CT Real Estate Investment Trust (OTCMKTS:CTRRF – Get Free Report) and Saul Centers (NYSE:BFS – Get Free Report) are both real estate companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, dividends and earnings.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for CT Real Estate Investment Trust and Saul Centers, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| CT Real Estate Investment Trust | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A |
| Saul Centers | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.00 |
Saul Centers has a consensus target price of $43.50, indicating a potential upside of 11.77%. Given Saul Centers’ higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Saul Centers is more favorable than CT Real Estate Investment Trust.
Profitability
This table compares CT Real Estate Investment Trust and Saul Centers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| CT Real Estate Investment Trust | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Saul Centers | 20.49% | 16.65% | 2.71% |
Insider & Institutional Ownership
50.0% of Saul Centers shares are held by institutional investors. 56.6% of Saul Centers shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares CT Real Estate Investment Trust and Saul Centers’ revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| CT Real Estate Investment Trust | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Saul Centers | $264.08 million | 3.53 | $52.69 million | $1.73 | 22.50 |
Saul Centers has higher revenue and earnings than CT Real Estate Investment Trust.
Summary
Saul Centers beats CT Real Estate Investment Trust on 8 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.
About CT Real Estate Investment Trust
CT Real Estate Investment Trust is an unincorporated, closed-end real estate investment trust formed to own income-producing commercial properties located primarily in Canada. Its portfolio is comprised of over 370 properties totalling more than 30 million square feet of GLA, consisting primarily of net lease single-tenant retail properties located across Canada. Canadian Tire Corporation, Limited, is CT Real Estate Investment Trust’s most significant tenant.
About Saul Centers
Saul Centers is a self-managed, self-administered equity REIT headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland. Saul Centers currently operates and manages a real estate portfolio comprised of 61 properties that includes (a) 57 community and neighborhood Shopping Centers and Mixed-Use properties with approximately 9.8 million square feet of leasable area and (b) four land and development properties. Over 85% of the Company’s property operating income is generated from properties in the metropolitan Washington, DC/Baltimore area.
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