BEI.UN vs. CAR.UN, NVU.UN, KMP.UN, IIP.UN, RUF.UN, MI.UN, MRG.UN, HOM.U, MHC.UN, and ERE-UN
Should you be buying Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust include Canadian Apartment Properties REIT (CAR.UN), Northview Apartment REIT (NVU.UN), Killam Apartment REIT (KMP.UN), InterRent Real Estate Investment Trust (IIP.UN), Pure Multi-Family REIT (RUF.UN), Minto Apartment Real Estate Invt Trust (MI.UN), Morguard North American Residential Real Estate Investment Trust (MRG.UN), Bsr Real Estate Investment Trust (HOM.U), Flagship Communities Real Estate Investment Trust (MHC.UN), and European Residential Real Estate Investment Trust (ERE-UN). These companies are all part of the "reit - residential" industry.
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 business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, risk, valuation, institutional ownership and community ranking.
In the previous week, Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust had 2 more articles in the media than Canadian Apartment Properties REIT. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust and 0 mentions for Canadian Apartment Properties REIT. Canadian Apartment Properties REIT's average media sentiment score of 1.94 beat Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Canadian Apartment Properties REIT pays an annual dividend of C$1.45 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust pays an annual dividend of C$1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Canadian Apartment Properties REIT pays out -193.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust pays out 9.0% 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.
Canadian Apartment Properties REIT has a beta of 1.19, suggesting that its share price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust has a beta of 1.74, suggesting that its share price is 74% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Canadian Apartment Properties REIT currently has a consensus target price of C$56.30, suggesting a potential upside of 26.23%. Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust has a consensus target price of C$84.92, suggesting a potential upside of 20.67%. Given Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Canadian Apartment Properties REIT is more favorable than Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust.
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.
Canadian Apartment Properties REIT received 80 more outperform votes than Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.34% of users gave Canadian Apartment Properties REIT an outperform vote while only 50.00% of users gave Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust an outperform vote.
Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust has a net margin of 134.70% compared to Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust's net margin of -11.69%. Canadian Apartment Properties REIT's return on equity of 18.16% beat Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust's return on equity.
43.2% of Canadian Apartment Properties REIT shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.5% of Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Canadian Apartment Properties REIT shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 17.9% of Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Canadian Apartment Properties REIT beats Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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