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

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

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

Minto Apartment Real Estate Invt Trust pays an annual dividend of C$0.51 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Killam Apartment REIT pays an annual dividend of C$0.70 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Minto Apartment Real Estate Invt Trust pays out -57.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Killam Apartment REIT pays out 26.9% 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.

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

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

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

In the previous week, Killam Apartment REIT had 5 more articles in the media than Minto Apartment Real Estate Invt Trust. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Killam Apartment REIT and 1 mentions for Minto Apartment Real Estate Invt Trust. Minto Apartment Real Estate Invt Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Killam Apartment REIT's score of 0.30 indicating that Minto Apartment Real Estate Invt Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Minto Apartment Real Estate Invt Trust	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Killam Apartment REIT	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do analysts recommend MI.UN or KMP.UN?

Minto Apartment Real Estate Invt Trust currently has a consensus target price of C$19.52, indicating a potential upside of 50.75%. Killam Apartment REIT has a consensus target price of C$22.38, indicating a potential upside of 33.82%. Given Minto Apartment Real Estate Invt Trust's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Minto Apartment Real Estate Invt Trust is more favorable than Killam Apartment REIT.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Minto Apartment Real Estate Invt Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.89
Killam Apartment REIT	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.89

Does the MarketBeat Community favor MI.UN or KMP.UN?

Killam Apartment REIT received 156 more outperform votes than Minto Apartment Real Estate Invt Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.89% of users gave Killam Apartment REIT an outperform vote while only 57.56% of users gave Minto Apartment Real Estate Invt Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Minto Apartment Real Estate Invt Trust	Outperform Votes 99 57.56%	Underperform Votes 73 42.44%
Killam Apartment REIT	Outperform Votes 255 65.89%	Underperform Votes 132 34.11%

Which has better valuation & earnings, MI.UN or KMP.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
Minto Apartment Real Estate Invt Trust	C$157.96M	3.27	-C$35.43M	-C$0.89	-14.55
Killam Apartment REIT	C$356.70M	5.58	C$310.02M	C$2.60	6.43

Is MI.UN or KMP.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
Minto Apartment Real Estate Invt Trust	-22.43%	-3.19%	2.15%
Killam Apartment REIT	86.91%	12.07%	2.57%

Do insiders & institutionals believe in MI.UN or KMP.UN?

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

Summary

Killam Apartment REIT beats Minto Apartment Real Estate Invt Trust on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.