AIF vs. SVI, MEQ, FCR.UN, TCN, CIGI, FSV, HR.UN, AP.UN, KMP.UN, and IIP.UN
Should you be buying Altus Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Altus Group include StorageVault Canada (SVI), Mainstreet Equity (MEQ), First Capital Realty (FCR.UN), Tricon Residential (TCN), Colliers International Group (CIGI), FirstService (FSV), H&R Real Estate Investment Trust (HR.UN), Allied Properties Real Estate Investment (AP.UN), Killam Apartment REIT (KMP.UN), and Interrent Real Estate Investment Trust (IIP.UN). These companies are all part of the "real estate" sector.
Altus Group (TSE:AIF) and StorageVault Canada (TSE:SVI) are both real estate companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, earnings, risk and dividends.
In the previous week, StorageVault Canada had 23 more articles in the media than Altus Group. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for StorageVault Canada and 2 mentions for Altus Group. Altus Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat StorageVault Canada's score of -0.17 indicating that Altus Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Altus Group has a beta of 0.78, suggesting that its share price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, StorageVault Canada has a beta of 0.88, suggesting that its share price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Altus Group currently has a consensus price target of C$53.28, indicating a potential upside of 4.94%. Given Altus Group's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Altus Group is more favorable than StorageVault Canada.
Altus Group has higher revenue and earnings than StorageVault Canada. StorageVault Canada is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Altus Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Altus Group pays an annual dividend of C$0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. StorageVault Canada pays an annual dividend of C$0.01 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Altus Group pays out 272.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. StorageVault Canada pays out -100.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Altus Group received 372 more outperform votes than StorageVault Canada when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.81% of users gave Altus Group an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave StorageVault Canada an outperform vote.
59.2% of Altus Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 22.2% of StorageVault Canada shares are held by institutional investors. 4.1% of Altus Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 38.3% of StorageVault Canada 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.
Altus Group has a net margin of 1.32% compared to StorageVault Canada's net margin of -0.59%. Altus Group's return on equity of 1.70% beat StorageVault Canada's return on equity.
Summary
Altus Group beats StorageVault Canada on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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