Contrasting Artis Real Estate Investment Trust (ARESF) and Its Competitors

Institutional and Insider Ownership

19.7% of Artis Real Estate Investment Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.1% of shares of all “Diversified REITs” companies are held by institutional investors. 12.0% of shares of all “Diversified REITs” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Artis Real Estate Investment Trust and its competitors gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Artis Real Estate Investment Trust	N/A	N/A	6.78
Artis Real Estate Investment Trust Competitors	$198.90 million	$18.17 million	6.74

Artis Real Estate Investment Trust’s competitors have higher revenue and earnings than Artis Real Estate Investment Trust. Artis Real Estate Investment Trust is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Profitability

This table compares Artis Real Estate Investment Trust and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Artis Real Estate Investment Trust	N/A	N/A	N/A
Artis Real Estate Investment Trust Competitors	-35.62%	-4.71%	0.49%

Dividends

Artis Real Estate Investment Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.81 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.5%. Artis Real Estate Investment Trust pays out 84.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. As a group, “Diversified REITs” companies pay a dividend yield of 6.6% and pay out -2,499.6% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

Summary

Artis Real Estate Investment Trust competitors beat Artis Real Estate Investment Trust on 5 of the 9 factors compared.

Artis Real Estate Investment Trust Company Profile

Artis is a diversified Canadian real estate investment trust with a portfolio of industrial, office and retail properties in Canada and the United States. Artis's vision is to build a best-in-class asset management and investment platform focused on growing net asset value per unit and distributions for investors through value investing in real estate.