SVI vs. MEQ, AIF, FCR.UN, TCN, CIGI, IIP.UN, KMP.UN, AP.UN, CRT.UN, and CRR.UN
Should you be buying StorageVault Canada stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of StorageVault Canada include Mainstreet Equity (MEQ), Altus Group (AIF), First Capital Realty (FCR.UN), Tricon Residential (TCN), Colliers International Group (CIGI), Interrent Real Estate Investment Trust (IIP.UN), Killam Apartment REIT (KMP.UN), Allied Properties Real Estate Investment (AP.UN), CT Real Estate Investment Trust (CRT.UN), and Crombie Real Estate Investment Trust (CRR.UN). These companies are all part of the "real estate" sector.
StorageVault Canada (TSE:SVI) and Mainstreet Equity (TSE:MEQ) are both small-cap real estate companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, profitability, valuation, dividends and earnings.
In the previous week, StorageVault Canada had 16 more articles in the media than Mainstreet Equity. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for StorageVault Canada and 2 mentions for Mainstreet Equity. Mainstreet Equity's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat StorageVault Canada's score of -0.02 indicating that Mainstreet Equity is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Mainstreet Equity has a net margin of 74.24% compared to StorageVault Canada's net margin of -0.59%. Mainstreet Equity's return on equity of 12.47% beat StorageVault Canada's return on equity.
Mainstreet Equity has a consensus price target of C$175.00, suggesting a potential upside of 0.85%. Given Mainstreet Equity's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Mainstreet Equity is more favorable than StorageVault Canada.
22.2% of StorageVault Canada shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.2% of Mainstreet Equity shares are held by institutional investors. 38.3% of StorageVault Canada shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 48.9% of Mainstreet Equity shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
StorageVault Canada pays an annual dividend of C$0.01 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Mainstreet Equity pays an annual dividend of C$0.11 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. StorageVault Canada pays out -100.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Mainstreet Equity pays out 0.6% 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.
Mainstreet Equity has lower revenue, but higher earnings than StorageVault Canada. StorageVault Canada is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Mainstreet Equity, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
StorageVault Canada has a beta of 0.88, suggesting that its share price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mainstreet Equity has a beta of 1.55, suggesting that its share price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Mainstreet Equity received 191 more outperform votes than StorageVault Canada when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.19% of users gave Mainstreet Equity an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave StorageVault Canada an outperform vote.
Summary
Mainstreet Equity beats StorageVault Canada on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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