BEI.UN vs. KMP.UN, IIP.UN, CAR.UN, DIR.UN, SRU.UN, FCR.UN, TCN, CSH.UN, CHP.UN, and GRT.UN
Should you be buying Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust include Killam Apartment REIT (KMP.UN), InterRent Real Estate Investment Trust (IIP.UN), Canadian Apartment Properties REIT (CAR.UN), Dream Industrial Real Estate Invest Trst (DIR.UN), SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trst (SRU.UN), First Capital Real Estate Investment Trust (FCR.UN), Tricon Residential (TCN), Chartwell Retirement Residences (CSH.UN), Choice Properties Real Est Invstmnt Trst (CHP.UN), and Granite Real Estate Investment Trust (GRT.UN). These companies are all part of the "real estate" sector.
Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust (TSE:BEI.UN) and Killam Apartment REIT (TSE:KMP.UN) are both mid-cap real estate companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, community ranking and media sentiment.
Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust currently has a consensus price target of C$84.92, indicating a potential upside of 16.69%. Killam Apartment REIT has a consensus price target of C$21.93, indicating a potential upside of 22.14%. Given Killam Apartment REIT's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Killam Apartment REIT is more favorable than Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust.
Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust has a net margin of 134.70% compared to Killam Apartment REIT's net margin of 87.91%. Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust's return on equity of 18.16% beat Killam Apartment REIT's return on equity.
41.8% of Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.4% of Killam Apartment REIT shares are owned by institutional investors. 17.9% of Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Killam Apartment REIT shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Killam Apartment REIT. Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Killam Apartment REIT, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust had 3 more articles in the media than Killam Apartment REIT. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust and 1 mentions for Killam Apartment REIT. Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.82 beat Killam Apartment REIT's score of 0.59 indicating that Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust has a beta of 1.74, suggesting that its share price is 74% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Killam Apartment REIT has a beta of 1.06, suggesting that its share price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust received 5 more outperform votes than Killam Apartment REIT when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.58% of users gave Killam Apartment REIT an outperform vote while only 50.00% of users gave Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust an outperform vote.
Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust pays an annual dividend of C$1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Killam Apartment REIT pays an annual dividend of C$0.70 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust pays out 9.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Killam Apartment REIT pays out 26.8% 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.
Summary
Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust beats Killam Apartment REIT on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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