MRT.UN vs. CRR.UN, AX.UN, APR.UN, DRA.UN, BTB.UN, PRV.UN, FRO.UN, TNT.UN, MR.UN, and RCO.UN
Should you be buying Morguard Real Estate Inv. stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Morguard Real Estate Inv. include Crombie Real Estate Investment Trust (CRR.UN), Artis Real Estate Investment Trust Unit (AX.UN), Automotive Properties Real Est Invt TR (APR.UN), Dream Hard Asset Alternatives Trust (DRA.UN), BTB Real Estate Investment Trust (BTB.UN), PRO Real Estate Investment Trust (PRV.UN), Fronsac Real Estate Investment Trust (FRO.UN), True North Commercial REIT (TNT.UN), Melcor Real Estate Investment Trust (MR.UN), and Middlefield Can-Global REIT Income Fund (RCO.UN). These companies are all part of the "reit - diversified" industry.
Crombie Real Estate Investment Trust (TSE:CRR.UN) and Morguard Real Estate Inv. (TSE:MRT.UN) are both small-cap real estate companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, risk, profitability, valuation and earnings.
Crombie Real Estate Investment Trust currently has a consensus price target of C$15.28, suggesting a potential upside of 21.06%. Morguard Real Estate Inv. has a consensus price target of C$5.25, suggesting a potential downside of 2.05%. Given Morguard Real Estate Inv.'s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Crombie Real Estate Investment Trust is more favorable than Morguard Real Estate Inv..
Crombie Real Estate Investment Trust pays an annual dividend of C$0.89 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.1%. Morguard Real Estate Inv. pays an annual dividend of C$0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. Crombie Real Estate Investment Trust pays out -269.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Morguard Real Estate Inv. pays out -14.5% 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. Crombie Real Estate Investment Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Crombie Real Estate Investment Trust has a beta of 0.92, meaning that its stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Morguard Real Estate Inv. has a beta of 1.42, meaning that its stock price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Crombie Real Estate Investment Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Morguard Real Estate Inv.. Crombie Real Estate Investment Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Morguard Real Estate Inv., indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Crombie Real Estate Investment Trust and Crombie Real Estate Investment Trust both had 3 articles in the media. Crombie Real Estate Investment Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.82 beat Morguard Real Estate Inv.'s score of 1.47 indicating that Morguard Real Estate Inv. is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Crombie Real Estate Investment Trust received 102 more outperform votes than Morguard Real Estate Inv. when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 54.99% of users gave Crombie Real Estate Investment Trust an outperform vote while only 37.14% of users gave Morguard Real Estate Inv. an outperform vote.
Crombie Real Estate Investment Trust has a net margin of 22.26% compared to Crombie Real Estate Investment Trust's net margin of -41.38%. Morguard Real Estate Inv.'s return on equity of 5.45% beat Crombie Real Estate Investment Trust's return on equity.
24.7% of Crombie Real Estate Investment Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.8% of Morguard Real Estate Inv. shares are held by institutional investors. 1.2% of Crombie Real Estate Investment Trust shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 91.8% of Morguard Real Estate Inv. shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Crombie Real Estate Investment Trust beats Morguard Real Estate Inv. on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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