AP.UN vs. KMP.UN, AIF, HR.UN, SVI, IIP.UN, MEQ, CRT.UN, CRR.UN, CSH.UN, and NWH.UN
Should you be buying Allied Properties Real Estate Investment stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Allied Properties Real Estate Investment include Killam Apartment REIT (KMP.UN), Altus Group (AIF), H&R Real Estate Investment Trust (HR.UN), StorageVault Canada (SVI), Interrent Real Estate Investment Trust (IIP.UN), Mainstreet Equity (MEQ), CT Real Estate Investment Trust (CRT.UN), Crombie Real Estate Investment Trust (CRR.UN), Chartwell Retirement Residences (CSH.UN), and NorthWest Health Prop Real Est Inv Trust (NWH.UN). These companies are all part of the "real estate" sector.
Killam Apartment REIT (TSE:KMP.UN) and Allied Properties Real Estate Investment (TSE:AP.UN) are both mid-cap real estate companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, community ranking, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
Allied Properties Real Estate Investment received 256 more outperform votes than Killam Apartment REIT when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.66% of users gave Allied Properties Real Estate Investment an outperform vote while only 66.75% of users gave Killam Apartment REIT an outperform vote.
42.6% of Killam Apartment REIT shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.1% of Allied Properties Real Estate Investment shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of Killam Apartment REIT shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Allied Properties Real Estate Investment shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Killam Apartment REIT has a net margin of 76.10% compared to Killam Apartment REIT's net margin of -74.94%. Allied Properties Real Estate Investment's return on equity of 11.20% beat Killam Apartment REIT's return on equity.
Killam Apartment REIT has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Allied Properties Real Estate Investment. Allied Properties Real Estate Investment is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Killam Apartment REIT, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Killam Apartment REIT pays an annual dividend of C$0.70 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Allied Properties Real Estate Investment pays an annual dividend of C$1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.5%. Killam Apartment REIT pays out 31.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Allied Properties Real Estate Investment pays out -45.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Allied Properties Real Estate Investment is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Killam Apartment REIT has a beta of 1.05, meaning that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Allied Properties Real Estate Investment has a beta of 1.16, meaning that its stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Allied Properties Real Estate Investment had 9 more articles in the media than Killam Apartment REIT. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Allied Properties Real Estate Investment and 1 mentions for Killam Apartment REIT. Allied Properties Real Estate Investment's average media sentiment score of 1.34 beat Killam Apartment REIT's score of -0.61 indicating that Killam Apartment REIT is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Killam Apartment REIT currently has a consensus price target of C$21.88, indicating a potential upside of 28.22%. Allied Properties Real Estate Investment has a consensus price target of C$19.83, indicating a potential upside of 15.31%. Given Allied Properties Real Estate Investment's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Killam Apartment REIT is more favorable than Allied Properties Real Estate Investment.
Summary
Killam Apartment REIT beats Allied Properties Real Estate Investment on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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