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 small-cap real estate companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, dividends, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Which has better valuation and earnings, 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	5.40	C$310.02M	C$2.60	6.23
Minto Apartment Real Estate Invt Trust	C$157.96M	3.29	-C$35.43M	-C$0.89	-14.62

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

39.4% of Killam Apartment REIT shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 26.2% of Minto Apartment Real Estate Invt Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of Killam Apartment REIT shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Minto Apartment Real Estate Invt Trust shares are held by 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.

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 4.3%. 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 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$22.58, suggesting a potential upside of 39.49%. Minto Apartment Real Estate Invt Trust has a consensus price target of C$19.68, suggesting a potential upside of 51.23%. Given Minto Apartment Real Estate Invt Trust's higher possible upside, analysts clearly 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
Killam Apartment REIT	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
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

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

In the previous week, Killam Apartment REIT had 1 more articles in the media than Minto Apartment Real Estate Invt Trust. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Killam Apartment REIT and 2 mentions for Minto Apartment Real Estate Invt Trust. Minto Apartment Real Estate Invt Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat Killam Apartment REIT's score of -0.39 indicating that Minto Apartment Real Estate Invt Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

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%

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

Killam Apartment REIT received 156 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 57.56% 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 99 57.56%	Underperform Votes 73 42.44%

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

Killam Apartment REIT has a beta of 1.1, suggesting that its share 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 share price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Killam Apartment REIT beats Minto Apartment Real Estate Invt Trust on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.