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SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trst (SRU.UN) Competitors

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C$25.26 +0.03 (+0.12%)
As of 03/28/2025 04:00 PM Eastern

SRU.UN vs. REI.UN, CHP.UN, FCR.UN, CRT.UN, SGR.UN, PLZ.UN, SRT.UN, FSV, CAR.UN, and CIGI

Should you be buying SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trst stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trst include RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust (REI.UN), Choice Properties Real Est Invstmnt Trst (CHP.UN), First Capital Real Estate Investment Trust (FCR.UN), CT Real Estate Investment Trust (CRT.UN), Slate Grocery REIT (SGR.UN), Plaza Retail REIT (PLZ.UN), Slate Retail REIT (SRT.UN), FirstService (FSV), Canadian Apartment Properties REIT (CAR.UN), and Colliers International Group (CIGI). These companies are all part of the "real estate" sector.

SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trst vs.

RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust (TSE:REI.UN) and SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trst (TSE:SRU.UN) are both mid-cap real estate companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, dividends, community ranking and institutional ownership.

RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust pays an annual dividend of C$1.11 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.5%. SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trst pays an annual dividend of C$1.85 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.3%. RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust pays out 555.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trst pays out 112.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trst is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

40.3% of RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 17.9% of SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trst shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.9% of SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trst shares are owned 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.

SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trst has lower revenue, but higher earnings than RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust. SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trst is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
RioCan Real Estate Investment TrustC$1.23B4.19C$59.79MC$0.2086.00
SmartCentres Real Estate Investment TrstC$939.90M3.89C$273.24MC$1.6415.40

RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust received 265 more outperform votes than SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trst when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.28% of users gave RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust an outperform vote while only 49.74% of users gave SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trst an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
RioCan Real Estate Investment TrustOutperform Votes
454
66.28%
Underperform Votes
231
33.72%
SmartCentres Real Estate Investment TrstOutperform Votes
189
49.74%
Underperform Votes
191
50.26%

In the previous week, RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust had 8 more articles in the media than SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trst. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust and 0 mentions for SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trst. RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.82 beat SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trst's score of 0.00 indicating that RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust has a beta of 1.31, meaning that its stock price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trst has a beta of 1.25, meaning that its stock price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500.

SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trst has a net margin of 29.07% compared to RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust's net margin of 4.86%. SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trst's return on equity of 5.35% beat RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust4.86% 0.78% 2.88%
SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trst 29.07%5.35%2.99%

RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust presently has a consensus price target of C$21.36, suggesting a potential upside of 24.19%. SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trst has a consensus price target of C$27.33, suggesting a potential upside of 8.21%. Given RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust is more favorable than SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trst.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75
SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trst
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

Summary

RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust beats SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trst on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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SRU.UN vs. The Competition

MetricSmartCentres Real Estate Investment TrstREIT IndustryReal Estate SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$3.65BC$2.25BC$1.51BC$5.62B
Dividend Yield7.24%5.48%6.72%6.83%
P/E Ratio15.4010.659.3130.43
Price / Sales3.891,649.911,295.58612.77
Price / Cash203.11124.0367.0682.93
Price / Book0.702.081.213.63
Net IncomeC$273.24MC$97.74M-C$115.81MC$299.15M
7 Day Performance0.36%-0.63%-0.46%-0.95%
1 Month Performance-0.90%-1.08%-1.04%-0.24%
1 Year Performance8.74%23.57%2.94%14.94%

SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trst Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SRU.UN
SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trst
0.6384 of 5 stars
C$25.26
+0.1%
C$27.33
+8.2%
+8.7%C$3.65BC$939.90M15.40337
REI.UN
RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust
3.1067 of 5 stars
C$17.23
+0.1%
C$21.36
+24.0%
-6.9%C$5.17BC$1.23B86.15568High Trading Volume
CHP.UN
Choice Properties Real Est Invstmnt Trst
1.2298 of 5 stars
C$13.82
-1.0%
C$15.81
+14.4%
+1.3%C$4.53BC$1.44B15.53238
FCR.UN
First Capital Real Estate Investment Trust
1.4666 of 5 stars
C$16.53
+0.6%
C$20.11
+21.7%
+5.3%C$3.51BC$731.06M-57.00371
CRT.UN
CT Real Estate Investment Trust
2.3362 of 5 stars
C$14.59
-1.1%
C$15.94
+9.2%
+1.3%C$1.58BC$566.11M15.8668News Coverage
Positive News
High Trading Volume
SGR.UN
Slate Grocery REIT
0.3376 of 5 stars
C$14.18
+1.5%
C$9.31
-34.3%
+23.6%C$836.62MC$209.07M18.66N/A
PLZ.UN
Plaza Retail REIT
1.7672 of 5 stars
C$3.80
+0.8%
C$4.25
+11.8%
+3.9%C$419.41MC$120.65M38.0098Positive News
SRT.UN
Slate Retail REIT
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$393.69MC$131.22M13.08N/A
FSV
FirstService
0.5997 of 5 stars
C$248.68
+2.0%
C$194.00
-22.0%
+6.1%C$7.88BC$3.47B72.7625,000Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
CAR.UN
Canadian Apartment Properties REIT
1.578 of 5 stars
C$43.30
+1.5%
C$55.06
+27.2%
-7.1%C$7.24BC$1.09B-135.31908
CIGI
Colliers International Group
0.4043 of 5 stars
C$181.95
+3.3%
C$180.00
-1.1%
+4.2%C$6.33BC$3.15B42.1116,800
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This page (TSE:SRU.UN) was last updated on 3/29/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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