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 superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, media sentiment, risk, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings and community ranking.
3.4% of Morguard shares are held by institutional investors. 73.0% of Morguard shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
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.
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.
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 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.
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 1/29/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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