CRT.UN vs. SGR.UN, PLZ.UN, SRU.UN, CHP.UN, REI.UN, CRR.UN, MEQ, NWH.UN, MRC, and IIP.UN
Should you be buying CT Real Estate Investment Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CT Real Estate Investment Trust include Slate Grocery REIT (SGR.UN), Plaza Retail REIT (PLZ.UN), SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trst (SRU.UN), Choice Properties Real Est Invstmnt Trst (CHP.UN), RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust (REI.UN), Crombie Real Estate Investment Trust (CRR.UN), Mainstreet Equity (MEQ), NorthWest Health Prop Real Est Inv Trust (NWH.UN), Morguard (MRC), and Interrent Real Estate Investment Trust (IIP.UN). These companies are all part of the "real estate" sector.
CT Real Estate Investment Trust (TSE:CRT.UN) and Slate Grocery REIT (TSE:SGR.UN) are both small-cap real estate companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, profitability, valuation, dividends and earnings.
CT Real Estate Investment Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Slate Grocery REIT. Slate Grocery REIT is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CT Real Estate Investment Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
CT Real Estate Investment Trust has a net margin of 21.36% compared to Slate Grocery REIT's net margin of 18.14%. CT Real Estate Investment Trust's return on equity of 6.71% beat Slate Grocery REIT's return on equity.
CT Real Estate Investment Trust has a beta of 0.97, suggesting that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Slate Grocery REIT has a beta of 1.65, suggesting that its share price is 65% more volatile than the S&P 500.
15.5% of CT Real Estate Investment Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.1% of Slate Grocery REIT shares are held by institutional investors. 31.5% of CT Real Estate Investment Trust shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Slate Grocery REIT shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
CT Real Estate Investment Trust pays an annual dividend of C$0.93 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.7%. Slate Grocery REIT pays an annual dividend of C$1.19 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.0%. CT Real Estate Investment Trust pays out 97.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Slate Grocery REIT pays out 138.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
CT Real Estate Investment Trust presently has a consensus price target of C$15.93, suggesting a potential upside of 14.51%. Slate Grocery REIT has a consensus price target of C$9.13, suggesting a potential downside of 15.98%. Given CT Real Estate Investment Trust's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe CT Real Estate Investment Trust is more favorable than Slate Grocery REIT.
CT Real Estate Investment Trust received 125 more outperform votes than Slate Grocery REIT when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 46.18% of users gave CT Real Estate Investment Trust an outperform vote while only 9.52% of users gave Slate Grocery REIT an outperform vote.
In the previous week, CT Real Estate Investment Trust had 3 more articles in the media than Slate Grocery REIT. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for CT Real Estate Investment Trust and 3 mentions for Slate Grocery REIT. CT Real Estate Investment Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Slate Grocery REIT's score of -0.39 indicating that CT Real Estate Investment Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
CT Real Estate Investment Trust beats Slate Grocery REIT on 17 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
Get CT Real Estate Investment Trust News Delivered to You Automatically
Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for CRT.UN and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding CRT.UN and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
This chart shows the average media sentiment of TSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
CRT.UN vs. The Competition
CT Real Estate Investment Trust Competitors List
Related Companies and Tools
