CRT.UN vs. REI.UN, CHP.UN, FCR.UN, SRU.UN, SGR.UN, PLZ.UN, SRT.UN, CAR.UN, GRT.UN, and CSH.UN
Should you be buying CT Real Estate Investment Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CT Real Estate Investment Trust include RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust (REI.UN), Choice Properties Real Est Invstmnt Trst (CHP.UN), First Capital Real Estate Investment Trust (FCR.UN), SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trst (SRU.UN), Slate Grocery REIT (SGR.UN), Plaza Retail REIT (PLZ.UN), Slate Retail REIT (SRT.UN), Canadian Apartment Properties REIT (CAR.UN), Granite Real Estate Investment Trust (GRT.UN), and Chartwell Retirement Residences (CSH.UN). These companies are all part of the "real estate" sector.
CT Real Estate Investment Trust vs. Its Competitors
RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust (TSE:REI.UN) and CT Real Estate Investment Trust (TSE:CRT.UN) are both mid-cap real estate companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, dividends, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and valuation.
RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust has a beta of 1.062317, meaning that its share price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CT Real Estate Investment Trust has a beta of 0.967209, meaning that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.
CT Real Estate Investment Trust has lower revenue, but higher earnings than RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust. CT Real Estate Investment Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust pays an annual dividend of C$1.13 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.1%. CT Real Estate Investment Trust pays an annual dividend of C$0.93 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%. RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust pays out 118.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. CT Real Estate Investment Trust pays out 60.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
In the previous week, CT Real Estate Investment Trust had 1 more articles in the media than RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for CT Real Estate Investment Trust and 0 mentions for RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust. RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.72 beat CT Real Estate Investment Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.
CT Real Estate Investment Trust has a net margin of 20.63% compared to RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust's net margin of 4.86%. CT Real Estate Investment Trust's return on equity of 6.46% beat RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust's return on equity.
35.7% of RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 7.3% of CT Real Estate Investment Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 31.5% of CT Real Estate Investment Trust shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust currently has a consensus target price of C$20.30, indicating a potential upside of 8.79%. CT Real Estate Investment Trust has a consensus target price of C$16.49, indicating a potential downside of 0.05%. Given RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust is more favorable than CT Real Estate Investment Trust.
Summary
RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust and CT Real Estate Investment Trust tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (TSE:CRT.UN) was last updated on 9/6/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
