TNT.UN vs. APR.UN, MRT.UN, DRA.UN, BTB.UN, PRV.UN, FRO.UN, MR.UN, RCO.UN, HRR.UN, and HR.UN
Should you be buying True North Commercial REIT stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of True North Commercial REIT include Automotive Properties Real Est Invt TR (APR.UN), Morguard Real Estate Inv. (MRT.UN), Dream Hard Asset Alternatives Trust (DRA.UN), BTB Real Estate Investment Trust (BTB.UN), PRO Real Estate Investment Trust (PRV.UN), Fronsac Real Estate Investment Trust (FRO.UN), Melcor Real Estate Investment Trust (MR.UN), Middlefield Can-Global REIT Income Fund (RCO.UN), Australian REIT Income Fund (HRR.UN), and H&R Real Estate Investment Trust (HR.UN). These companies are all part of the "reit - diversified" industry.
Automotive Properties Real Est Invt TR (TSE:APR.UN) and True North Commercial REIT (TSE:TNT.UN) are both small-cap real estate companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking, risk and valuation.
Automotive Properties Real Est Invt TR pays an annual dividend of C$0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.8%. True North Commercial REIT pays an annual dividend of C$1.71 per share and has a dividend yield of 18.9%. Automotive Properties Real Est Invt TR pays out 58.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. True North Commercial REIT pays out -63.6% 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. True North Commercial REIT is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Automotive Properties Real Est Invt TR received 52 more outperform votes than True North Commercial REIT when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.49% of users gave Automotive Properties Real Est Invt TR an outperform vote while only 48.65% of users gave True North Commercial REIT an outperform vote.
Automotive Properties Real Est Invt TR presently has a consensus target price of C$12.25, indicating a potential upside of 18.70%. True North Commercial REIT has a consensus target price of C$9.19, indicating a potential upside of 0.74%. Given True North Commercial REIT's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Automotive Properties Real Est Invt TR is more favorable than True North Commercial REIT.
1.5% of Automotive Properties Real Est Invt TR shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.7% of True North Commercial REIT shares are held by institutional investors. 40.9% of Automotive Properties Real Est Invt TR shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.1% of True North Commercial REIT shares are held by company 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.
In the previous week, Automotive Properties Real Est Invt TR had 1 more articles in the media than True North Commercial REIT. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Automotive Properties Real Est Invt TR and 0 mentions for True North Commercial REIT. True North Commercial REIT's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Automotive Properties Real Est Invt TR's score of 0.00 indicating that Automotive Properties Real Est Invt TR is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Automotive Properties Real Est Invt TR has a net margin of 55.13% compared to Automotive Properties Real Est Invt TR's net margin of -32.47%. True North Commercial REIT's return on equity of 9.61% beat Automotive Properties Real Est Invt TR's return on equity.
Automotive Properties Real Est Invt TR has a beta of 0.88, suggesting that its stock price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, True North Commercial REIT has a beta of 1.51, suggesting that its stock price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Automotive Properties Real Est Invt TR has higher earnings, but lower revenue than True North Commercial REIT. True North Commercial REIT is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Automotive Properties Real Est Invt TR, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Automotive Properties Real Est Invt TR beats True North Commercial REIT on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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