Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust (OTCMKTS:BOWFF – Get Free Report) and Modiv Industrial (NYSE:MDV – Get Free Report) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, earnings, dividends and valuation.
Institutional & Insider Ownership
8.2% of Modiv Industrial shares are owned by institutional investors. 19.0% of Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.8% of Modiv Industrial shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust and Modiv Industrial, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.00 |
| Modiv Industrial | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4.00 |
Volatility & Risk
Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust has a beta of 1.15, meaning that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Modiv Industrial has a beta of -0.32, meaning that its share price is 132% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Profitability
This table compares Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust and Modiv Industrial’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust | 67.26% | 8.55% | 4.79% |
| Modiv Industrial | 6.72% | 1.44% | 0.61% |
Dividends
Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.19 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Modiv Industrial pays an annual dividend of $1.17 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.1%. Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust pays out 29.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Modiv Industrial pays out -1,300.0% 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. Modiv Industrial has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years. Modiv Industrial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust and Modiv Industrial”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust | $440.33 million | 6.39 | $429.28 million | $4.00 | 13.21 |
| Modiv Industrial | $46.76 million | 3.12 | $6.02 million | ($0.09) | -160.38 |
Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Modiv Industrial. Modiv Industrial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust beats Modiv Industrial on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust
Boardwalk REIT strives to be Canada’s friendliest community provider and is a leading owner/operator of multi-family rental communities. Providing homes in more than 200 communities, with over 34,000 residential suites totaling over 29 million net rentable square feet, Boardwalk has a proven long-term track record of building better communities, where love always lives. Our three-tiered and distinct brands: Boardwalk Living, Boardwalk Communities, and Boardwalk Lifestyle, cater to a large diverse demographic and has evolved to capture the life cycle of all Resident Members. Boardwalk’s disciplined approach to capital allocation, acquisition, development, purposeful re-positioning, and management of apartment communities allows the Trust to provide its brand of community across Canada creating exceptional Resident Member experiences. Differentiated by its peak performance culture, Boardwalk is committed to delivering exceptional service, product quality and experience to our Resident Members who reward us with high retention and market leading operating results, which in turn, lead to higher free cash flow and investment returns, stable monthly distributions, and value creation for all our stakeholders. Boardwalk REIT’s Trust Units are listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange, trading under the symbol BEI.UN.
About Modiv Industrial
Modiv Industrial, Inc. is an internally managed REIT that is focused on single-tenant net-lease industrial manufacturing real estate. The Company actively acquires critical industrial manufacturing properties with long-term leases to tenants that fuel the national economy and strengthen the nation's supply chains.
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