Minto Apartment Real Estate Invt Trust (MI.UN) Competitors

Killam Apartment REIT (TSE:KMP.UN) and Minto Apartment Real Estate Invt Trust (TSE:MI.UN) are both real estate companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation, profitability, risk, earnings, dividends and media sentiment.

Which has more volatility & risk, KMP.UN or MI.UN?

Killam Apartment REIT has a beta of 1.1, suggesting that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Minto Apartment Real Estate Invt Trust has a beta of 1.23, suggesting that its stock price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of KMP.UN or MI.UN?

39.4% of Killam Apartment REIT shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 26.2% of Minto Apartment Real Estate Invt Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of Killam Apartment REIT shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Minto Apartment Real Estate Invt Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in KMP.UN or MI.UN?

Killam Apartment REIT received 151 more outperform votes than Minto Apartment Real Estate Invt Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.72% of users gave Killam Apartment REIT an outperform vote while only 58.10% of users gave Minto Apartment Real Estate Invt Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Killam Apartment REIT	Outperform Votes 255 65.72%	Underperform Votes 133 34.28%
Minto Apartment Real Estate Invt Trust	Outperform Votes 104 58.10%	Underperform Votes 75 41.90%

Which has higher earnings and valuation, KMP.UN or MI.UN?

Killam Apartment REIT has higher revenue and earnings than Minto Apartment Real Estate Invt Trust. Minto Apartment Real Estate Invt Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Killam Apartment REIT, 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
Killam Apartment REIT	C$356.70M	5.85	C$310.02M	C$2.60	6.75
Minto Apartment Real Estate Invt Trust	C$157.96M	3.43	-C$35.43M	-C$0.89	-15.24

Does the media prefer KMP.UN or MI.UN?

In the previous week, Killam Apartment REIT's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Minto Apartment Real Estate Invt Trust'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Killam Apartment REIT	Neutral
Minto Apartment Real Estate Invt Trust	Neutral

Is KMP.UN or MI.UN a better dividend stock?

Killam Apartment REIT pays an annual dividend of C$0.70 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Minto Apartment Real Estate Invt Trust pays an annual dividend of C$0.51 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Killam Apartment REIT pays out 26.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Minto Apartment Real Estate Invt Trust pays out -57.3% 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.

Do analysts rate KMP.UN or MI.UN?

Killam Apartment REIT presently has a consensus price target of C$23.00, indicating a potential upside of 31.13%. Minto Apartment Real Estate Invt Trust has a consensus price target of C$17.41, indicating a potential upside of 28.36%. Given Killam Apartment REIT's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Killam Apartment REIT is more favorable than Minto Apartment Real Estate Invt Trust.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Killam Apartment REIT	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.33
Minto Apartment Real Estate Invt Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.86

Is KMP.UN or MI.UN more profitable?

Killam Apartment REIT has a net margin of 86.91% compared to Minto Apartment Real Estate Invt Trust's net margin of -22.43%. Killam Apartment REIT's return on equity of 12.07% beat Minto Apartment Real Estate Invt Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Killam Apartment REIT	86.91%	12.07%	2.57%
Minto Apartment Real Estate Invt Trust	-22.43%	-3.19%	2.15%

Summary

Killam Apartment REIT beats Minto Apartment Real Estate Invt Trust on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.