PLZ.UN vs. CRT.UN, SGR.UN, SRT.UN, REI.UN, CHP.UN, FCR.UN, SRU.UN, CRR.UN, SVI, and MRC
Should you be buying Plaza Retail REIT stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Plaza Retail REIT include CT Real Estate Investment Trust (CRT.UN), Slate Grocery REIT (SGR.UN), Slate Retail REIT (SRT.UN), RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust (REI.UN), Choice Properties Real Est Invstmnt Trst (CHP.UN), First Capital Real Estate Investment Trust (FCR.UN), SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trst (SRU.UN), Crombie Real Estate Investment Trust (CRR.UN), StorageVault Canada (SVI), and Morguard (MRC). These companies are all part of the "real estate" sector.
Plaza Retail REIT vs. Its 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 business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings and dividends.
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.
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.
CT Real Estate Investment Trust presently has a consensus target price of C$15.95, indicating a potential upside of 0.63%. Plaza Retail REIT has a consensus target price of C$4.25, indicating a potential upside of 4.42%. Given Plaza Retail REIT's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Plaza Retail REIT is more favorable than CT Real Estate Investment Trust.
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.
In the previous week, Plaza Retail REIT had 1 more articles in the media than CT Real Estate Investment Trust. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Plaza Retail REIT and 1 mentions for CT Real Estate Investment Trust. CT Real Estate Investment Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.69 beat Plaza Retail REIT's score of 0.57 indicating that CT Real Estate Investment Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.
CT Real Estate Investment Trust pays an annual dividend of C$0.93 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.9%. Plaza Retail REIT pays an annual dividend of C$0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.9%. 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.
15.5% of CT Real Estate Investment Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.0% of Plaza Retail REIT shares are held by institutional investors. 31.5% of CT Real Estate Investment Trust shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 35.4% of Plaza Retail REIT shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
CT Real Estate Investment Trust beats Plaza Retail REIT on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (TSE:PLZ.UN) was last updated on 7/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
