Slate Grocery REIT (SGR.UN) Competitors

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

Is CRT.UN or SGR.UN more profitable?

CT Real Estate Investment Trust has a net margin of 20.63% compared to Slate Grocery REIT's net margin of 16.33%. CT Real Estate Investment Trust's return on equity of 6.46% beat Slate Grocery 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%
Slate Grocery REIT	16.33%	5.14%	3.59%

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, CRT.UN or SGR.UN?

CT Real Estate Investment Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Slate Grocery REIT. CT Real Estate Investment Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Slate Grocery 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	2.78	C$116.80M	C$0.92	15.80
Slate Grocery REIT	C$209.07M	4.03	C$34.14M	C$0.76	18.80

Is CRT.UN or SGR.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%. Slate Grocery REIT pays an annual dividend of C$1.17 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.2%. 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. Slate Grocery REIT pays out 153.9% 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 institutionals & insiders believe in CRT.UN or SGR.UN?

15.5% of CT Real Estate Investment Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.1% of Slate Grocery REIT shares are owned by institutional investors. 31.5% of CT Real Estate Investment Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Slate Grocery REIT 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.

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

CT Real Estate Investment Trust has a beta of 1, suggesting that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, Slate Grocery REIT has a beta of 1.66, suggesting that its share price is 66% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor CRT.UN or SGR.UN?

In the previous week, Slate Grocery REIT had 2 more articles in the media than CT Real Estate Investment Trust. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Slate Grocery REIT and 2 mentions for CT Real Estate Investment Trust. CT Real Estate Investment Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.20 beat Slate Grocery REIT's score of 0.58 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
Slate Grocery REIT	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts recommend CRT.UN or SGR.UN?

CT Real Estate Investment Trust currently has a consensus price target of C$15.94, suggesting a potential upside of 9.61%. Slate Grocery REIT has a consensus price target of C$9.31, suggesting a potential downside of 34.83%. Given CT Real Estate Investment Trust's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe CT Real Estate Investment Trust is more favorable than Slate Grocery REIT.

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
Slate Grocery REIT	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CRT.UN or SGR.UN?

CT Real Estate Investment Trust received 125 more outperform votes than Slate Grocery REIT when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 45.52% of users gave CT Real Estate Investment Trust an outperform vote while only 9.09% of users gave Slate Grocery REIT an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
CT Real Estate Investment Trust	Outperform Votes 127 45.52%	Underperform Votes 152 54.48%
Slate Grocery REIT	Outperform Votes 2 9.09%	Underperform Votes 20 90.91%

Summary

CT Real Estate Investment Trust beats Slate Grocery REIT on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.