Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust (BEI.UN) Competitors

Canadian Apartment Properties REIT (TSE:CAR.UN) and Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust (TSE:BEI.UN) are both mid-cap real estate companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, profitability, valuation and earnings.

Is CAR.UN or BEI.UN a better dividend stock?

Canadian Apartment Properties REIT pays an annual dividend of C$1.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust pays an annual dividend of C$1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Canadian Apartment Properties REIT pays out -468.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust pays out 10.7% 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. Canadian Apartment Properties REIT is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do analysts rate CAR.UN or BEI.UN?

Canadian Apartment Properties REIT presently has a consensus target price of C$55.06, indicating a potential upside of 33.48%. Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust has a consensus target price of C$84.31, indicating a potential upside of 28.58%. Given Canadian Apartment Properties REIT's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Canadian Apartment Properties REIT is more favorable than Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Canadian Apartment Properties REIT	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.83
Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.57

Which has more risk and volatility, CAR.UN or BEI.UN?

Canadian Apartment Properties REIT has a beta of 1.23, meaning that its stock price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust has a beta of 1.76, meaning that its stock price is 76% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor CAR.UN or BEI.UN?

In the previous week, Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust had 4 more articles in the media than Canadian Apartment Properties REIT. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust and 1 mentions for Canadian Apartment Properties REIT. Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.13 beat Canadian Apartment Properties REIT's score of -0.98 indicating that Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Canadian Apartment Properties REIT	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Negative
Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has higher earnings and valuation, CAR.UN or BEI.UN?

Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Canadian Apartment Properties REIT. Canadian Apartment Properties REIT is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust, 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
Canadian Apartment Properties REIT	C$1.09B	6.33	-C$54.15M	-C$0.32	-128.91
Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust	C$573.10M	5.65	C$679.42M	C$13.51	4.85

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of CAR.UN or BEI.UN?

42.6% of Canadian Apartment Properties REIT shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.7% of Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Canadian Apartment Properties REIT shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 17.9% of Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is CAR.UN or BEI.UN more profitable?

Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust has a net margin of 118.55% compared to Canadian Apartment Properties REIT's net margin of -4.95%. Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust's return on equity of 15.71% beat Canadian Apartment Properties REIT's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Canadian Apartment Properties REIT	-4.95%	-1.08%	2.40%
Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust	118.55%	15.71%	2.31%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CAR.UN or BEI.UN?

Canadian Apartment Properties REIT received 77 more outperform votes than Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.14% of users gave Canadian Apartment Properties REIT an outperform vote while only 49.72% of users gave Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Canadian Apartment Properties REIT	Outperform Votes 344 60.14%	Underperform Votes 228 39.86%
Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust	Outperform Votes 267 49.72%	Underperform Votes 270 50.28%

Summary

Canadian Apartment Properties REIT beats Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.