FCR.UN vs. TCN, AIF, SVI, MEQ, CIGI, FSV, SRU.UN, CSH.UN, DIR.UN, and BEI.UN
Should you be buying First Capital Real Estate Investment Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of First Capital Real Estate Investment Trust include Tricon Residential (TCN), Altus Group (AIF), StorageVault Canada (SVI), Mainstreet Equity (MEQ), Colliers International Group (CIGI), FirstService (FSV), SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trst (SRU.UN), Chartwell Retirement Residences (CSH.UN), Dream Industrial Real Estate Invest Trst (DIR.UN), and Boardwalk REIT (BEI.UN). These companies are all part of the "real estate" sector.
Tricon Residential (TSE:TCN) and First Capital Real Estate Investment Trust (TSE:FCR.UN) are both mid-cap real estate companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk and valuation.
Tricon Residential pays an annual dividend of C$0.31 per share. First Capital Real Estate Investment Trust pays an annual dividend of C$0.86 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%. Tricon Residential pays out 55.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. First Capital Real Estate Investment Trust pays out -168.6% 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. First Capital Real Estate Investment Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
First Capital Real Estate Investment Trust received 87 more outperform votes than Tricon Residential when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 77.01% of users gave Tricon Residential an outperform vote while only 67.74% of users gave First Capital Real Estate Investment Trust an outperform vote.
Tricon Residential currently has a consensus price target of C$12.39, suggesting a potential upside of ∞. First Capital Real Estate Investment Trust has a consensus price target of C$18.08, suggesting a potential upside of 18.51%. Given First Capital Real Estate Investment Trust's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Tricon Residential is more favorable than First Capital Real Estate Investment Trust.
Tricon Residential has a net margin of 12.91% compared to Tricon Residential's net margin of -13.95%. First Capital Real Estate Investment Trust's return on equity of 3.18% beat Tricon Residential's return on equity.
Tricon Residential has higher revenue and earnings than First Capital Real Estate Investment Trust. First Capital Real Estate Investment Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Tricon Residential, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Tricon Residential and Tricon Residential both had 1 articles in the media. Tricon Residential's average media sentiment score of 1.75 beat First Capital Real Estate Investment Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that First Capital Real Estate Investment Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Tricon Residential has a beta of 1.47, meaning that its share price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Capital Real Estate Investment Trust has a beta of 1.26, meaning that its share price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500.
75.5% of Tricon Residential shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.2% of First Capital Real Estate Investment Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.1% of Tricon Residential shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of First Capital Real Estate Investment Trust shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Tricon Residential beats First Capital Real Estate Investment Trust on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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