Morguard North American Residential Real Estate Investment Trust (MRG.UN) Competitors

Morguard North American Residential Real Estate Investment Trust (TSE:MRG.UN) and Northview Apartment REIT (TSE:NVU.UN) are both real estate companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership and earnings.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer MRG.UN or NVU.UN?

Morguard North American Residential Real Estate Investment Trust received 36 more outperform votes than Northview Apartment REIT when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.59% of users gave Morguard North American Residential Real Estate Investment Trust an outperform vote while only 56.11% of users gave Northview Apartment REIT an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Morguard North American Residential Real Estate Investment Trust	Outperform Votes 183 65.59%	Underperform Votes 96 34.41%
Northview Apartment REIT	Outperform Votes 147 56.11%	Underperform Votes 115 43.89%

Which has better valuation and earnings, MRG.UN or NVU.UN?

Northview Apartment REIT has higher revenue and earnings than Morguard North American Residential Real Estate Investment Trust. Northview Apartment REIT is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Morguard North American Residential Real Estate Investment Trust, 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
Morguard North American Residential Real Estate Investment Trust	C$344.99M	1.81	C$139.66M	C$3.78	4.46
Northview Apartment REIT	C$397.19M	0.00	C$204.67M	C$2.95	N/A

Do analysts rate MRG.UN or NVU.UN?

Morguard North American Residential Real Estate Investment Trust currently has a consensus price target of C$21.00, suggesting a potential upside of 24.63%. Given Morguard North American Residential Real Estate Investment Trust's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Morguard North American Residential Real Estate Investment Trust is more favorable than Northview Apartment REIT.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Morguard North American Residential Real Estate Investment Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Northview Apartment REIT	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Is MRG.UN or NVU.UN a better dividend stock?

Morguard North American Residential Real Estate Investment Trust pays an annual dividend of C$0.74 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. Northview Apartment REIT pays an annual dividend of C$1.63 per share. Morguard North American Residential Real Estate Investment Trust pays out 19.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Northview Apartment REIT pays out 55.2% 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 North American Residential Real Estate Investment Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the media favor MRG.UN or NVU.UN?

In the previous week, Morguard North American Residential Real Estate Investment Trust had 6 more articles in the media than Northview Apartment REIT. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Morguard North American Residential Real Estate Investment Trust and 0 mentions for Northview Apartment REIT. Morguard North American Residential Real Estate Investment Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.77 beat Northview Apartment REIT's score of 0.00 indicating that Morguard North American Residential Real Estate Investment Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Morguard North American Residential Real Estate Investment Trust	Very Positive
Northview Apartment REIT	Neutral

Is MRG.UN or NVU.UN more profitable?

Morguard North American Residential Real Estate Investment Trust has a net margin of 40.48% compared to Northview Apartment REIT's net margin of 0.00%. Morguard North American Residential Real Estate Investment Trust's return on equity of 6.98% beat Northview Apartment REIT's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Morguard North American Residential Real Estate Investment Trust	40.48%	6.98%	2.44%
Northview Apartment REIT	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in MRG.UN or NVU.UN?

5.1% of Morguard North American Residential Real Estate Investment Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 26.4% of Morguard North American Residential Real Estate Investment Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Morguard North American Residential Real Estate Investment Trust beats Northview Apartment REIT on 15 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.