SGR.UN vs. PLZ.UN, CRT.UN, WFC, MI.UN, MRG.UN, AX.UN, NXR.UN, DRM, REAL, and APR.UN
Should you be buying Slate Grocery REIT stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Slate Grocery REIT include Plaza Retail REIT (PLZ.UN), CT Real Estate Investment Trust (CRT.UN), Wall Financial (WFC), Minto Apartment Real Estate Invt Trust (MI.UN), Morguard North American Residential REIT (MRG.UN), Artis Real Estate Investment Trust Unit (AX.UN), Nexus Industrial REIT (NXR.UN), Dream Unlimited (DRM), Real Matters (REAL), and Automotive Properties Real Est Invt TR (APR.UN). These companies are all part of the "real estate" sector.
Slate Grocery REIT (TSE:SGR.UN) and Plaza Retail REIT (TSE:PLZ.UN) are both small-cap real estate companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, risk and analyst recommendations.
Slate Grocery REIT has higher revenue and earnings than Plaza Retail REIT. Slate Grocery REIT is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Plaza Retail REIT, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Plaza Retail REIT received 168 more outperform votes than Slate Grocery REIT when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.89% of users gave Plaza Retail REIT an outperform vote while only 9.52% of users gave Slate Grocery REIT an outperform vote.
Slate Grocery REIT has a net margin of 18.14% compared to Plaza Retail REIT's net margin of 17.20%. Slate Grocery REIT's return on equity of 5.69% beat Plaza Retail REIT's return on equity.
Slate Grocery REIT pays an annual dividend of C$1.19 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.7%. Plaza Retail REIT pays an annual dividend of C$0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.6%. 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. Plaza Retail REIT pays out 155.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Slate Grocery REIT is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, Plaza Retail REIT had 2 more articles in the media than Slate Grocery REIT. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Plaza Retail REIT and 1 mentions for Slate Grocery REIT. Slate Grocery REIT's average media sentiment score of 0.99 beat Plaza Retail REIT's score of 0.25 indicating that Slate Grocery REIT is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Slate Grocery REIT presently has a consensus target price of C$9.13, suggesting a potential downside of 17.94%. Plaza Retail REIT has a consensus target price of C$4.19, suggesting a potential upside of 14.10%. Given Plaza Retail REIT's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Plaza Retail REIT is more favorable than Slate Grocery REIT.
Slate Grocery REIT has a beta of 1.65, meaning that its stock price is 65% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Plaza Retail REIT has a beta of 1.04, meaning that its stock price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.
13.1% of Slate Grocery REIT shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.9% of Plaza Retail REIT shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Slate Grocery REIT shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 35.2% of Plaza Retail REIT shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Slate Grocery REIT beats Plaza Retail REIT on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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