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Should you be buying Choice Properties Real Est Invstmnt Trst stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Choice Properties Real Est Invstmnt Trst include SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trst (SRU.UN), RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust (REI.UN), CT Real Estate Investment Trust (CRT.UN), Tricon Residential (TCN), Granite Real Estate Investment Trust (GRT.UN), Boardwalk REIT (BEI.UN), Dream Industrial Real Estate Invest Trst (DIR.UN), First Capital Real Estate Investment Trust (FCR.UN), Chartwell Retirement Residences (CSH.UN), and H&R Real Estate Investment Trust (HR.UN). These companies are all part of the "real estate" sector.
SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trst (TSE:SRU.UN) and Choice Properties Real Est Invstmnt Trst (TSE:CHP.UN) are both mid-cap real estate companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation and community ranking.
19.3% of SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trst shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.3% of Choice Properties Real Est Invstmnt Trst shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.9% of SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trst shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 15.8% of Choice Properties Real Est Invstmnt Trst shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Choice Properties Real Est Invstmnt Trst has a net margin of 45.94% compared to Choice Properties Real Est Invstmnt Trst's net margin of 44.51%. SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trst's return on equity of 15.77% beat Choice Properties Real Est Invstmnt Trst's return on equity.
SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trst currently has a consensus price target of C$26.64, indicating a potential upside of 18.20%. Choice Properties Real Est Invstmnt Trst has a consensus price target of C$14.81, indicating a potential upside of 13.68%. Given Choice Properties Real Est Invstmnt Trst's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trst is more favorable than Choice Properties Real Est Invstmnt Trst.
SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trst received 76 more outperform votes than Choice Properties Real Est Invstmnt Trst when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 50.82% of users gave SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trst an outperform vote while only 37.50% of users gave Choice Properties Real Est Invstmnt Trst an outperform vote.
SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trst has a beta of 1.24, suggesting that its stock price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Choice Properties Real Est Invstmnt Trst has a beta of 0.64, suggesting that its stock price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Choice Properties Real Est Invstmnt Trst has higher revenue and earnings than SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trst. SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trst is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Choice Properties Real Est Invstmnt Trst, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Choice Properties Real Est Invstmnt Trst had 1 more articles in the media than SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trst. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Choice Properties Real Est Invstmnt Trst and 0 mentions for SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trst. SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trst's average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat Choice Properties Real Est Invstmnt Trst's score of 0.40 indicating that Choice Properties Real Est Invstmnt Trst is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trst pays an annual dividend of C$1.85 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.2%. Choice Properties Real Est Invstmnt Trst pays an annual dividend of C$0.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.8%. SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trst pays out 76.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Choice Properties Real Est Invstmnt Trst pays out 82.6% 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.
Summary
Choice Properties Real Est Invstmnt Trst beats SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trst on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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