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 superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, valuation, community ranking and media sentiment.
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 held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 17.9% of SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trst shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 10.9% of SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trst shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
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.
RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust received 266 more outperform votes than SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trst when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.23% 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.
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.
In the previous week, RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust had 4 more articles in the media than SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trst. MarketBeat recorded 4 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 0.55 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 currently has a consensus target price of C$20.78, suggesting a potential upside of 21.29%. SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trst has a consensus target price of C$27.33, suggesting a potential upside of 7.32%. Given RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust is more favorable than SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trst.
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.
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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This page (TSE:SRU.UN) was last updated on 4/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
