REAL vs. BRE, APR.UN, PLZ.UN, HOM.U, MRD, MRT.UN, NXR.UN, D.UN, MHC.UN, and BTB.UN
Should you be buying Real Matters stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Real Matters include Bridgemarq Real Estate Services (BRE), Automotive Properties Real Est Invt TR (APR.UN), Plaza Retail REIT (PLZ.UN), Bsr Real Estate Investment Trust (HOM.U), Melcor Developments (MRD), Morguard Real Estate Inv. (MRT.UN), Nexus Industrial REIT (NXR.UN), Dream Office Real Estate Investment Trst (D.UN), Flagship Communities Real Estate Investment Trust (MHC.UN), and BTB Real Estate Investment Trust (BTB.UN). These companies are all part of the "real estate" sector.
Real Matters (TSE:REAL) and Bridgemarq Real Estate Services (TSE:BRE) are both small-cap real estate companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, dividends and media sentiment.
Real Matters received 102 more outperform votes than Bridgemarq Real Estate Services when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.13% of users gave Bridgemarq Real Estate Services an outperform vote while only 58.33% of users gave Real Matters an outperform vote.
Real Matters presently has a consensus price target of C$7.43, indicating a potential upside of 31.71%. Given Real Matters' higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Real Matters is more favorable than Bridgemarq Real Estate Services.
41.2% of Real Matters shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 4.0% of Bridgemarq Real Estate Services shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.5% of Real Matters shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Bridgemarq Real Estate Services shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Real Matters had 15 more articles in the media than Bridgemarq Real Estate Services. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Real Matters and 1 mentions for Bridgemarq Real Estate Services. Bridgemarq Real Estate Services' average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Real Matters' score of 0.58 indicating that Bridgemarq Real Estate Services is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Bridgemarq Real Estate Services has a net margin of 22.98% compared to Real Matters' net margin of -3.21%. Bridgemarq Real Estate Services' return on equity of 0.00% beat Real Matters' return on equity.
Real Matters has a beta of 0.68, indicating that its share price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bridgemarq Real Estate Services has a beta of 1.29, indicating that its share price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Bridgemarq Real Estate Services has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Real Matters. Real Matters is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bridgemarq Real Estate Services, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Bridgemarq Real Estate Services beats Real Matters on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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