Plaza Retail REIT (PLZ.UN) Competitors

CT Real Estate Investment Trust (TSE:CRT.UN) and Plaza Retail REIT (TSE:PLZ.UN) are both small-cap real estate companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, dividends and valuation.

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, CRT.UN or PLZ.UN?

CT Real Estate Investment Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Plaza Retail REIT. CT Real Estate Investment Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Plaza Retail 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
CT Real Estate Investment Trust	C$566.11M	2.79	C$116.80M	C$0.92	15.87
Plaza Retail REIT	C$120.65M	3.35	C$11.34M	C$0.10	36.60

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CRT.UN or PLZ.UN?

Plaza Retail REIT received 44 more outperform votes than CT Real Estate Investment Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.02% of users gave Plaza Retail REIT an outperform vote while only 45.52% of users gave CT Real Estate Investment Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
CT Real Estate Investment Trust	Outperform Votes 127 45.52%	Underperform Votes 152 54.48%
Plaza Retail REIT	Outperform Votes 171 66.02%	Underperform Votes 88 33.98%

Do analysts prefer CRT.UN or PLZ.UN?

CT Real Estate Investment Trust currently has a consensus price target of C$15.94, suggesting a potential upside of 9.16%. Plaza Retail REIT has a consensus price target of C$4.17, suggesting a potential upside of 13.84%. Given Plaza Retail REIT's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Plaza Retail REIT is more favorable than CT Real Estate Investment Trust.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CT Real Estate Investment Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Plaza Retail REIT	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Is CRT.UN or PLZ.UN a better dividend stock?

CT Real Estate Investment Trust pays an annual dividend of C$0.93 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.4%. Plaza Retail REIT pays an annual dividend of C$0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.7%. CT Real Estate Investment Trust pays out 101.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Plaza Retail REIT pays out 280.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in CRT.UN or PLZ.UN?

15.5% of CT Real Estate Investment Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.0% of Plaza Retail REIT shares are owned by institutional investors. 31.5% of CT Real Estate Investment Trust shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 35.4% of Plaza Retail REIT shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media refer more to CRT.UN or PLZ.UN?

In the previous week, CT Real Estate Investment Trust had 1 more articles in the media than Plaza Retail REIT. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for CT Real Estate Investment Trust and 2 mentions for Plaza Retail REIT. CT Real Estate Investment Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.20 beat Plaza Retail REIT's score of 0.34 indicating that CT Real Estate Investment Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
CT Real Estate Investment Trust	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Plaza Retail REIT	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is CRT.UN or PLZ.UN more profitable?

CT Real Estate Investment Trust has a net margin of 20.63% compared to Plaza Retail REIT's net margin of 9.40%. CT Real Estate Investment Trust's return on equity of 6.46% beat Plaza Retail REIT's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CT Real Estate Investment Trust	20.63%	6.46%	3.85%
Plaza Retail REIT	9.40%	2.07%	3.30%

Which has more volatility & risk, CRT.UN or PLZ.UN?

CT Real Estate Investment Trust has a beta of 1, meaning that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, Plaza Retail REIT has a beta of 1.08, meaning that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

CT Real Estate Investment Trust and Plaza Retail REIT tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.