicating that Tricon Residential is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
StorageVault Canada	Neutral
Tricon Residential	Neutral

Which has more risk & volatility, SVI or TCN?

StorageVault Canada has a beta of 0.830177, indicating that its stock price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tricon Residential has a beta of 1.47, indicating that its stock price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is SVI or TCN more profitable?

Tricon Residential has a net margin of 12.91% compared to StorageVault Canada's net margin of -17.21%. Tricon Residential's return on equity of 3.18% beat StorageVault Canada's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
StorageVault Canada	-17.21%	-28.74%	2.10%
Tricon Residential	12.91%	3.18%	2.08%

Which has higher valuation & earnings, SVI or TCN?

Tricon Residential has higher revenue and earnings than StorageVault Canada. StorageVault Canada is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Tricon Residential, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
StorageVault Canada	C$318.99M	5.48	-C$50.68M	-C$0.08	-57.02
Tricon Residential	C$884.73M	0.00	C$114.19M	C$0.56	N/A

Do analysts rate SVI or TCN?

StorageVault Canada currently has a consensus target price of C$5.17, indicating a potential upside of 7.86%. Given StorageVault Canada's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe StorageVault Canada is more favorable than Tricon Residential.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
StorageVault Canada	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Tricon Residential	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Summary

Tricon Residential beats StorageVault Canada on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.