MRC vs. MIC, SOY, TOT, AKG, GDC, WTER, SEB, OMI, NUS, and MCK
Should you be buying Morguard stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Morguard include Sagen MI Canada (MIC), SunOpta (SOY), Total Energy Services (TOT), Asanko Gold (AKG), Genesis Land Development (GDC), Alkaline Water (WTER), Smart Employee Benefits (SEB), Orosur Mining (OMI), Nautilus Minerals (NUS), and 14642 (MCK.V) (MCK). These companies are all part of the "wholesale" industry.
Morguard vs.
Morguard (TSE:MRC) and Sagen MI Canada (TSE:MIC) are both real estate companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, profitability, risk, valuation, institutional ownership and dividends.
3.4% of Morguard shares are owned by institutional investors. 73.0% of Morguard shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Morguard had 2 more articles in the media than Sagen MI Canada. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Morguard and 0 mentions for Sagen MI Canada. Morguard's average media sentiment score of 0.55 beat Sagen MI Canada's score of 0.00 indicating that Morguard is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Sagen MI Canada received 209 more outperform votes than Morguard when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.12% of users gave Morguard an outperform vote while only 58.47% of users gave Sagen MI Canada an outperform vote.
Morguard has a net margin of 17.07% compared to Sagen MI Canada's net margin of 0.00%. Morguard's return on equity of 3.72% beat Sagen MI Canada's return on equity.
Sagen MI Canada has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Morguard. Sagen MI Canada is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Morguard, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Morguard pays an annual dividend of C$0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Sagen MI Canada pays an annual dividend of C$2.16 per share. Morguard pays out 3.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Sagen MI Canada pays out 42.8% 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. Morguard is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
Morguard beats Sagen MI Canada on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:MRC) was last updated on 12/26/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
