MEQ vs. TCN, FCR.UN, GZT, AIF, SVI, REAX, REAL, PKT, BRE, and MPC
Should you be buying Mainstreet Equity stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Mainstreet Equity include Tricon Residential (TCN), First Capital Real Estate Investment Trust (FCR.UN), Gazit Globe (GZT), Altus Group (AIF), StorageVault Canada (SVI), Real Brokerage (REAX), Real Matters (REAL), Parkit Enterprise (PKT), Bridgemarq Real Estate Services (BRE), and Madison Pacific Properties (MPC). These companies are all part of the "real estate services" industry.
Tricon Residential (TSE:TCN) and Mainstreet Equity (TSE:MEQ) are both real estate companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends and valuation.
Tricon Residential received 268 more outperform votes than Mainstreet Equity when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 77.01% of users gave Tricon Residential an outperform vote while only 57.19% of users gave Mainstreet Equity an outperform vote.
Tricon Residential pays an annual dividend of C$0.31 per share. Mainstreet Equity pays an annual dividend of C$0.11 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Tricon Residential pays out 55.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Mainstreet Equity pays out 0.6% 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. Mainstreet Equity is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Tricon Residential presently has a consensus target price of C$12.39, suggesting a potential upside of ∞. Mainstreet Equity has a consensus target price of C$175.00, suggesting a potential upside of 2.29%. Given Mainstreet Equity's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Tricon Residential is more favorable than Mainstreet Equity.
75.5% of Tricon Residential shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.5% of Mainstreet Equity shares are held by institutional investors. 3.1% of Tricon Residential shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 48.9% of Mainstreet Equity shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Tricon Residential has a beta of 1.47, indicating that its stock price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mainstreet Equity has a beta of 1.55, indicating that its stock price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Mainstreet Equity has a net margin of 74.24% compared to Mainstreet Equity's net margin of 12.91%. Tricon Residential's return on equity of 12.47% beat Mainstreet Equity's return on equity.
Mainstreet Equity has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Tricon Residential. Tricon Residential is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Mainstreet Equity, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Mainstreet Equity had 1 more articles in the media than Tricon Residential. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Mainstreet Equity and 0 mentions for Tricon Residential. Tricon Residential's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Mainstreet Equity's score of 0.00 indicating that Mainstreet Equity is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Mainstreet Equity beats Tricon Residential on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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