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Mainstreet Equity (TSE:MEQ) Reaches New 1-Year High - Still a Buy?

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Mainstreet Equity Corp. (TSE:MEQ - Get Free Report)'s share price hit a new 52-week high during mid-day trading on Friday . The company traded as high as C$207.39 and last traded at C$207.39, with a volume of 1958 shares trading hands. The stock had previously closed at C$203.95.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

MEQ has been the topic of a number of recent research reports. Acumen Capital raised their price target on shares of Mainstreet Equity from C$210.00 to C$220.00 in a research report on Wednesday, July 24th. ATB Capital increased their target price on shares of Mainstreet Equity from C$200.00 to C$215.00 in a research report on Wednesday, July 24th.

Check Out Our Latest Research Report on Mainstreet Equity

Mainstreet Equity Price Performance

The company has a fifty day simple moving average of C$195.51 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of C$183.75. The stock has a market capitalization of C$1.94 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 15.39 and a beta of 1.63. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 117.76, a quick ratio of 0.81 and a current ratio of 0.40.

Mainstreet Equity (TSE:MEQ - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, July 23rd. The company reported C($1.70) EPS for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of C$2.42 by C($4.12). The company had revenue of C$63.32 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of C$62.35 million. Mainstreet Equity had a net margin of 52.74% and a return on equity of 9.38%. As a group, equities research analysts expect that Mainstreet Equity Corp. will post 8.1910619 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Mainstreet Equity Announces Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, October 31st. Stockholders of record on Thursday, October 17th will be given a $0.027 dividend. This represents a $0.11 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.05%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, October 17th. Mainstreet Equity's payout ratio is presently 0.81%.

About Mainstreet Equity

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Mainstreet Equity Corp. engages in the acquisition, redevelopment, repositioning, and management of mid-market residential rental apartment buildings in Western Canada. The company owns a portfolio of multi-family residential properties in British Columbia, Calgary, Edmonton, Saskatoon, Regina, and Winnipeg.

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