SOT.UN vs. INO.UN, MPC, HOT.UN, MR.UN, IVQ, BRE, TNT.UN, GDC, ERE-UN, and D.UN
Should you be buying Slate Office REIT stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Slate Office REIT include Inovalis Real Estate Investment Trust (INO.UN), Madison Pacific Properties (MPC), American Hotel Income Properties REIT (HOT.UN), Melcor Real Estate Investment Trust (MR.UN), Invesque (IVQ), Bridgemarq Real Estate Services (BRE), True North Commercial REIT (TNT.UN), Genesis Land Development (GDC), European Residential Real Estate Investment Trust (ERE-UN), and Dream Office Real Estate Investment Trst (D.UN). These companies are all part of the "real estate" sector.
Slate Office REIT (TSE:SOT.UN) and Inovalis Real Estate Investment Trust (TSE:INO.UN) are both small-cap real estate companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, community ranking, risk, earnings and dividends.
4.4% of Slate Office REIT shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 8.9% of Inovalis Real Estate Investment Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 19.0% of Slate Office REIT shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Inovalis Real Estate Investment Trust shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Inovalis Real Estate Investment Trust has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Slate Office REIT. Inovalis Real Estate Investment Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Slate Office REIT, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Inovalis Real Estate Investment Trust had 1 more articles in the media than Slate Office REIT. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Inovalis Real Estate Investment Trust and 0 mentions for Slate Office REIT. Inovalis Real Estate Investment Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.38 beat Slate Office REIT's score of 0.00 indicating that Inovalis Real Estate Investment Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Slate Office REIT has a beta of 0.94, indicating that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Inovalis Real Estate Investment Trust has a beta of 1.59, indicating that its stock price is 59% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Slate Office REIT pays an annual dividend of C$0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 19.0%. Inovalis Real Estate Investment Trust pays an annual dividend of C$0.41 per share and has a dividend yield of 40.2%. Slate Office REIT pays out -8.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Inovalis Real Estate Investment Trust pays out -45.1% 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. Inovalis Real Estate Investment Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Slate Office REIT received 217 more outperform votes than Inovalis Real Estate Investment Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.69% of users gave Slate Office REIT an outperform vote while only 60.58% of users gave Inovalis Real Estate Investment Trust an outperform vote.
Slate Office REIT has a net margin of -66.21% compared to Inovalis Real Estate Investment Trust's net margin of -151.62%. Inovalis Real Estate Investment Trust's return on equity of -11.19% beat Slate Office REIT's return on equity.
Slate Office REIT presently has a consensus price target of C$0.90, suggesting a potential upside of 42.86%. Inovalis Real Estate Investment Trust has a consensus price target of C$2.38, suggesting a potential upside of 132.84%. Given Inovalis Real Estate Investment Trust's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Inovalis Real Estate Investment Trust is more favorable than Slate Office REIT.
Summary
Inovalis Real Estate Investment Trust beats Slate Office REIT on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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