First Capital Real Estate Investment Trust (FCR.UN) Competitors

First Capital Real Estate Investment Trust (TSE:FCR.UN) and RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust (TSE:REI.UN) are both mid-cap real estate companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, earnings, institutional ownership, risk and profitability.

Which has better valuation & earnings, FCR.UN or REI.UN?

RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust has higher revenue and earnings than First Capital Real Estate Investment Trust. First Capital 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
First Capital Real Estate Investment Trust	C$731.06M	4.96	-C$62M	-C$0.29	-58.97
RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust	C$1.23B	4.50	C$59.79M	C$0.20	92.25

Is FCR.UN or REI.UN more profitable?

RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust has a net margin of 4.86% compared to First Capital Real Estate Investment Trust's net margin of -8.48%. RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust's return on equity of 0.78% beat First Capital Real Estate Investment Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
First Capital Real Estate Investment Trust	-8.48%	-1.57%	2.77%
RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust	4.86%	0.78%	2.88%

Which has more risk & volatility, FCR.UN or REI.UN?

First Capital Real Estate Investment Trust has a beta of 1.28, indicating that its share price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust has a beta of 1.31, indicating that its share price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals & insiders believe in FCR.UN or REI.UN?

42.7% of First Capital Real Estate Investment Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 40.3% of RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of First Capital Real Estate Investment Trust shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is FCR.UN or REI.UN a better dividend stock?

First Capital Real Estate Investment Trust pays an annual dividend of C$0.86 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust pays an annual dividend of C$1.11 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.0%. First Capital Real Estate Investment Trust pays out -296.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust pays out 555.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Do analysts prefer FCR.UN or REI.UN?

First Capital Real Estate Investment Trust presently has a consensus price target of C$20.11, indicating a potential upside of 17.61%. RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust has a consensus price target of C$21.67, indicating a potential upside of 17.43%. Given First Capital Real Estate Investment Trust's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe First Capital Real Estate Investment Trust is more favorable than RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
First Capital Real Estate Investment Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.88
RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.83

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in FCR.UN or REI.UN?

First Capital Real Estate Investment Trust received 104 more outperform votes than RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.64% of users gave First Capital Real Estate Investment Trust an outperform vote while only 66.27% of users gave RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
First Capital Real Estate Investment Trust	Outperform Votes 554 67.64%	Underperform Votes 265 32.36%
RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust	Outperform Votes 450 66.27%	Underperform Votes 229 33.73%

Does the media prefer FCR.UN or REI.UN?

In the previous week, RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust had 7 more articles in the media than First Capital Real Estate Investment Trust. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust and 1 mentions for First Capital Real Estate Investment Trust. First Capital Real Estate Investment Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.69 beat RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust's score of 1.21 indicating that First Capital Real Estate Investment Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
First Capital Real Estate Investment Trust	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

First Capital Real Estate Investment Trust and RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.