SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trust (OTCMKTS:CWYUF – Get Free Report) and Federal Realty Investment Trust (NYSE:FRT – Get Free Report) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, profitability, risk and institutional ownership.
Volatility & Risk
SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trust has a beta of 0.91, meaning that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Federal Realty Investment Trust has a beta of 1.15, meaning that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Profitability
This table compares SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trust and Federal Realty Investment Trust’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trust | 33.37% | 4.41% | 2.32% |
| Federal Realty Investment Trust | 28.01% | 11.19% | 4.04% |
Earnings and Valuation
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trust | $670.29 million | 5.13 | $172.78 million | $1.13 | 17.07 |
| Federal Realty Investment Trust | $1.20 billion | 7.13 | $295.21 million | $3.95 | 25.17 |
Federal Realty Investment Trust has higher revenue and earnings than SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trust. SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Federal Realty Investment Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Institutional & Insider Ownership
93.9% of Federal Realty Investment Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 20.9% of SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trust shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Federal Realty Investment Trust shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Dividends
SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.34 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.9%. Federal Realty Investment Trust pays an annual dividend of $4.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trust pays out 118.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Federal Realty Investment Trust pays out 114.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Federal Realty Investment Trust has raised its dividend for 58 consecutive years.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of current ratings and recommmendations for SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trust and Federal Realty Investment Trust, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trust | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4.00 |
| Federal Realty Investment Trust | 0 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 2.53 |
Federal Realty Investment Trust has a consensus target price of $109.31, suggesting a potential upside of 9.94%. Given Federal Realty Investment Trust’s higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Federal Realty Investment Trust is more favorable than SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trust.
Summary
Federal Realty Investment Trust beats SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trust on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
About SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trust
SmartCentres is one of Canada’s largest fully integrated REITs, with a best-in-class and growing mixed-use portfolio featuring 191 strategically located properties in communities across the country. SmartCentres has approximately $12.0 billion in assets and owns 35.0 million square feet of income producing value-oriented retail and first-class office properties with 98.5% in place and committed occupancy, on 3,500 acres of owned land across Canada.
About Federal Realty Investment Trust
Federal Realty Investment Trust is an equity real estate investment trust, which engages in the provision of ownership, management, and redevelopment of retail and mixed-use properties located primarily in communities where demand exceeds supply in strategically selected metropolitan markets. The company was founded in 1962 and is headquartered in North Bethesda, MD.
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